{"id":10060,"date":"2019-01-16T15:08:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umweltperspektiven.ch\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2019-01-16T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:08:28","slug":"universitaet-basel-erhaelt-watt-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organisator.ch\/en\/allgemein\/2019-01-16\/universitaet-basel-erhaelt-watt-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Basel receives Watt d'Or"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A team from the University of Basel and BLS will be awarded the Watt d'Or 2019 for reducing energy consumption in rail transport. In front on the right, the initiator, physicist Prof. Dr. Peter Oelhafen. (Image: Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Watt d'Or trophy was presented to the winners by Council of States member Pascale Bruderer on January 10 in Bern. Prof. Dr. Peter Oelhafen, Professor Emeritus of Experimental Physics at the University of Basel, was able to accept the prize together with representatives of the railroad company BLS in the category \"Energy Efficient Mobility\".<\/p>\n

Oelhafen had proposed to BLS AG to measure the energy consumption in rail vehicles in detail in order to gain a solid basis for savings. For the measurement campaign, one of the BLS trains was equipped with sensors and electricity meters to measure the consumption of all subsystems.<\/p>\n

The results showed: Only slightly more than half of the total annual energy consumed by a \"Nina\" type train is used for actual driving. One third is used for heating, ventilation and cooling. Around another third is consumed when the train is stationary, as many systems continue to run.<\/p>\n

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