Energy Matters (2018)
We wake up, we turn on the light. We prepare our coffee. We have a hot shower, use our car or public transport to move from A to B. We read the latest news on our smart phone. Energy has become our constant companion, maybe without us even realising it. But where does all this energy come from? Can we assume it is always there? And what is the direct and indirect effect of us consuming the products and services that are so tightly interwoven in our daily lives?
Today, Switzerland relies to a large extent on imported fuels for its overall energy consumption. In a public vote in 2017, the Swiss people supported the Swiss government’s ‘Energy Strategy 2050’ to move ahead with decarbonising the energy system and phase out nuclear power. Combined with a growing population, Switzerland needs to coordinate a wide range of measures to transform its energy system on a path of environmental integrity to become more efficient and more diverse, while ensuring long term economic viability.
Meet the teams of 2018:
During the fourth edition of ETH Week, we encouraged all participants — students, professors, staff, and external experts — to join a critical and multi-faceted discussion to analyse the world we live in, while actively thinking about the various parts we can play to contribute to a joint, well-coordinated energy transition. As we will need to double our efforts in the next decade, the challenge opens a window of opportunity for critical thinking and creativity, for larger and especially smaller innovations, and for personal and societal team work.
ETH Week 2018 was organised in close collaboration with the ESC. See who was behind this year's ETH Week. For more information have a look at the detailed programme.
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