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.

Latest news

Project ConcReTe unlocks the value of reused concrete by developing construction systems for concrete blocks taken from demolition sites.

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 in Fribourg is set to begin in the next years. This multidisciplinary living laboratory will serve as a catalyst of progress, providing fertile ground for carrying out work in real conditions.

News

2025-05-06_lcawebinar

Webinar on early-stage decision-making using LCA in building design

Elèves du primaire

Table Ronde | Tout se transforme – Mieux respirer à l'école

MISTI - MIT workshop

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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Maximizing the potential for natural ventilation with regard to energy use and occupant well-being

Infrastructures

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Building of the Smart Living Lab

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

All infrastructures

Events

CISBAT 2025 | Call for Contributions EPFL Lausanne

Publications

Reuse potentials of building elements: learning from practices and synthesis of assessment methods

Lambec, Barbara Ludivine Justine

Maximisation of the environmental performance of beams through the optimisation and comparison of different typologies

Riez, N.Maitenaz, SébastienEstrella, XavierMetge, NicolasFivet, Corentin

Journal of Building Engineering

Do women feel colder by nature? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of sex differences in physiological and subjective thermal responses

Vellei, MarikaPallubinsky, HannahKhovalyg, DolaanaCarter, SarahChinazzo, Giorgia

Building and 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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