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Sustainability and energy transition in Swiss universities of applied sciences

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The University of Applied Science (UAS) in Switzerland were reformed around 25 years ago and have since achieved considerable success in education and applied research. At the core of the UAS mission are the challenges of realizing sustainability in the industrial context and determining how to tackle the energy transition. This paper presents two examples (residential buildings and consumer products) to demonstrate how the aforementioned challenges are confronted in the UAS. These examples bring the necessity to confront sustainability in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way. Engineering skills should be complemented with knowledge of integration among the human and technological aspects of a project.

Source: Vocation Technology & Education

DOI: 10.54844/vte.2024.0670

Author: Claudio Boër

Institution: University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability in Higher Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Quality education, Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4403001474

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