Projects of the ZHAW Departement Life Sciences and Facility Management
In the project database you will find all current projects in chronological order in descending order of time. Specific projects of the ZHAW can also be found via the search engine.
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A cloud-based IoT approach for food safety and quality prediction
Safety and quality prediction are topical issues in food industry. We are developing a novel IoT approach in the framework of a collaboration with Genossenschaft Migros Zürich (GMZ), ZHAW (represented by the institutes IAS and ILGI) and Axino Solutions AG. The main goal of the project is to provide a robust, ...
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Feasability Study Nature Park Rätikon / Liechtenstein
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Feasability Study Nature Park Rätikon / Vorarlberg
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Food from Wood
Food from Wood is a research project about edible insects, which do not feed on staple food of humans. Rhinoceros beetles and flower chafers stand in focus. The larvae spend their development inside the soil until pupation and they feed on dead wood. After pupation, the larvae can be sieved out of the substrate and ...
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Innovative business models for integrated real estate services
The feasibility study supported by the CTI (today Innosuisse) is being carried out in intensive cooperation with the three business partners. For each business partner, the project specifies how sustainable real estate services (e. g. multi-year planning, operational optimization, energy modernization, facility ...
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Development Nespresso CAS Coffee Expertise
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Mobile tool for the evaluation of forest edges - Digital Transformation
The tried and tested forest edge key (Krüsi et al. 2017) is suitable for recording the initial condition and later monitoring the success of forest edge enhancements, as it provides reproducible results and is easy to use (Fuhrer et al. submitted). For this reason, this forest edge key is to be further developed ...
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Aqu@teach: innovative educational tools to promote learning among European
Aqu@teach responds to the lack of adequately skilled personnel to design and operate innovative aquaculture and aquaponics Technology, by equipping students with transversal skills that will provide them with a competitive Advantage in the labour market. This Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education, ...
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Improving rural livelihoods through promoting high-quality coffee and coffee cherry products in the origin countries Colombia and Bolivia
To improve the livelihoods perspectives of smallholder coffee farmers, the project will generate and promote knowledge in origin countries on domestic quality markets, increased added value of coffee and coffee cherry products for coffee farmers and their organisations within origin countries and beyond. The project ...
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PhD Network in Data Science
Swissuniversities project to promote PhD programs at ZHAW in the field of Data Science.
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The potential for ecologically sustainable agricultural production and ethologically responsible animal husbandry in Switzerland
Food is responsible for a large proportion of global consumption of natural resources and for many environmental impacts. The focus is on animal foods in particular. The high and growing consumption of meat and milk is a global challenge. Switzerland must also participate in the search for ways of achieving ...
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Positive selection detection of genome from Ralstonia bacterium
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Green Hospital
Which processes in a hospital are particularly resource-intensive? How can cost-efficiency in hospitals be increased and environmental impact be reduced? How can life cycle innovation be applied in the health care sector in order to increase its sustainability? The Life Cycle Assessment Research Group of the Zurich ...
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LeMiG – Food waste in Swiss green waste
The composition of separately collected green waste from Swiss households was determined by means of a survey campaign of green waste collections upon delivery to green waste recycling plants. The survey campaign took into account the urban, peri-urban and rural community typologies according to spatial ...
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Technical recommendation on potential chemical markers of flavor degradation of roast coffee during long-term storage and associated measurement techniques
Research Objectives: Review the state of knowledge of chemical changes taking place in roast coffee during long-term storage, particularly when packaged effectively (i.e. in packs presenting a good barrier to oxygen). Formulate hypothesis regarding chemical markers that could be used to assess/track coffee ...
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Digital Services as part of the non-medical support services in hospitals
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AgroInnoTool
Swiss agriculture is under increasing pressure due to international competition, changing consumer needs, declining margins and a changing environment. Although the competitiveness of traditional agricultural production is declining, examples of innovative farmers show that niche products and diversification ...
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Water and Coffee (BWT)
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Parc Information Graubünden
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Multispectral imaging: key to early leaf disease detection