Sustainability is important to us

The topic of sustainability and the use of renewable energies is characterised
characterised by an open exchange of opinions with many different aspects. Nothing is currently being discussed more intensively in public
than these topics.

As the environment is very important to us, sustainable concepts have been
concepts were incorporated into the planning of the new Westfield Ruhr Park right from the start.
These include ecological factors, such as the protection of the ecosystem
and the conservation of our resources, economic factors such as the
the use of energy-efficient technology to reduce our energy
energy consumption and socio-cultural factors that contribute to
increase the quality of your stay at Westfield Ruhr Park.

Ecological factors

• Use of local products

• Reduced CO² emissions through short transport routes

• Use of water-saving technologies

• Concepts for waste avoidance and waste separation

• Roof greening and establishment of a bee colony on the roof

• Use of renewable energy sources

• DGNB silver certification

Economic factors

• Better energy utilisation through combined heat and power plants

• Energy saving through LED lighting Heat recovery in the ventilation systems

• Efficient control of systems through night and weekend setback
  

Socio-cultural factors

• Barrier-free access to the centre

• Family-friendly thanks to children's play areas, nappy-changing rooms
  and parent-child toilets

• Customer-friendly and service-orientated facilities such as for example customer WCs, reception and centre management

HERE you can find our Community Resilience Action Plan (CRP).