On 30.01.2023 viboo was featured in the evening news of RTS, the west Swiss national television channel. The report titled “Des vannes intelligentes pour réduire sa facture de chauffage et son empreinte carbone” (“Smart valves to reduce your heating bill and your carbon footprint”)...

Each year, ETH Zurich awards the ETH Medal to a small number of doctoral students whose dissertations were considered particularly outstanding. This year, two Empa researchers received the award. The ETH Medal together with a reward of CHF 2’000 was awarded at the doctoral ceremony on 20 January....

Christmas comes early for us and many of our interested end-users! We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Bouygues Energies & Services (CH) for a pre-release program in Switzerland. Building owners, operators, and tenants of light commercial and public buildings can now...

We got covered by Blick, which is the most read paid newspaper in Switzerland with 472’000 readers per day. You can find the article online: https://www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/bis-zu-40-prozent-ersparnis-schweizer-jungunternehmer-im-kampf-gegen-steigende-heizkosten-id18076543.html

The need for solutions that enable us to live, work and innovate more sustainably is growing relentlessly. During Swiss Digital Days 2022, regional and particularly sustainable project ideas from driven entrepreneurs that preserve and protect natural resources received the attention they deserved at...

Green startup battle reveals seven finalists After seven weeks of the Swiss Digital days 2022 and seven regional sessions of the GreenTech Startup Battle, the seven finalists proceeding to the finale have been announced. They will compete in the national session on the 27th of October in Zug as part...

An innovation that helps save heating costs Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 29.09.2022 – This week, the Empa Innovation Award was presented for the eleventh time. The award honors outstanding projects that bridge the gap between lab and practical applications. This year’s winner is viboo....

We got covered and gave an interview in a radio show by SRF, the Swiss Radio and Television. You can find the audio and a written article online: https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/weniger-energieverbrauch-intelligente-thermostaten-sollen-heizenergie-deutlich-senken

Empa spin-off viboo: A self-learning algorithm that helps save heating energy Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 01.09.2022 – With energy prices soaring, heating costs will also inevitably rise in the coming winter. In order to mitigate this, solutions for operating buildings more efficiently are...

viboo offers Predictive Control as a Service (PCaas) to manufacturers of building energy system components. The first platform release will feature a unique self-learning predictive control for smart thermostats allowing to reduce the energy consumption of heating and cooling systems in buildings by...

New Proof of Concept projects set to go! Each of these 8 young researchers receive up to CHF 130,000 in funding to implement their project. https://bridge.ch/en/proof-of-concept/supported-projects-2021… BRIDGE: a joint programme by @Innosuisse and @snf_ch. #BridgePoC From BRIDGE Programme (SNSF / Innosuisse)...