Building as a System Degree program, continuing education and research for the built environment

The Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture is the only Swiss university-level institution to research Building as a System. In doing so, it includes aspects of construction, energy and society in order to understand these activities in different areas and districts in a holistic way.

Digitalisierung im Bauwesen - mehr verstehen!

Digitization in the construction industry

The digital transformation is also gathering pace in the construction industry. In order to ensure that everyone involved can play an active role in this transformation, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has set up the «digitalesBauen@T&A» thematic platform.

Gebäude als System

Meet2Create research unit for new working environments

Researchers from the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture designed a research unit in order to develop and test solutions for the working environments of tomorrow.

«Innovation Park Zentralschweiz»

An initiative launched by companies, cantons and the University to promote pioneering research for building excellence.

Umwelt Arena

The «Swissness» photovoltaic façade in the Umwelt Arena Schweiz.

Dezentrale Energiesysteme

Energy Efficient Buildings and Plots

The Competence Centers Center for Integrated Building Technology, iHomeLab, Envelopes and Solar Energy and the research group Power Economy conduct research in self-sufficient lighting systems, building energy management and urban decentralized energy systems within the SCCER Future Energy Efficient Buildings and Districts (FEEBD).

NODESlab

Decentralized Energy Systems

The project „New Opportunities for Decentralized Energy Systems“, a test facility for the thermal network of a simplified district with three consumers, one seasonal storage and one heat source are replicated in the laboratory.

Laboratory materials@hslu

Design and manufacturing under the spotlight: The focus is on high-quality materials and taking into consideration their life cycle.

Innenansicht Lichtmesscontainer

Light@hslu

The Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture carries out interdisciplinary work at the point of interaction between room design and engineering.

Degree programs with a focus on the building as system

Help to design the built environment.

Weiterbildung für das Gebäude als System

Continuing education with a focus on the Building as a System

Research-based knowledge about energy and sustainability in construction.