"Cutting useful subsidies while showing blind confidence in immature technologies are two sides of the same inertia," warns Jean-Yves Pidoux, the former director of the SIL.
Published for the first time by the AES, this tool dedicated to the security of the electricity supply paints a potentially critical picture of the country's situation within a quarter of a century.
"Cutting useful subsidies while showing blind confidence in immature technologies are two sides of the same inertia," warns Jean-Yves Pidoux, the former director of the SIL.
"If the Federal Council is now considering abolishing the program — or at least withdrawing the federal contribution — it is mainly because of the windfall effects it generates," explains Philippe Thalmann, professor of environmental economics at EPFL.
Analysis of surface areas, planning and supervision of works, monitoring, maintenance, billing of energy to tenants... the company Local Energy takes care of everything. "We like to define ourselves as a sort of energy utility," explains its director, Richard Mesple.
With the recent opening of the Ressourcerie Matériuum Lausanne, French-speaking Switzerland strengthens a key link in the reuse chain: that of storage, repurposing and awareness-raising around construction materials.
Interview with Luca Ippoliti, regional property management in Suisse Romande and Christophe Chatelet, head of the construction department, member of senior management at Wincasa.
Architects, contractors and private individuals are increasingly getting involved in the construction of eco-friendly housing. Guided tour of a completed project, a symbol of a sustainable approach undertaken in a self-taught way.
