{"id":12959,"date":"2019-01-11T13:50:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T12:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/a-new-institute-for-energy-and-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:49","slug":"a-new-institute-for-energy-and-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/a-new-institute-for-energy-and-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"A new institute for Energy and the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Operational from 1 January 2019, the new Institute for Energy and the Environment of the HES-SO Valais-Wallis brings together technical, economic and social expertise to tackle the energy transition from an interdisciplinary perspective.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Valais is increasingly positioning itself as the energy hub of Switzerland. It is the country\u2019s largest producer of renewable energy and home to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energypolis.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energypolis<\/a> campus. As of January 2019, the canton also hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hevs.ch\/fr\/hes-so-valais-wallis\/actualites\/creation-de-l-institut-de-recherche-energie-et-environnement-19975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new interdisciplinary institute<\/a> for applied research and development dedicated to energy and the environment.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>An interdisciplinary approach<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The new center of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hevs.ch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HES-SO Valais-Wallis<\/a> combines the know-how of the School of Engineering (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hevs.ch\/fr\/hautes-ecoles\/haute-ecole-d-ingenierie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEI<\/a>) and the School of Management (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hevs.ch\/en\/hautes-ecoles\/school-of-management-and-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEG<\/a>). The institute will focus on broad environmental and energy issues, with the goal to \u201cprovide a single gateway to come up with answers adapted to the needs of society\u201d, explains Professor Pierre Roduit, who heads the institute.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on the expertise of its 60 employees, including 19 professors, the institute intends to work on various energy-related topics including renewable energy, smart grids, mobility and the environment through three complementary approaches: technological, economic and IT. Synergies will be developed with the Energypolis campus, as well as with the Centre de recherches \u00e9nerg\u00e9tiques et municipales (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crem.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CREM<\/a>) based in Martigny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operational from 1 January 2019, the new Institute for Energy and the Environment of the HES-SO Valais-Wallis brings together technical, economic and social expertise to tackle the energy transition from an interdisciplinary perspective. Valais is increasingly positioning itself as the energy hub of Switzerland. 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