Completed Master Theses
- Nina Bichsel: Optimal renovation of Swiss buildings including photovoltaic potential and considering the uncertain future
- Xenia Burkard: Towards compressive strength prediction of earth in real condition: Influence of moisture
- Philipp Brian Farner: Life Cycle Assessment of a typical new Swiss construction
- Maximilian Mittelstaedt: Real Estate Optimiser: Costs, Usage (Profits) & Sustainability
- Joy Arockiam: Building Archetypes of Climate Compatible Buildings until 2050
- Timo Bundi: Carbon offsetting with bamboo-based social housing: A case study in the Philippines
- Pall Hafstad: Enviromental impact assessment of innovative nearly-zero carbon building materials
- Jonas Hiller: Multidimensional analysis of the Chinese bamboo construction economy and assessment of supportive innovation ecosystems for structural engineered bamboo business models
- Raphael Schär: Invasive aquatic plants as a regenerative construction material: from material overview to territorial capacity
- Raphael Vogt: Parametric Study on Sufficiency Measures of Residential Buildings in Zurich
- Jovin D. Wernli: Environmental Benefits from the Reuse of Building Parts and Materials from the Swiss Building Stock
- Huimin Zhou: Life cycle assessment of Solar PV system-an update of life cycle inventory based on Chinese industrial data
- Anselmo Malvetti: Stabilisation of Poured Earth with Geopolymers
- Eleni Eleftheriou: Parametric Approach for Simplified Life Cycle Assessment of Social Housing Solutions
- Niki Kanaki: Building stock renovation strategies for environmental and economic performance
- Martin Jirik: Definition of the required carbon budget for operational energy of buildings in Switzerland until 2050
- Pietro Minotti: Carbon footprint assessment of a novel bamboo-mycelium composite for building insulation
- Shengrong Zhou: An Environmental Perspective on 3D-Printed Façade with Plastics
- Ruben Schiavi: Environmental and economic comparison of prefabricated timber construction with straw and earth implementation ver- sus conventional construction methods
- Shuning Zhao: Circular economy strategy for mineral wool waste - potential secondary raw material for Alkali Activated Materials (AAMs)
- Alessia Medici: Bio-based construction materials as an opportunity to ensure a safe transition to Zero carbon building
- Christina Kiamili: Detailed assessment of embodied carbon of HVAC systems for a new office building based on BIM
- Christophe Prébandier: Strategies in Reuse of Excavated Materials
- Davide Matteo Biondini: The influence of material selection on building climate neutrality: a case study of VELUX lab in Milan
- Hager Al Laham: Approaches to evaluate sustainability of modular building systems
- Jennifer Furrer: Robustness of renovation scenarios according to the passive house standard
- Konstantinos Bourchas: Impact of occupants’ behaviour on the building’s operational use and life cycle assessment
- Lukas Vögeli: Guideline for the Use of Straw and Hemp in the Swiss Construction Sector
- Maria Susana Andrade Zurita: Environmental Impacts & Benefits of Prefabricated Timber Constructions.
- Stefan Hurni: Parametric design for carbon neutral concrete structures
- Veronica Contucci: Energetic, hygrothermal and financial performance of chilled earth panels versus common AC split units
- Andrea Silvagni: Carbon Saving Potentials of a Bio-based Construction Industry
- Daniel Kostezer: Environmental Assessment of Plant Fibre-Based Architecture
- Gökçe Özcan: Identification of Reliable Renovation Solutions for the Swiss Building Stock in Context of Minergie Requirements
- Severin Knecht: Rapid BIM Implementation – A Qualitative Study About the Project eGHA by Basler & Hofmann
- Christina Siegrist: Material flow analysis in moroccan cities
- Efstathios Kakkos: Evaluation of Sustainability potentials within Switzerland of new construction techniques and materials tested at the NEST building at EMPA – case study on the Urban Mining and Recycling Unit.
- Fabian Kastner: 70 Schools for Zurich: Optimization of Embodied Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Construction Projects with Bio-Based Materials
- Florentin Heuberger: Reduction of Global Warming Potential in the building stock through bio-based building material in the City of Zurich
- Gianluca Genova: BIM-based LCA throughout the Design Process with a Dynamic Approach
- Jana Reichmann: Evaluation of the Carbon Reduction Potential of the EU Residential Building Stock based on Sustainable Land Area Requirements
- Jianxiang Ma: Dynamic Parametric LCA of BIPV Design
- Kyriakos Boutsis: Improving Building Operations – Using Machine Learning to Facilitate Monitoring of Building Portfolio
- Nefeli Prompona: Parametric tool development for design-integrated energy demand analysis based on ISO 52016 and simplified Life Cycle Assessment.
- Tamvakera Danai: Parametric tool development for design-integrated energy demand analysis, based on SIA 380/1.
- Thomas Wüthrich: Parametric Life-Cycle Costing for Buildings in Early Design Stages
- Felix Hilgert: Excavation material as the new building resource for Zurich
- Felix Thomas Krause: Dynamic and Traditional Life Cycle Assessment of a “zero carbon” Wall Element
- Gabriele Lumina: Bio-based insulation materials: an opportunity for the renovation of European residential building stock – Evaluation of Carbon uptake benefits through a dynamic life cycle assessment (DLCA)
- Jeffrey Magyar: Learning from best practices: the role of building technologies in the slum upgrading programme of Baan Mankong, Thailand
- Maximilian Grube: Environmental Impact of a Shellhouse in the South African Context
- Nino Birrer: "Life cycle assessment of alternative asphalt pavements" –Use of recycled materials in hot-mix asphalts
- Pirmin Vogel: Bauteilbezogene Kennwerte für Gebäudeökobilanzen
- Randi Nanayakkara Jayasuriya Appuhamilage: Potential of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) for Architectural Integration
- Yasmine Dominique Priore: Sustainable Transformation of Neighbourhoods
- Luc Didier: Sustainable Development in a Dense Urban Built Environment: Case Study Zurich FS16
- Lucas Moser: Price Premiums and the Risk-Return of Green Buildings in the US
- Lukas Lienhart: Potentials and Barriers for High Performance Buildings in Singapore
- Martin Röck: future in process... exploring sustainability, participation and the building life cycle
- Mikal Aline Müller: Analytic overview of assessment tools for post-disaster reconstruction
- Mike Heinrich: Sectoral Carbon Dioxide Reduction Potential of Non-State Actors
- Vincent Hischier: Integrated Assessment of 15 Post-Disaster Shelters
- Florian Müller: LCA of Digital Fabrication Applied to Concrete Structures
- Mirjam Fischinger: Building information modelling for the sustainability assessment of buildings according to SNBS
- Sam Schwarz: Benchmarking für Eigentümerkosten von schweizerischen Renditeliegenschaften
- Stefan Breit: Potentials and barriers for building materials in Switzerland under different future scenarios
- Verena Göswein: Material flows of residential buildings in South African cities
- Ian-Frederic Häflinger: LCA & LCC for Swiss Dwellings: A model with material service life uncertainties