Siemens Inaugurates Climate-Neutral Campus in Switzerland

Siemens inaugurated a new Research and Development facility in Zug, Switzerland. The inauguration marks the completion of a CHF250 million investment and the seven-year construction of its climate-neutral campus.

“Technology is the key to sustainability,” said Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens. “With 40 percent of global energy demand coming from buildings, zero carbon facilities are a huge lever for businesses – and countries – to become greener. It’s complex. We use artificial intelligence to orchestrate hardware and software. Switzerland’s high environmental standards and world-class universities make it the perfect place to advance this technology. And Siemens Xcelerator, our new digital business platform, makes it easier for customers to implement by making it modular.”

As the global HQ for Smart Infrastructure, the campus in Zug is a key location for the development of building technologies, filing around 80 new patents every year. The 25,000-square-meter campus consists of a main building, a factory, and the newly-added R&D Center. Climate neutrality is achieved through a combination of different measures. The campus is now complete, providing a climate-neutral working environment for more than 1,700 colleagues to advance the technological development of critical infrastructure worldwide.