The Federal Energy Research Commission (CORE) is an advisory body of the Federal Council and the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).
CORE is responsible for drawing up the federal government's energy research concept, examining and supporting Switzerland's energy research programmes, commenting on other federal energy-related sector research and securing the provision of appropriate information regarding the findings and developments of energy research. Its activities are based on the priorities specified within the framework of the vision of a 2,000-watt society.
The Commission comprises 15 members who represent the industry sector, the energy sector, the two Federal Institutes of Technology, universities and colleges of technology, the cantons, the Swiss National Science Foundation and other bodies involved in energy research.
