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Building Energy Efficiency via Surrogate Regression model
(2023)The objective of this work is to evaluate how different building parameters can impact on the building’s energy efficiency, while testing a Surrogate Model implementation for office buildings in Singapore. We train and validate a surrogate model derived from a physics-based building energy model, the City Energy Analyst, aiming to expand the analytic capabilities which are often limited due to model’s computational expenses. Our method ...Report -
Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons for Swiss Civil Protection
(2023)CSS Risk and Resilience ReportsClimate-exacerbated hazards have left an indelible mark on Europe in recent years. Switzerland has had a national climate change adaptation strategy in place since 2012. However, it is clear from the increasing frequency, intensity, and scale of climate-exacerbated hazards in Europe that more adaptation and better cooperation across cantonal and international borders are needed. This CSS Risk and Resilience Report has the aim to complement ...Report -
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Mobilité sur le marché du travail et mobi-lité en matière de formation dans la con-duite de travaux
(2023)CES StudiesAu cours des prochaines années, la formation de conducteur/trice des travaux se transforme du diplôme d'une école supérieure (ES) à un examen professionnel fédéral supérieur (EPS). Nous accompagnons ce processus de transformation aux côtés de la Société Suisse des Entrepreneurs. Dans cette étude, nous examinons le parcours des alumni de l'ES conduite des travaux en tant qu'apport au processus de transformation en commençant par leur ...Report -
Data quality in European law enforcement and border control cooperation: Findings from survey research
(2023)CURATE ReportThis report presents findings from survey research on data quality and related institutional arrangements and processes, carried out between January and February 2023 among 65 national-level law enforcement and border control organizations in the European Union/Schengen area. Overall, findings suggest growing awareness of data quality issues and increasing professionalization of data quality practices. There is, however, considerable ...Report -
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Prognose der Kostenentwicklung in der obligatorischen Krankenpflegeversicherung (OKP)
(2023)KOF StudiesDie vorliegende Studie diskutiert die Prognoseergebnisse für die Kostenentwicklung im Bereich der obligatorischen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung (OKP). Innerhalb der deskriptiven Diskussion der Datenlage werden für die Kostengruppen wie auch die Kantone die letztjährigen Wachstumsraten mit den längerfristigen Dynamiken verglichen. Nach einem unterdurchschnittlichen Wachstum von 2.4 Prozent im letzten Jahr ist wieder mit einem Anstieg der ...Report -
Contact Theory with No Contact: Facilitating Dialogue Online
(2023)CSS Mediation Resources“Contact Theory” is a robust academic theory showing that contact between groups typically reduces prejudice and improves intergroup relations. Bringing adversaries together is a prominent peacebuilding strategy and a significant part of any dialogue, negotiation, or mediation process: at some point, parties meet. At the same time, accelerated processes of digitalization in the 21st century have drastically changed the possibilities for ...Report