Devi Bühler

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior researcher and lecturer, Project leader

Focus

• Circular economy in the building and housing sector, Zero Emission Buildings, Integrated building design
• Greywater treatment and reuse, Biological wastewater treatment
• Decentralised, sustainable water management
• Acceptance and socio-economic aspects of eco-technologies

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, PhD (in progress) / Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Sciences and Technology
  Ghent University
  10 / 2020 - 12 / 2024
• Master of Science ZFH / Natural Resource Science
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  09 / 2015 - 02 / 2018
• Bachelor of Science ZFH / Environmental Engineering
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  09 / 2010 - 09 / 2013
• Vocational baccalaureate with technical focus
  Gewerblich-Industrielle Berufsschule Uster
  10 / 2007 - 09 / 2009
• Swiss Federal Certificate of Competence / Druggist
  Allgemeine Berufsschule Zürich / training company
  08 / 2003 - 08 / 2007

Network

Membership of networks

• International Science Council - Global Roster of Experts
• International Water Association IWA - Member of the Management Committee Specialist Group on Resource-Oriented Sanitation
• Swiss Water Partnership
• Swiss Young Academy - Elected Member
• Swiss Association for Building Biology

Awards

• Zurich Future Prize
  Zurich Cantonal Parliament
  01 / 2025
• Sustainability Award for the achievements in KREIS-Haus
  ZHAW Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
  12 / 2021
• Svial Asiat Award for best grade in the master's program
  SVIAL
  06 / 2018
• SoE-Award for best grade in the technical vocational baccalaureate
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  09 / 2009

Social media

LinkedIn

Media presence

• Project KREIS-Haus
• Project LaundReCycle

Projects

• The Blackwater Project in Cape Town / Project leader / laufend
• Low-Tech Resource-oriented Water Treatment Solutions for Off-grid Communities / Project leader / laufend
• Value Next – Transdisciplinary Research for a Circular Water Future / Deputy project leader / laufend
• Integration of water and nutrient cycles in the renovation of a single-family detached home / Deputy project leader / laufend
• Evaluation of methods for monitoring the quality of treated domestic grey water for water re-use / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Ecological Engineering Living Lab: Insights into the lab of Ecological Engineering / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• LaundReCycle South Africa / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Local Water Loop / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Zhang, Rui; Yang, Xuetong; Bühler, Devi; van Oirschot, Dion; Martens, Mireille; Van Hulle, Stijn W.H.; Rousseau, Diederik P.L.,

  2024.

  Pilot scale demonstration of an underground biological aerated filter for rural wastewater treatment in a protected area.

  Journal of Water Process Engineering.

  64(105603).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105603

• Bühler, Devi; Antenen, Nadine; Frei, Matthias; Koller, Christoph; Rousseau, Diederik P. L.; Schönborn, Andreas; Junge, Ranka,

  2021.

  Towards water and energy self-sufficiency : a closed-loop, solar-driven, low-tech laundry pilot facility (LaundReCycle) for the reuse of laundry wastewater.

  Circular Economy and Sustainability.

  1(3), pp. 1037-1051.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00077-2

• Dale, Glenn; Dotro, Gabriela; Srivastava, Puneet; Austin, David; Hutchinson, Stacy; Head, Peter; Goonetilleke, Ashanta; Stefanakis, Alexandros; Junge, Ranka; Fernandez, José A.; Weyer, Vanessa; Truter, Wayne; Bühler, Devi; Bennett, John; Liu, Hongbo; Li, Zifu; Du, Jianqiang; Schneider, Petra; Hack, Jochen; Schönborn, Andreas,

  2021.

  Education in ecological engineering : a need whose time has come.

  Circular Economy and Sustainability.

  1(1), pp. 333-373.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00067-4

• Langergraber, Guenter; Pucher, Bernhard; Simperler, Lena; Kisser, Johannes; Katsou, Evina; Bühler, Devi; Mateo, Mari Carmen Garcia; Atanasova, Nataša,

  2020.

  Implementing nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city.

  Blue-Green Systems.

  2(1), pp. 173-185.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2020.933

• Katsou, Evina; Nika, Chrysanthi-Elisabeth; Bühler, Devi; Marić, Bruno; Megyesi, Boldizsár; Mino, Eric; Babí Almenar, Javier; Bas, Bilge; Bećirović, Dženan; Bokal, Sabina; Đolić, Maja; Elginöz, Nilay; Kalnis, Gregoris; Mateo, Mari-Carmen Garcia; Milousi, Maria; Mousavi, Alireza; Rinčić, Iva; Rizzo, Agatino; Rodriguez-Roda, Ignasi; Rugani, Benedetto; Šalaševičienė, Alvija; Sari, Ramazan; Stanchev, Peyo; Topuz, Emel; Atanasova, Natasa,

  2020.

