HTCE Site Management B.V., Eindhoven
High Tech Campus recognizes the urgency of climate change. That makes a dedication to sustainability a top priority, for the sake of decreasing our own environmental impact and as a way to set the standard for others.
That is why we’ve set ourselves the ambitious goal to become the most sustainable campus in Europe. High Tech Campus will be first in the sustainability in the high-tech sector, in the hopes that our plan becomes the benchmark for other campuses to implement sustainability initiatives.
Creating the most sustainable campus in Europe that takes strategic planning and major investment. It requires a comprehensive plan that guides our efforts every day, and dozens of initiatives are already in place. Here are a few:
Energy: Energy is key to our plans to cut CO2 emissions. Novel steps HTCE has taken to be environmentally friendly include installing 11,000 solar panels on 30 roofs across Campus, buying 100 percent Green electricity for the Campus and installing closed water management systems and seasonal thermal energy storage systems.
Biodiversity: The most obvious biodiversity initiative is the herds of sheep seen “mowing” the grass on campus. It’s not unusual for HTCE employees to wait for herds to move to the next pasture. We have counted 150 animal species on our ecological landscape and have introduced numerous features to increase that number. Those include: bat cellars, bird houses and nesting boxes, a sand martin wall, beehives, and more!
We are very happy with the measures we have taken, as are our residents. One of the signature features of High Tech Campus is our beautiful, lush environment. Campus residents and employees love to get out of the office and enjoy its natural beauty. Our dedication to biodiversity supports local flora and fauna and encourages outdoor activity for anyone working on Campus.
We’re also proud to have invested in sustainable infrastructure, such as renewable energy sources and support for sustainable mobility options. We’ve seen positive changes due to our improvements. For example, the high usage of electric car chargers in our parking garages led us to update and increase number of chargers for EVs in garages across Campus.
Being open and communicative about your sustainability measure makes all the difference. By explaining what you’re doing for sustainability and why, others can learn something new, appreciate the need for such initiatives and maybe even find inspiration to do something for the environment in their own lives.
We also suggest creating as much support as possible for others to make sustainable choices. Offer EV chargers, use of free
bicycles, plant-based food options, or the opportunity to take initiative, such as forming a company gardening club. The High Tech Farmers tend an herb and vegetable garden on Campus, for example. Getting others involved and excited about sustainable action is a key step towards being more sustainable as a company.
Thema’s
Since 2013, we have built all our new buildings without gas. We optimize cold and heat storage, generating 85 percent of the thermal energy storage currently used, thereby reducing gas consumption in our buildings. Nearly 80 percent of Campus buildings are certified under European and Dutch energy ratings as having the least environmental impact.st environmental impact.
Campus parking garages are built to have low impact, with smart LED lighting, “living” walls, irrigation for plantings that use rainwater from our water basins and 125 charging stations to encourage the use of electric cars
To increase biodiversity, we partnered with Brabant Water to install bat cellars. These will provide winter shelter and provide the bat population an easy route from the Dommel River, just behind HTCE.
Landscaping provider Dolmans also plants grains in the field near NXP Semiconductors HQ in the spring so birds have food in the winter. In addition, they leave reeds in the lake to provide a place for insects, waterfowl and fish to hibernate and shelter during the winter.
Campus employees can take home free compost to create their own gardens. Our goal is to recycle 75% of all waste produced on Campus, and the compost machine is helping us reach this ambitious goal.
Electric city buses transport employees and visitors from Eindhoven Central Station to several bus stops around Campus.
In 2024, we updated 100 existing EV chargers on Campus and added 100 additional chargers across our garages to support the growing number of residents commuting to HTCE with electric cars. The chargers apply load-balancing and Smart Charging to evenly distribute energy across the charging stations.
We offer smart shared mobility apps for GO Sharing scooters and electric bicycles in cooperation with the Eindhoven city government and Brainport.
https://www.hightechcampus.com/sustainablecampus
Brabant Water
Dolmans Landscaping Group
Solliance
Eurest – Compass Group
Maatregelen
Over dit bedrijf
High Tech Campus Eindhoven, the smartest square km in Europe, is an ecosystem of about 300 high tech companies. It is home to more than 12.500 innovators, researchers and engineers that create the technologies and businesses of tomorrow.
