With the collective collection round, we periodically drive through the business parks to collect pallets, ICT waste, cans, batteries, and other specific waste streams from companies. We bring these to local partners who can recycle them in a high-quality manner. This way, even small quantities of these well-recyclable waste streams no longer end up in the residual waste. Raw materials are becoming scarce and increasingly expensive. With the Raw Materials Round, we focus on the smart exchange of residual and waste streams. Waste from one company becomes a valuable raw material for another. From waste to raw material.

The platform was established to support companies in the transition to a circular economy. The focus is on achieving industrial symbiosis through the software tool InduSym. Companies can offer their waste streams to other companies that want to use them as raw materials. The platform facilitates the search for and offering of raw materials, enabling automatic matches with other companies. In addition to materials, vehicles, tools, spaces, services, and even personnel can also be exchanged. The platform offers opportunities for renting or leasing resources and sharing personnel. The concept of industrial symbiosis is used to utilize the waste stream of one company as raw material for another. This leads to more efficient, economically viable, and sustainable business parks. The platform also provides space for necessary knowledge sharing and acts as a circular network.

Enpuls can support the municipality as a public heat partner with people and resources during the development of heating networks. For more information, see www.enpuls.nl. This may also include harmonizing different projects within the Municipality of Eindhoven/Helmond.

The Smart Sustainable Real Estate Program (SVV) is an approach in which we make municipal buildings more sustainable (as a role model) while simultaneously collaborating smartly with property owners on the sustainability of all buildings in the city. By making our own real estate more sustainable, we have gained a lot of knowledge and experience. With that, we are happy to help other property owners on their way. The integrated approach is central to this. By cleverly combining maintenance costs with structural adjustments and fully utilizing subsidy options, you can reduce the energy costs of your real estate and extend its economic lifespan. In the first phase of the two-phase approach, particularly profitable measures (monitoring, LED lighting, and solar panels) were implemented first. In the second phase, SVV will develop instruments, conduct pilots with area-based approaches and new innovations, and make example projects more sustainable, etc., with the aim of accelerating the sustainability of all buildings in the city through SVV.

Activities aimed at making business parks more sustainable: - solutions for grid congestion through energy hubs - promote a sustainable economy and business operations, including the establishment of a raw materials market - encourage sustainable mobility by increasing the level of organization - knowledge sharing

Sustainability of Industrial Park de Hurk is focused on four sub-tasks: sustainable and smart energy use, space for greenery, water and innovation, sustainable construction and closing loops. Currently, various sub-projects are underway: collective energy solutions, green walking paths, sustainable mobility, sustainable construction and work, closed loops de Hurk, communication & events, and monitoring. These are carried out by BIZ de Hurk, a collaboration among entrepreneurs in Eindhoven. The sub-projects are executed under the banner "De Hurk Werkt!" Read more about the activities in 2024 at: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dehurkwerkt.nl%2Fnieuws%2Fdit-gaan-we-doen-in-2024%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckristel.mooij%40eindhoven.nl%7Caf36c1b9fb34452ba34008dc5a2c84b4%7Cf3ec39e8aec4458594574b7f7d82af96%7C0%7C0%7C638484394483823402%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2bPLUaUUdN4SsnoU1TF9NnkjWt0WXfOxQW7XWKHZcUg%3D&reserved=0

The traditional method of waste collection, where each company has its residual streams collected individually by different collectors, leads to an abundance of heavy vehicles in business parks and/or the city center. This situation causes traffic congestion, is accompanied by emissions, and affects the infrastructure. To address this, the Foundation for Business Parks Helmond is developing the resource hub. This initiative introduces small, lightweight electric vehicles that frequently visit companies to collect their separated residual streams. Central to this renewed approach is the physical hub: a strategic point where the collected residual streams are brought together for transshipment. From this hub, the residual streams are distributed to the appropriate processing or recycling facilities, resulting in a more streamlined and circular processing of residual streams.