Discover the work from ECCUS – a swiss based construction startup, which is making underground eco-caverns a reality.

Via the voice of Andrew Bourget​​​​​​​, its founder, and CATIA champion, deep dive into how CATIA enabled the construction of underground structures of the ECO-caverne type, being the solution in response to the objectives of the Swiss law on spatial planning, and the 2050 energy strategy of the confederation.

The construction of underground structures of the ECO-caverne1 type is a solution in response to the objectives of the Swiss law on spatial planning (LAT) and the 2050 energy strategy of the confederation. Indeed, the ECO-Caverne allows the transfer of industrial and logistic installations in the basement as well as the capture and redistribution of the fatal energy, released by the equipment in the cave, in the district heating networks. The scarcity of land for industrial use and the shortage of industrial premises near urban areas associated with a steady increase in demand is a major brake on economic activity.

The law on spatial planning (LAT) and the 2050 energy strategy of the Federal Council require innovative solutions to be found for better use of the territory. Our solution will allow existing companies to expand without having to relocate or disperse over several sites, thus avoiding the fragmentation of the territory. In addition, the need for energy storage produced by intermittent means will increase the land requirements tenfold to develop electricity storage systems, in the very short term, in competition with other industrial surface needs.