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Insulate with waste paper

In cooperation with researchers, a Swiss manufacturer has developed a dimensionally stable and therefore fire-resistant blown-in fiber insulation material made from recycled paper. The product could give new impetus to waste paper insulation. Because cellulose fibers are considered to be particularly sustainable. The use of cellulose for building insulation became widespread in western industrialized nations in the 1970s, when notably in…

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Renewable heating systems on the rise

More and more cantons regulate the heating replacement according to the MuKEn specifications. Monovalent systems, especially heat pumps, are growing significantly as a result. This is shown by a current data analysis commissioned by the Energy Directors' Conference. The revised Lucerne Energy Act has been in force since January 1, 2019. It regulates the heating replacement according to the current model regulations of the cantons in the energy sector...

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Customers have confidence in protective measures

Measures to combat the corona virus have been gradually relaxed in Switzerland. How things will continue and when and under what conditions the all-clear can be given and normality can be returned cannot be predicted with certainty. What challenges did Elco's service department face as a result of the lockdown, what protective measures were taken...

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Warm and dry winter quarter

The weather in the 1st quarter of 2020 (January, February, March), heating degree days from April 2019 to March 2020. Locally, the very warm January was already in the record range. Nationwide, February was the second warmest since measurements began in 1864. The whole quarter was rather low in precipitation. Very warm and dry JanuarySwitzerland registered at altitudes over 1000…

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