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Electricity production plants
An electricity production plant is a technical facility for generating electricity. It is in the public interest to have a spatial overview of all electricity production plants in Switzerland. In particular, the expansion of production plants that produce electricity from renewable energy should be presented transparently. The ratio of plants producing electricity from renewable energy to plants producing electricity from non-renewable energy can also be shown. A distinction is made between hydropower, photovoltaics, wind energy, biomass, geothermal energy, nuclear energy, oil, natural gas and coal. This database contains all electricity production plants that are registered in the Swiss proof of origin system and includes all plants with an output exceeding 30 kilovolt-amperes (kVA), as well as small plants (more than 2 kilowatts) that have been voluntarily registered to display proof of origin. The database also includes plants that are subsidised by a feed-in rate, a one-off payment, additional cost financing or an investment contribution (pursuant to Art. 19 and 24; EnA). Only electricity production plants that are in operation are included.
Heating with renewables: Detached homes and apartment blocks with up to 6 apartments
A ‘renewable heating’ advice service is available to building owners who have oil, gas or electric heating and who wish to find out which renewable low-carbon heat source is most appropriate to heat their building. An advisor visits the client (property owner) to discuss the building’s energy requirements, location-specific factors and the owner's wishes. The advisor takes these factors into account and gives the owner a checklist setting out recommendations for optimising the current heating system. On the basis of the checklist, the client can get appropriate quotes for a new system and set about switching to renewables. This database contains all the trained advisors in the ‘renewable heating’ programme who meet the quality criteria.
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Air pollution by particulate matter PM10
"Particulate matter" (PM10) refers to particles less than 10 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion processes, mechanical processes (abrasion, whirling-up) and through secondary formation (from sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, and volatile organic compounds). All emission sources such as transport, households, industry and agriculture contribute towards PM10 pollution, which causes disorders of the respiratory tract and cardiovascular system and increases the cancer risk and mortality rate. The time series shows the modeled maps of the annual mean values since 1998 in a 200 m grid, and in a 100 m grid from 2020. PM10 concentrations may deviate locally from the modeled data. Individual pixels should not be used to evaluate individual locations. The annual limit for PM10 set in the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control is 20 µg/m³.
2000-Watt Sites
The 2000-Watt Sites label is used for certifying residential areas that are able to demonstrate a sustainable use of resources for the construction, operation and renovation of buildings, and the mobility associated with their operation. The certificate is structured on the basis of the Energy City label in combination with the Swiss Engineers and Architects Association’s Energy Efficiency Path for Buildings. For a housing development project, an application for a certificate may already be submitted at an early stage, and the label will then be issued after an assessment has been made of the project objectives and the binding agreement governing compliance with the specified objectives. A certificate for a housing development can be issued until such time as more than 50 percent of the building surface area has been handed over for the specified new purpose. This therefore means that the development has to demonstrably meet the criteria attached to the new certificate when in operation. The label is based on an assessment of the management system, communication and cooperation, the construction of the building and its operation, supply and disposal, as well as mobility.
Ammonia Concentration
Ammonia can harm plants and animals and contributes to elevated nitrogen deposition. Critical levels for ammonia are established in the framework of the UNECE convention on long-range transboundary air pollution. Critical levels only apply for areas containing sensitive ecosystems. The critical level is set at 1 µg/m³ for lichens and between 2 and 4 µg/m³ for higher plants. The time series shows the mean ammonia concentration for the years 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 in a resolution of 500m. The model is based on national ammonia emissions of which more than 90% originated from agriculture. Detailed information about the model can be found in the report Critical Loads of Nitrogen and their Exceedances. Information about the calculation of ammonia emissions is available on the website of Agrammon. Actual ammonia concentrations can deviate from the modelled grid data. Single pixels must not be used for assessing ammonia concentrations at single sites.
Cattle - Stillbirths
Rate and absolute number of stillbirths by total number of births (live births plus stillbirths). Literature.
Sustainable potential of non-woody biomass resources for bioenergy in Switzerland at the municipality level
Biomass is a renewable resource for energy which can be transformed into several forms of energy: heat, electricity, biogas or liquid fuels. Non-woody types of biomass were investigated using methodically comparable approaches: manure, agricultural crop by-products, the organic part of household garbage, green waste, the organic residues from industrial waste and sewage sludge. Within the implementation of the energy strategy 2050 the Swiss government foresees a massive increase in the share of renewable energy. The Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research (SCCER) Biosweet (Biomass for Swiss Energy Future) seeks solutions to the technical, social and political challenges posed by the Energy Transition with regard to biomass. The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL quantified and localised the potential of important biomass resources in Switzerland, particularly with regard to their sustainable availability. The results are useful as a basis for identifying promising biomass-use pathways and the best sites for their implementation. Data (https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/swiss-biomass-potentials) and a detailed report are available online (https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl%3A13277/datastream/PDF/Thees-2017-Biomassepotenziale_der_Schweiz_f%C3%BCr_die-%28published_version%29.pdf). This map shows the sustainable potential of non-woody biomass for bioenergy (maximum amount of nationally produced non-woody biomass that could be used, after deducting any ecological, economic, legal and political constraints) in Switzerland at the municipality level in primary energy (maximum amount of energy available in a resource without conversion) in terajoules.
Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Flexible’ charging world for the year 2035
The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a facility for charging plug-in vehicles (battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) at which a single vehicle can be charged at the same time. The number of charging points is broken down into various charging options, which differ according to the five charging needs of owners of plug-in vehicles (charging at home, charging at work, charging in the neighbourhood, charging at the destination, fast charging) as well as the type of charging (alternating current AC, direct current DC) and charging power (in kilowatts [kW]). The charging points for charging in the neighbourhood, charging at the destination and fast charging are referred to collectively as generally accessible charging points. The colour of the areas refers to the number of generally accessible charging points required per municipality. In order to show the range of possible developments, the three charging worlds "Convenient", "Planned" and "Flexible" were designed based on common industry assumptions in the SFOE study "Understanding charging infrastructure 2050" to show the direction in which the charging infrastructure in Switzerland could develop. In the "Flexible" charging world, many people cannot charge at home; they charge at various locations where their vehicle is parked - at work or when shopping.
Charging requirements: Home charging availability in the charging world ‘Planned’ for the year 2035
The map shows the percentage of plug-in vehicles (battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) per selected municipality that will have no charging facilities at home or at work in 2035. The percentage of plug-in vehicles that cannot charge at home is also given (expressed as a decimal figure). The availability of private home charging points and charging facilities at the workplace depends on various assumptions regarding the implementation strategy, some of which are local. In order to show the range of possible developments, the three charging worlds "Convenient", "Planned" and "Flexible" were designed based on common industry assumptions in the SFOE study "Understanding charging infrastructure 2050" to show the direction in which the charging infrastructure in Switzerland could develop. In the "Planned" charging world, many people cannot charge at home; they mainly charge at rapid charging points.