Trade Port North

logistic business area development

Business sites will be integrated in the landscape and byproducts of one company are the resources for another company.

Venlo is a leader in designing and implementing innovative ideas for sustainable development. Trade Port North is all about: sustainability leads to a successful business. Companies are naturally integrated into the green countryside where the infrastructure is already largely achieved. Together with the entrepreneurs we are looking for sustainable partnerships between various companies. The aim is to realize cost savings and added value. The C2C is an important basic principle. The starting point is to achieve a CO2 neutral area where waste material from one company forms the raw material for the other. Consistent application of this thinking leads to a different perspective on water use, waste and energy. In short: garbage is food.

Greenport Venlo

large-scale economic area development

The first large-scale economic area development program, measuring 5.400 hectares in The Netherlands, inspired by the C2C principles

Development Company Greenport Venlo (DCGV) is responsible for the business development of Greenport Venlo. It is the first large-scale economic area development program, measuring 5.400 hectares in The Netherlands, inspired by the C2C principles. Maximum use will be made of renewable energy sources.

The Venlo Region organizes the Floriade, a world horticultural expo, in 2012. Using the senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell you can experience nature and the influence horticulture has on the quality of our daily lives.

Floriade 2012

world horticultural expo

Floriade will showcase sustainable thinking with Cradle2Cradle furniture and sustainable means of transport. But also by sustainable landscaping on site, clever use of waste and an increase in the biodiversity in the park.

Floriade is the World Horticultural Expo, staged once every 10 years in the Netherlands.

Floriade 2012 has a sustainable final destination: Venlo GreenPark. After 2012, the site will be transformed into a business park with a focus on innovation, sustainability, logistics, knowledge transfer and market orientation situated in the leafy surroundings of the Floriade park.

Villa Flora

exhibition/office building

Villa Flora is innovative and sustainable, self-reliant and an important icon in the region.

As co-host of the Floriade a Horticultural World Expo, which is being held in the Venlo-region in 2012, we want to expose the short- and long term economical possibilities the region has to offer. It is our belief that this economy will be led by demands regarding sustainability.

Villa Flora is innovative and sustainable. The region of Venlo is developing this office- and exposition building as an important icon.

Villa Flora is self-reliant, the low-temperature heating- and cooling, the way the building is structured and the transportation of the reusable concrete elements by ship are impressive. The innovation regarding energy-aspects proves the transition of using 160-million year old fossil fuels to storing and using solar-energy, derived from PV-cells.

Innovacomplex

exhibition/office building

The building serves as main entrance of the Floriade World Expo and is a showcase for the integration of architecture and sustainability.

The province of Limburg and the Floriade (World Horticultural Expo), have chosen Cradle to Cradle as main theme for the design and construction of this complex. The building serves as main entrance of the Floriade World Expo and is a showcase for the integration of architecture and sustainability. After the Floriade, the Innovacomplex will act as innovation centre.

• Special floor construction guarantees optimal access and flexibility in the future
• Hybrid ventilation system by using solar tubes
• Double skin of the façade improves climate conditions inside the building

C2C® Business Community

Sunrise Campus

business campus development

The Sunrise Campus is C2C-inspired and will be ultimately self-sufficient regarding water (excluding drinking water), energy and will not be depending on fossil fuels.

The project, the Sunrise Campus, implies to develop a business park, glass, light and energy oriented, with an area of approximately 20 ha (field operations). The maximum load capacity is approximately 130,000 m2 GLA (total).

For the Sunrise Campus is the next mission stated: "The Sunrise Campus is a community of leading and top technology companies and knowledge institutes. Through open exchange of ideas, we pledge solar power and glass to create innovative solutions. We give energy, sustainability, growth and life to our customers and the world."

The mission expresses the essence where campus stands for. The mission is chosen close to the anchor tenant of the Campus, the company Scheuten Solar and Glass.

Kazerne Kwartier

leisure and pleasure area development

Revitalising a former military base into a leasure and pleasure area reaching maximal synergy and added value by combining functions

The former Frederik Hendrik Barracks site (KazerneKwartier) will become Venlo’s new show piece. A multifunctional centres (MFC) represents an important element of it. The new football stadium for VVV will be located in this MFC. Beyond that, the KazerneKwartier will be a placed in the Euregio where congresses, events and concerts will be held. In the model ‘linear city’ the river Meuse will no longer be a barrier but a centre, connecting the city centres of Venlo and Blerick. The Cradle to Cradle-principles provide key input in the development of the KazerneKwartier.

Expected Cradle to Cradle-results: concentrated and compact development; closing cycles in park-like setting; stimulation of slow traffic and public transport; preservation of cultural values.

Starting date: 2010. Delivery date: 2014

C2C® home

residential redevelopment

A social-housing C2C home Here, the city, the people, birds and insects go hand in hand until the next cycle.

Nibble, nibble, gnaw. Who’s nibbling at my little house? That would be a great concept when it comes to Cradle to Cradle organic recycling. With the assignment for a social C2C home in the Venlo medieval neighbourhood Q4, formerly associated with drug issues, we thought of the Hansel and Gretel house. The whole house provides nutricion for following ecosystems. The Dutch taaitaai is similar to gingerbread and the house in itself is made of nutrients. The Dutch word taai means ‘tough’ and it isn’t easy to fit all the details of this home into the organic cycle. Tough, too, because the budget is related to normal practice in social housing building. But we do come a long way. Prefab walls and floors of solid wood without glue or steel with integrated window frames, insulation material of woodfibre and a roof and façade of Accoya Wood . A new world within the old, with the medieval building structure as a guide to its shape. Here, the city, the people, birds and insects go hand in hand until the next cycle.

