The Technology and Society Lab (TSL) is Empa's interdisciplinary research unit which analyzes technologies embedded in social processes, focusing on the interactions among technology, environment and society with an emphasis on material flows connected with emerging technology applications. The Lab creates knowledge that supports industry in developing technologies that are beneficial and acceptable for society. It helps to minimize the risks of new technologies and contributes to sustainability by giving early warnings of critical developments in technology applications. The technological scope of the Lab is on Nano-, Energy-, Mobility- and Information and Communication Technologies. Most of our publications are available via our publications list. Furthermore, our list of PhD, Master and Bachelor Theses 2009 to 2012 gives another broad view of our activities.

• The long road to the 2000-watt society: How sustainably is Switzerland? May 24, 2013 (Empa Press Release)
• First International Conference on ICT for Sustainability ICT4S 2013 - including side events, February 12 - 16, 2013 (Empa press release, in German)
• SRI - Sustainable Recycling Industries – a new approach for developing countries (as pre-event of ICT4S 2013), 13 February 2013
• TA-SWISS-Studie zur e-Mobility - Chancen und Risiken der Elektromobilität, January 21st, 2013
• Measureing the use of natural resources and its impacts. Indicators and application. - SATW report, July, 2012
• An eco-friendly factory- KTI-research project "EcoFactory", July 3, 2012
• Was tun gegen die totale Überwachung? TA-SWISS-Studie zu Ortungstechnologien, June 20, 2012
• «Best Paper»-Award - Plastics in electrical waste: disposal or recycling?  March 16, 2012
• Domestic consumption main contributor to Africa’s growing E-waste - UN report finds imports of waste electronics from Europe exacerbate E-waste problem in Africa, February, 10, 2012
• No future without scarce metals, «Technology Briefing» on the scarcity of raw materials, January 31, 2012
• «Vademecum» für Nanotextilien - Vorbildprojekt des Textilverbandes Schweiz TVS und der Empa, German, October 31, 2011
• Calls for immediate action to double global resource efficiency - World Resources Forum in Davos 2011 , 22 September 20
• Focus: How to use  resources efficiently - EmpaNews 34, 22 September 2011
• Elektrisch in die Zukunft? - Wissenschaftsapéro «Die elektromobile Stadt», German, September 5, 2011
• New biofuel sustainability assessment tool and GHG calculator released - How sustainable are "biofuels"? A new web-based tool can tell, June, 14, 2011
• It All Depends on  the Coffee - Taking a close look at the eco-balance of coffee capsules, May 10, 2011
• Nanosilver: a new name – well known effects - At work against microbes for over a century January 27,  2011

Contact
Heinz Böni, Head of Laboratory in charge, Phone: +41 58 765 7858
Therese Meier, Secretary, Phone: +41 58  765 7500, Fax: +41 58 765 7862