Smart Living Lab

Research

Find research projects developed at the Smart Living Lab focusing on the wellbeing of users, energy efficiency, and digital transformation, categorized by research domain, research group and research facility.

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The urban living lab "O'Frais au Schönberg" focuses on the relationship between the design of open urban spaces and outdoor well-being during heatwaves. It is part of the SWICE research consortium, "Sustainable Well-being for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy Transition".

About

The Smart Living Lab is a research and development center for the built environment of the future that brings together the combined expertise of the EPFL, the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, and the University of Fribourg.

bUILDING OF THE sMART lIVING laB

Construction of the Smart Living Lab’s own dedicated building began in Fribourg in 2025. This multidisciplinary living laboratory will serve as a catalyst of progress, providing fertile ground for carrying out work in real conditions.

News

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Rencontre | Tout se transforme – Appartements trait d'union

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Invited talk | Ami Ogawa, Senior Assistant Professor at Keio University

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Interview with Aziza Chaouni: «My main motivation for joining EPFL was to become part of the Smart Living Lab»

Research

Faizabad, centre de réhabilitation physique. Centre construit par le CICR. Vue de l\'ouest.
Faizabad, physical rehabilitation centre. Centre built by the ICRC. View from the west.

Sustainable construction in humanitarian action

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ALPACA: Alaskan Layered Pollution And Chemical Analysis

Infrastructures

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Building of the Smart Living Lab

Construction of the Smart Living Lab’s own dedicated building began in Fribourg in 2025. This multidisciplinary living laboratory will serve as a catalyst of progress, providing fertile ground for carrying out work in real conditions.

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Events

Events history

Publications

Personalized Metabolic Rates Vs. ISO Standards

Sabit, FarizaKhovalyg, Dolaana

Proceedings of the 15th REHVA HVAC World Congress - CLIMA 2025

Conference Papers

Combining Interactive Equilibrium Design and Stock-constrained Optimisation for Component Reuse

Warmuth, JonasD'acunto, PierluigiFivet, Corentin

Design with reuse in the architectural design process: practice-based review of changes, challenges, and work routines

Kröll, Kristina ViktoriaSchröder, TorstenBekkering, J.D.Fivet, Corentin

Frontiers in Built Environment

About

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The Smart Living Lab is a research and development center whose aim is to achieve energy efficiency, digital transformation, and the well-being of its users.

Partnerships

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The Smart Living Lab conducts interdisciplinary research projects through experiments in real conditions involving both researchers and companies. This allows partners from the private, public and academic sectors who are interested in developing innovative projects access to the excellent research infrastructure available at the heart of the Switzerland Innovation Park (SIP) Network West EPFL.

Medias

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