City Hall Venlo

office building

The new City Hall is designed according to the C2C principles.The longer the building exists, the more C2C it will become.

The new City Hall of the municipal authority of Venlo is designed according to the C2C principles. These principles make it possible to create a building that combines a comfortable and healthy working environment with sustainable innovation. Applications of future techniques are already taken into account. The longer the building exists, the more C2C it will become.

Key aspects of the building:

• The building purifies the air of the road and the railway line next to the building by using a green facade
• The glass greenhouse on top of the building purifies the air and provides heat for the entire building
• Size and shape of the vides are adapted to natural air flow

University of Twente

c2c design chair of learning

C2C® ExpoLAB is developing a C2C knowledge and educational infrastructure, in which the C2C Design chair of learning, at the University of Twente, sponsored by Venlo stands central.

• Michael Braungart is the professor of this Chair, he is closely involved and co-developed the curriculum;
• This Chair is the starting point of a partnership between the University of Twente, C2C ExpoLAB and the Venlo region;
• All knowledge, derived from this Chair will be shared via the knowledge and documentation centre we are developing;
• All students at the Chair will perform their Master-thesis in relation with C2C- (inspired) businesses and C2C- projects, located in our region;
• All classes in the second year will be held in Venlo;
• Students will visit projects and businesses in the Venlo region in their first year

C2C® ExpoLAB

support and infrastructure for cradle to cradle projects

C2C® ExpoLAB bundles C2C-knowledge, products, businesses and applications in it's documentation centre thus making this knowledge available to all interested parties free of charge.

The C2C® ExpoLAB Foundation offers support in C2C projects. This can take the form of inspiration sessions, presentations, workshops, advice and project support. We accompany and document working processes in such a way that effects of process choices become visible. We bundle knowledge in a documentation centre and make the knowledge available to all interested parties free of charge. Next to this we are developing a C2C knowledge and educational infrastructure, in which the C2C Design chair of learning, at Twente university, sponsored by C2C ExpoLAB stands central.

Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ

investing in opportunities

Venlo is participating in the Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ. The aim is to enhance the implementation of C2C methods on business sites. C2C business sites have a positive impact on environment, society and economy and are future proof. Different aspects of transition towards C2C will be studied, developed and tested on pilot sites. Together the pilots comprise one complete C2C business site. All new knowledge and experience will be gathered at one place, the C2C Expolab in Venlo. This will be the central knowledge centre of the project, with virtual local centers in each region. Tools, instruments and guidelines will be developed to facilitate the application of C2C. The final result of the project will be a roadmap, that leads the way to a 100% C2C business site.

Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ

investing in opportunities

Venlo is participating in the Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ. The aim is to enhance the implementation of C2C methods on business sites. C2C business sites have a positive impact on environment, society and economy and are future proof. Different aspects of transition towards C2C will be studied, developed and tested on pilot sites. Together the pilots comprise one complete C2C business site. All new knowledge and experience will be gathered at one place, the C2C Expolab in Venlo. This will be the central knowledge centre of the project, with virtual local centers in each region. Tools, instruments and guidelines will be developed to facilitate the application of C2C. The final result of the project will be a roadmap, that leads the way to a 100% C2C business site.

Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ

investing in opportunities

Venlo is participating in the Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ. The aim is to enhance the implementation of C2C methods on business sites. C2C business sites have a positive impact on environment, society and economy and are future proof. Different aspects of transition towards C2C will be studied, developed and tested on pilot sites. Together the pilots comprise one complete C2C business site. All new knowledge and experience will be gathered at one place, the C2C Expolab in Venlo. This will be the central knowledge centre of the project, with virtual local centers in each region. Tools, instruments and guidelines will be developed to facilitate the application of C2C. The final result of the project will be a roadmap, that leads the way to a 100% C2C business site.

Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ

investing in opportunities

Venlo is participating in the Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ. The aim is to enhance the implementation of C2C methods on business sites. C2C business sites have a positive impact on environment, society and economy and are future proof. Different aspects of transition towards C2C will be studied, developed and tested on pilot sites. Together the pilots comprise one complete C2C business site. All new knowledge and experience will be gathered at one place, the C2C Expolab in Venlo. This will be the central knowledge centre of the project, with virtual local centers in each region. Tools, instruments and guidelines will be developed to facilitate the application of C2C. The final result of the project will be a roadmap, that leads the way to a 100% C2C business site.

Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ

investing in opportunities

Venlo is participating in the Interreg IVB project C2C BIZZ. The aim is to enhance the implementation of C2C methods on business sites. C2C business sites have a positive impact on environment, society and economy and are future proof. Different aspects of transition towards C2C will be studied, developed and tested on pilot sites. Together the pilots comprise one complete C2C business site. All new knowledge and experience will be gathered at one place, the C2C Expolab in Venlo. This will be the central knowledge centre of the project, with virtual local centers in each region. Tools, instruments and guidelines will be developed to facilitate the application of C2C. The final result of the project will be a roadmap, that leads the way to a 100% C2C business site.

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