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Circular economy: second life for discarded smartphones

How discarded smartphones can help decarbonize the building sector

Mar 22, 2024 | Automated building systems offer a great potential for reducing the energy consumption of properties. Studies on such systems show that optimized solutions can reduce the energy requirements of buildings by around 30 percent on average. In order to a...
Pyrolysis of synthetic methane

Negative emissions despite enormous energy input

Mar 19, 2024 | From the desert to Swiss industry: As part of the new Mining the Atmosphere initiative, Empa researchers are pursuing the goal of harvesting renewable energy in the Earth's sun belt, converting it several times and transporting it over long distances...
Portrait Nathalie Casas

Embracing change

Mar 13, 2024 | In October 2023, Nathalie Casas took over the lead of Empa's Energy, Mobility and Environment research department. Familiar with science and technology since childhood, she believes that humanity can save the climate from collapse – but that it will ...

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