Thursday 25 July 2019
On the initiative of the BIOS Lab-on-a-chip chair of Professor Albert van den Berg, CFM had car park De Es has been scattered with greenSand olivine this week.


Why use the mineral olivine?
By scattering the mineral olivine CO₂ emissions will be reduced. The BIOS Lab-on-a-chip chair of professor Albert van den Berg compensates a part for their CO₂ emissions of all air travel last year.
WHICH SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS will be used further more?
The car park was made with cementless concrete pavers and LED lighting and electric charging stations will be placed in the future as well.
Learn more?
Read the U-Today article 'UT chair compensates for CO2 emissions' (Dutch only).
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