EMPA Dübendorf Site
Project
- Complete renewal of the heating and cooling units of the EMPA / Eawag site in Dübendorf
- Objective: To reduce the site CO2 balance by 70 %
- Innovation in accordance with the EMPA / Eawag research topics
Helbling services
- Winner of a three-stage concept study competition involving 28 participating general planner teams
- Developing the concept with Life Cycle Cost calculations, energy and CO2 balance
- Implementation as general planner until 2012
- Energy contracting with the Swiss energy provider EKZ
Key project figures
- Use of wood gasification technology for waste wood
- Wood gas utilization as combined heat and power generation
- Heat pump for use of the waste heat from the site
- Use of the excess heat from the wood gasification in the summer for cooling generation through use of absorption technology
- Period: 2009 - 2013
Customer: EMPA Dübendorf
