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The pilot project to recycle old windows into float glass was translated into German and featured on SRF Tagesschau on 5 August. The full report is available to watch via the program’s replay.

Our pilot project to recycle old windows into float glass was featured on RTS Téléjournal on July 31—highlighting this groundbreaking milestone in Switzerland. The full segment is available for replay online for anyone interested.

Our researcher Michelle Schneider will present her paper on windows and circularity at the SBE25 Conference on June 26. The paper explores strategies to extend the life cycle of windows through reuse and recycling approaches.

As part of the CBI Booster with RE-WIN, we have jointly produced a publication in which the various players in the supply chain for the reuse of windows are tracked and evaluated. The book is available to order now.

Our research and our prototype are now documented in the “Raum für Wissen” platform, in which selected knowledge of a physical and immaterial nature created in Hall 180 is visualized and placed in a larger context.

In the November issue of Tracés, entitled “Autopsie du bâti”, I had the opportunity to share my expertise on the reuse of windows and the challenges involved. This conversation was transcribed into an article by Marion Cruz Absi.

Following the successful application for the Proof-of-Concept-Bridge grant, ZHAW’s Research and Development Department wrote a very complimentary article about the “Windows Of Opportunities’ project”. Thank you!

Through RE-WIN, an organisation that sends old Swiss windows to Ukraine for reconstruction, we had the opportunity to host an exhibition at the Basel 2023 Open House. As part of the event, we organised a window-themed memory game to engage and entertain visitors.