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Sustainability

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A SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATION

The University of Twente is working to become a sustainable organization. It is our mission to respond to societal needs by developing sustainable, proactive measures to support our planet and the people to which it is home. And as a university, we lead by example. Our education, research, innovation and the way we run our own organisation are centred around environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Visit the sustainability page of the Student Union

the Student Union takes action to make UT sustainable

How can we collect more solar energy on a cloudy day?

UT-researcher Rebecca Saive explains how we can get more out of the sun

The story of Brechje Marechal and Albert van den Berg

Read about their vision of a green future

Safe batteries with an energy boost

Better energy storage thanks to research in material science

Going on a trip? Want to limit your CO₂ emissions? Take the train!

The central point for sustainability knowledge and initiatives at the University of Twente

A sustainable campus

Learn about what the UT does to become a sustainable organization - and what you can do to help

Energy dashboard

Explore data about the footprint of the University of Twente

Virtual Sustainability Walk

In this virtual tour, you can explore the campus - and discover some of the measures the university has taken to become more sustainable.

News & Events

Sustainable Study Tour to South Korea for Applied Physics Students

UT launches new Train Map to encourage sustainable travel

More and more students and staff at the University of Twente travel by train within Europe. To reduce the CO2 emissions caused by travelling, University of Twente wants to stimulate this further. Today the new Train Map is presented, where you click on your destination to see what the recommended mode of travel is. The new map is an improved version the static Train Zone Map that was introduced last June.

UT offsets emissions and works to further reduce gas consumption

UT will offset the CO2 emissions we cause from gas consumption in 2022 and in subsequent years. We do this through Voluntary Emission Reduction (VER)-carbon credits from emission reduction projects. These projects meet the Gold standard for the Global Goals. In addition, we continue to work on further reducing gas consumption on campus: after all, preventing emissions is better than compensating afterwards. This compensation follows from UT's sustainability policy, which can be found at the SEE programme-webpage.

‘If you really want to learn, ITC is a great place to study’

ITC alumnus, Emma Baah Agyapong (40), fights the consequences of climate change in Ghana as co-founder of the Environment & Agroforestry Foundation (EAF). ‘My dream is to expand our foundation to countries outside Ghana, while climate change does not stop at the border.’

Big consortium starts research into energy-efficient information technology

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) recently granted around ten million euros to a large research project that will investigate new concepts for energy-efficient information technology. UT researcher Prof Dr Hans Hilgenkamp is the main applicant of the project, known as NL-ECO. Along with the NWO funding, an additional 2.5 million euros will be made available as co-financing by several participants in the consortium.

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