CS 2013 "Sustainable urban development: the case of the Siemens site in Zug"

The TdCS of the Spring Term 2013 is organized within the KTI project „InduCity: Sustainable software-supported transformation of industrial areas to city quarters“ together with Siemens Building Technologies (Zug), Architecture & Sustainable Building Technologies (SUAT, ETH Zürich) and the „Institut für Wissen, Energie und Rohstoffe Zug“ (WERZ, Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil). The goal of this project is to investigate the transformation from an industrial area to a heterogeneous city quarter from an integrative perspective. A specific focus lies on consequences of the 2000 Watt / 1 t CO₂ society for areas with industrial production. The project considers building and infrastructure, mobility and human behavior as well as production life cycles.

Content

The case area of the TdCS 2013 is the “Siemensareal” in the city of Zug (close to the railway station). For this area, the TdCS 2013 looks into the following aspects:

(i) energy efficiency of buildings and infrastructure on the area
(ii) potential needs of future residents of the area
(iii) context of the area (city of Zug, region, Canton of Zug) and policy processes.

People

In the TdCS 2013, we work in three groups of students, each tutored by PhD students or PostDocs:

1. Group EnerZug 2k, Buildings and infrastructure: Institute of Technology in Architecture, Architecture & Sustainable Building Technologies (SUAT, ETHZ). Tutor: Jimeno Fonseca
2. Group InduCitizens 2000, Needs of future residents: Institute for Environmental Decisions, Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI, ETHZ). Tutors: Dr Corinne Moser and Timo von Wirth
   
3. Group Context, Context and policy making: Institute for Environmental Decisions, Environmental Philosophy Group (EnPhil, ETHZ). Tutor: Dr Carolina Adler
   

• Students: Lucas Baumann (Master in Human-Environment Systems HES), Claudia Coll (HES), Reto Fritschi (HES), Naomi Gordon (HES), Antonios Mantikos (Master in Energy Science and Technology, MEST), Vasileios Poulios (MEST), Sophia Rudin (HES), Jonas Ruggle (MEST), Vasileios Saplamidis (MEST), Lucia Thaler (HES), Nhât Anh Truong (HES), Laura Tschümperlin (HES), Tuija Waldvogel (HES), Donato Waltersperger (HES), Nathalie Wandel (HES), Sarah Weber (HES), Guillaume Wurlod (HES), Christopher Zimdars (HES), Charalampos Ziras (MEST)
• Headship: Dr Michael Stauffacher (NSSI, ETHZ) and Prof. Arno Schlüter (SUAT, ETHZ), Dr Corinne Moser (NSSI, ETHZ, project management and coordination)
• Support: Jörg Leuenberger (D-USYS, ETHZ), Fabienne Gut (NSSI, ETHZ)
  
• Main partners from practice: Martin Schaer (Siemens Building Technologies, Zug), Harald Klein (City of Zug), Walter Fassbind (City of Zug), Regula Kaiser (City of Zug), Max Gisler (Canton of Zug), Robert Schürch (Wasserwerke Zug)
  
• Science partners: Tom Steiner (University of Applied Sciences, Luzern), Prof. Kees Christiaanse (ETH, Zürich), Prof. Christian Wirz (WERZ Institute, Zug), Sandra Moebus (WERZ Institute, Zug)
  

Timetable

• Monday, 3 December 2012, 13–15: First information for students
• 22–23 February 2013: Kick-off, two preparation days (two full days)
• 13 Wednesday afternoons: 20 February – 29 May 2013
• One block week: 2–5 April 2013 (just after Easter; 4 full days)
• Three block weeks (just after the end of semester): 3–21 June 2013 (three full weeks)
• Final presentation: Thursday, 20 June 2013, 19-21 at "Burgbachsaal" in Zug

Publications