The new building houses the Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Centre.
The new building houses the Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Centre. Olivier Maire - Ten years after signing the agreement to open its Valais Wallis campus in Sion, today EPFL opened a new building on the campus: Alpole, which will serve as a research center on alpine and polar environments. EPFL also took the opportunity to unveil plans to create another research center in Sion - one focused on the energy transition - and has obtained preliminary approval from the Valais cantonal government. EPFL and the canton of Valais marked the tenth anniversary of their collaboration with a flourish. On 19 December 2022, ten years to the day after signing the agreement to open the EPFL Valais Wallis campus in Sion, EPFL opened its new Alpole building. Alpole sits on the Valais Wallis campus, located within the Energypolis research park, and will house scientists and engineers studying Alpine and polar environments. Energypolis is home to EPFL Valais Wallis, HES-SO Valais-Wallis and the Ark Foundation.
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