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A Blog of the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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Metenvia reflecting on past year's performance and challenges
15.11.2022 J. Edebeli

Group retreat 2022 – redefining our mission

After a year of executing our previous goals and strategies and changes in personnel, the present METENVIA team embarked on a journey away from the noise of the city for a quick internal assessment and renewal, a retreat. During this period at Herzberg in Aargau, Switzerland, we evaluated and renewed our focus, strategy, and drive … Read more

Adoption of the net-zero emissions goal by the 41st ICAO Assembly on 7 October 2022 (Photo credit: ICAO)

ICAO adopts net-zero carbon emissions goal for international aviation

Written by: Thomas Rötger On 7 October 2022, at the end of 2 weeks of negotiations during the 41st ICAO Assembly, the 193 ICAO Member States took the historic decision to adopt a collective long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG) of net-zero carbon emissions of international aviation by 2050. This resolution was based upon a report on the … Read more

02.11.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality, Meetings

PM in Zurich, measured as LDSA (example at Schimmelstrasse)

We introduced you to the concept of lung deposited surface area (LDSA) and our network of LDSA sensors in a previous post. The idea of monitoring very fine particulate matter (PM) comes from the knowledge that up to 90% of number concentration of ambient PM comprises of particles less than 500 nm of which ultrafine … Read more

07.09.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality

PM in Zurich, measured as LDSA (example at Schimmelstrasse)

We introduced you to the concept of lung deposited surface area (LDSA) and our network of LDSA sensors in a previous post. The idea of monitoring very fine particulate matter (PM) comes from the knowledge that up to 90% of number concentration of ambient PM comprises of particles less than 500 nm of which ultrafine … Read more

07.09.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: Aviation and Air Quality

Conference Report: 5th International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere, Climate – TAC-5

A long-awaited return The previous installment of the TAC conferences, TAC-4, was the best conference I attended during my PhD back in 2015. A perfect combination of topics and social activities in a small Bavarian town away from touristy temptations. Naturally, TAC-5 had been on my radar, and it was initially supposed to follow the … Read more

17.08.2022 Lukas Durdina
Kategorie: Meetings

Tropical nights in Zurich and in Basel – a preliminary analysis of the Summer 2022

Although the official summer season is far from ending, it is probably safe to say already now that Switzerland is currently experiencing one of the sunniest, driest and hottest summer of the last decade. As published within the MeteoSwiss Climate-Blog article from July 29th 2022, July 2022 is ranking as the fourth warmest July (after … Read more

16.08.2022 Julien Anet
Kategorie: Meteorology and Climate

The versatility within a transport sector – a personal story

Written by Manuel Roth The Center for Aviation is characterized by multidisciplinary research and services within the aviation sector. The versatility of these focal points inspires and shapes my everyday life. But let’s start at the beginning. As a scientific assistant, I work for the Center’s Human Factors Team in addition to the MetEnviA team. … Read more

25.07.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: The Team

The versatility within a transport sector – a personal story

Written by Manuel Roth The Center for Aviation is characterized by multidisciplinary research and services within the aviation sector. The versatility of these focal points inspires and shapes my everyday life. But let’s start at the beginning. As a scientific assistant, I work for the Center’s Human Factors Team in addition to the MetEnviA team. … Read more

25.07.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: The Team

One ring to cool them all?

Passersby strolling across Turbinenplatz in Zurich these days, are treated with an unusual sight: A construction made of wood, strings and a metallic ring , hovering a few meters above ground and spraying a fine mist into the air, creating a cloud-like image. It is an installation by the city of Zurich, inteded to bring … Read more

08.07.2022 dros
Kategorie: Meteorology and Climate

Boosting Power-to-X in Switzerland

Climate change will only be successfully tackled if a drastic reduction in emitted greenhouse gases can be fulfilled. This goal can best be reached by both decarbonizing all energy sectors and reducing the energy demand of our society. To this end, Switzerland aims at rapidly expanding the capacity of green energy production, with a strong … Read more

27.06.2022 Julien Anet
Kategorie: Meetings

SAE E31 comes to ZHAW – success

Updates to SAE E31 in Winterthur – 27.06.2022 ZAV successfully hosted this year’s SAE E31 committee’s summer meeting from June 20 – 24 in Winterthur, Switzerland. This meeting was the first one taking place in person since January 2020. As usual, the meeting primarily focused on discussing the progress and plans for various standardized methods … Read more

27.06.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: Meetings

SAE E31 comes to ZHAW – success

Updates to SAE E31 in Winterthur – 27.06.2022 ZAV successfully hosted this year’s SAE E31 committee’s summer meeting from June 20 – 24 in Winterthur, Switzerland. This meeting was the first one taking place in person since January 2020. As usual, the meeting primarily focused on discussing the progress and plans for various standardized methods … Read more

27.06.2022 J. Edebeli
Kategorie: Meetings

Planning a Measurement Network for Urban Temperatures in Winterthur

Our group has been running an uniquely dense temperature and humidity measurement network in the city of Zurich between 2019 and early 2022, as you might remember from our blogpost from 2020. In early 2022, the non-automatically reporting stations were removed from the wild and the automatic ones are still out there gathering useful information … Read more

31.05.2022 Stefan Fluck
Kategorie: Meteorology and Climate

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