Value proposition

A research and development centre for the future of the built environment

The Smart Living Lab is a research and development centre for the future of the built environment. Its activities are motivated by the well-being of its users, energy efficiency, and digital transformation.

The Smart Living Lab brings together the combined expertise of the EPFL, the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR), and the University of Fribourg (UNIFR) in the areas of construction technologies, well-being and behaviours, interactions and design processes, and energy systems for the built environment.

This living lab hosts interdisciplinary research projects involving users and companies as well as researchers, and is located in the blueFACTORY innovation site at the heart of the Switzerland Innovation Park (SIP) Network West EPFL. The construction of an experimental building for the Smart Living Lab on this site is slated for 2020.

Research, Demonstrators, Built Environment, Architecture, Science, Innovation, Well-being & Behaviors, Energy Systems, Interactions & Design Processes, and Construction Technologies