Our path to a sustainable Bildungscampus

By reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, we want to help combat climate change. We support the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2°C. To achieve this, we aim to permanently reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions - the greenhouse gas emissions that are self-generated or released by our energy supplier according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. We are aiming for a 70% reduction by 2028 and complete greenhouse gas neutrality in this area by 2030. One component of this is for the campus to generate part of its own electricity and heating energy requirements from renewable sources. Therefore, the roofs of the Campus Ost, Mitte and Nord will be equipped with photovoltaic systems, and the heating and cooling curves and lighting in the buildings will be adapted. 

Acting sustainably and responsibly also means preparing for upcoming climate changes and preserving habitats for animal and plant species. For this reason, we want to improve the quality of life on our sites by gradually increasing the greenery. The established bee colonies and other animal and plant species will also benefit from this, as they can use the flowering meadows as a natural habitat and food supply. For the biodiversity-promoting design, we are aiming for a Biotope Area Factor (BFF) of 0.4. In addition, we want to limit the equivalent temperature - the so-called perceived temperature - to below 35°C. 

At the Bildungscampus, we are advancing various measures in the context of circularity. It is important for us to reduce resource consumption overall and to rely on renewable raw materials. To achieve this, we will be using the Cradle-to-Cradle principle for the design and planning of new buildings. This approach pursues a fully circular economy, where raw materials are reused rather than newly added. 
Increasing our recycling rate and thus reducing the amount of residual waste are also essential goals for us. 
Our natural resources should be reused wherever possible, including water. In the future, we want to store rainwater and use it to irrigate our green spaces - and thus reduce our drinking water consumption by a quarter. Currently, this is done using drinking water, which supplies the flowering meadows with the necessary water quantities through drip irrigation.

We want to ensure health-promoting and climate-friendly mobility on and to the Bildungscampus. For students, the bicycle is and remains one of the most popular means of transport, including for routes through the adjacent city center. Promoting cycling infrastructure is therefore a logical step. For us, this includes several sharing offers for bicycles and e-scooters, sufficient bicycle parking spaces and up to six bicycle service points for repairs. 
We also want to make a significant contribution to automotive e-mobility. By 2026, 15% of our public parking spaces on the Bildungscampus will therefore be gradually equipped with e-charging stations. This is also an important step for car sharing offers. With the help of systematic monitoring, we want to systematically record mobility-related emissions from 2028 and thereby check the success of the measures and adjust them if necessary.