Category: Success Stories

As part of the comprehensive redesign of the Arkadenplatz in the centre of Davos, a new cinema with 138 seats and a multifunctional stage was built. Kuster + Partner AG was responsible for the building physics, energy, room and building acoustics. The particular challenge: the central location between the office and residential buildings required both excellent sound insulation in accordance with... Continue reading Ein Kino für Davos – Vom Modell zur Realität: Akustiksimulation für das perfekte Kino- und Theater Erlebnis

The "Tower Buchs", a striking eight-storey office and commercial building, is being built at the southern entrance to the town of Buchs SG. On behalf of Frickbau AG, the H2O-Plan team was responsible for the building technology planning for this new multi-purpose building. BOP was called in to optimise the dimensioning of the building technology using dynamic building simulation. Although the optimisation phase only began during the tendering process... Continue reading Dynamische Gebäudesimulation senkt Investitionskosten und CO₂-Emissionen

In a project funded by Innosuisse, Amenti and the Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI) have developed a planning methodology that enables the precise prediction of yields from roof- and façade-integrated photovoltaics. It automatically takes into account shading caused by building offsets and the shadows cast by neighbouring buildings, trees and terrain. A typical feature of Amenti is the connection... Continue reading Präzise Ertragsprognosen für fassadenintegrierte Photovoltaik – Eine innovative Planungsmethodik

The National Sports Centre Magglingen (NSM) is an important training, sports and congress centre for Swiss sport. Gruner Gebäudetechnik Bern has been carrying out various renovation works on the NSM's building services systems since 2020. One of these measures concerns the Jubilee Hall, the training hall for artistic gymnasts. The hall of the existing building from the 1990s was originally heated exclusively by supply air... Continue reading Optimales Raumklima für die Kunstturner:innen im Nationalen Sportzentrum Magglingen

There are currently no specific standards for natural or hybrid ventilation concepts. Absolute targets are often required that cannot be fully achieved with the variable outdoor climate as a source of energy and fresh air. By foregoing comfortable perfection, mechanisation and installations can be reduced, which lowers costs and emissions. Passive concepts usually require less building technology and reduce... Continue reading Natürliche Lüftung und adaptive Strategien: Effizienz und Komfort im Fokus der STEP2-Forschungsunit auf dem NEST

In the Sky high-rise building in Stettbach (client: Publica), CFD simulations were used to test the feasibility of the following two ventilation optimisations. On the one hand, it was investigated whether the ventilation ducts in the ceiling of the flats could be dispensed with. On the other hand, the simplification of the ventilation duct network in the underground car park was analysed.

In order to cope with the growing flow of passengers and commuters at Zurich Airport, the northern part of the airport shopping centre is being completely renovated with the ELP project. The central element of the project is a new twelve-metre-high food hall between car parks 1 and 2 with fixed stands, food trucks and a bar.

Medium-sized and large car parks need a sufficient exchange of fresh air so that the concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides do not become dangerously high. With the help of a flow simulation (CFD), the distribution of these particles can be tracked, analysed and optimised.

The SPF Institute for Solar Technology was commissioned by the HVAC engineering firm Tri Air AG on behalf of SBB AG Immobilien Bewirtschaftung to carry out a simulation study to examine the need for active cooling and the total energy requirement with different variants.

With the new Olma Hall 1, the largest column-free hall in Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen and the entire region will become the number one exhibition, event and congress centre. AFC AG supported the development of the integral overall building climate concept and the property-related fire protection and smoke extraction concept by means of simulations and conceptual expertise.