  Transformation tools enabling the implementation of nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city.

  Blue-Green Systems.

  2(1), pp. 186-211.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2020.929

• Bühler, Devi; Junge, Ranka,

  2016.

  Global trends and current status of commercial urban rooftop farming.

  Sustainability.

  8(11), pp. 1108.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su8111108

• Bühler, Devi; Schamoni, Wilfriede Renate,

  2023.

  Energieeffizientes Bauen und Sanieren.

  Augsburg:

  WEKA MEDIA GmbH & Co.

  ISBN 978-3-8111-5115-4.

• Bühler, Devi; Junge, Ranka; Rousseau, Diederik,

  2023.

  Towards water self-sufficiency : pilot operation of an off-grid water cycle based on rainwater harvesting and low-tech, biological greywater treatment in an inhabited demonstration house in Switzerland (KREIS-Haus) [paper].

  In:

  6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment, Girona, Spain, 26-29 June 2023.

  International Water Association.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28826

• Bühler, Devi; Schuetze, Thorsten; Junge, Ranka,

  2015.

  Towards development of a label for zero emission buildings : a tool to evaluate potential zero emission buildings [paper].

  In:

  Rosen, Marc A., ed.,

  Special Issue "Towards Sustainability: Selected Papers from the Fourth World Sustainability Forum (2014)".

  The 4th World Sustainability Forum, Electronic Conference at sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, 1-30 November 2014.

  MDPI.

  pp. 5071-5093.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su7055071

• Bühler, Devi; Junge, Ranka; Schütze, Thorsten,

  2014.

  Towards development of a label for zero emission buildings : a tool to evaluate potential zero emission buildings [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 4th world sustainability forum.

  The 4th World Sustainability Forum, Electronic Conference at sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, 1-30 November 2014.

  MDPI.

  Sciforum Electronic Conference Series ; 4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/wsf-4-a001

• Bühler, Devi; Barmettler, Regina,

  2023.

  LaundReCycle : a water- and energy self-sufficient laundromat.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28581

• Bühler, Devi; Lüthi, Laila; Jenny, Annette,

  2023.

  KREIS-Haus : Schlussbericht Projektphase 2021 - 2022.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27805

• Bühler, Devi,

  2023.

  Grossmarkt Grossstadt.

  Modulør.

  16(1), pp. 34-39.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27263

• Bühler, Devi,

  2022.

  Ecological Engineering Living Lab.

  TRANSFER Special.

  2022(2), pp. 9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25948

• Bühler, Devi,

  2022.

  Ökotechnologie Living Lab.

  TRANSFER Spezial.

  2022(2), pp. 9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25947

• Bühler, Devi,

  2022.

  Baubranche : wieso die Klimasünderin umdenken muss.

  higgs.

  Available from: https://www.higgs.ch/baubranche-wieso-die-klimasuenderin-umdenken-muss/50357/

• Bühler, Devi,

  2022.

  Design challenge - Sight Unseen: Depicting Climate Change in the Light of Human Rights.

  Swiss Young Academy.

  Available from: https://swissyoungacademy.ch/en/laufende-projekte/projekt-1/design-challenge/

• Bühler, Devi; Schönborn, Andreas,

  2021.

  Das KREIS-Haus : die grosse Kreislaufvision im Miniformat.

  Transfer.

  2021(2), pp. 12.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24755

• Bühler, Devi,

  2020.

  Urban Mining und Urban Farming im Haus der Zukunft.

  Baubiologie.

  Available from: https://www.baubio.ch/artikel-beitrage/urban-mining-und-urban-farming-im-haus-der-zukunft

• Bühler, Devi; Antenen, Nadine,

  2020.

  Waschen für die Wissenschaft.

  IUNR Magazin.

  2020(1), pp. 14-15.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19919

• Bühler, Devi; Antenen, Nadine; Frei, Matthias; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Barmettler, Regina; Schönborn, Andreas; Brändle, Till; Balducci, Andrea; Mezek, Katjuša; Zybach, Christa; Bleuler, Mira; Junge, Ranka,

  2020.

  Local Water Loop : Vorstudie für einen energie- und wasserautarken Waschmaschinenbetrieb.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28824

• Bühler, Devi; Junge, Ranka,

  2018.

  Ein Technologiekonzept für multi-funktionale Fassaden.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27655

• Bühler, Devi; Antenen, Nadine; Frei, Matthias; Koller, Christoph; Junge, Ranka,

  2020.

  Towards water and energy self-sufficiency : a closed-loop, low-tech laundry pilot facility (LaundReCycle) for the reuse of laundry wastewater.

  In:

  Closed Cycles and the Circular Society : The Power of Ecological Engineering, Online, 2-4 September 2020.

  Available from: https://closedcycles2020.ch

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