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August 15, 2024

Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Earns Prestigious International Accreditation

The Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) is proud to announce that its School of Management has achieved the highly esteemed AACSB accreditation. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is recognized globally as the leading certification body for business schools, with only six percent of business schools worldwide earning this coveted mark of excellence.

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February 8, 2024

Waste incineration plants as a stabilizer for the Swiss energy system

Waste incineration plants (WIP) are already multi-talented today. Heat and metals are recovered from the incinerated waste and electricity is produced. 17 Swiss research partners now want to go three steps further. They want to convert the waste products from the waste into synthetic fuels such as hydrogen and thus store surplus energy from renewable energy in summer for use in winter. The hydrogen can also be converted into raw materials for the chemical and plastics industries together with the waste gases from the waste incineration plant. In addition, the climate-damaging CO₂  produced during the incineration of the waste can be reused directly on site as a raw material.

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