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Leading by example – reports from the embassies

Many Swiss representations abroad are committed to implementing sustainable development in everyday life. Several embassies are presented briefly in the following articles.

View of the Swiss embassy in Algiers with the city and the sea in the background — Swiss embassies lead by example in terms of sustainability. (© FOBL)

Certified sustainable interior design

Outside view of the Swiss embassy in Algiers. The building is a white rectangular cube. The façade consists of a large lattice design of intersecting beams.

Mashrabiyas: a model of sustainable architecture

Foreground: bushes and palm trees; background: a two-storey building.

Solar power: sustainable and cost-effective

The Swiss embassy building set in a garden with a Swiss flagpole and a large tree in the foreground.

A comprehensive sustainability concept

Inner courtyard of the Swiss embassy in Moscow.

Efficient waste management: small changes with big impacts

Reddish brown embassy building in Nairobi with seating in the foreground.

The new Swiss embassy: a step towards sustainability

Two-storey embassy building with pools in the foreground.

Cooling with solar energy

Outside view of the embassy building in San José: the Swiss representation occupies one floor of the building.

Certified sustainability

View of the building from the embassy’s inner courtyard with Seoul’s high-rise skyline in the background.

Renewable energy sources for the new embassy

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Last update 27.04.2022