Green Campus

Helmholtz is aiming to become climate-neutral by 2035; construction and building are critical levers in achieving this goal. The “Helmholtz Climate-Friendly Construction” Expertise Network, based at the Max Delbrück Center, aims to make a significant contribution. An interview with Christian Langfeld.

As an adviser to the Helmholtz president, Christian Panetzky gained deep insights into research policy and global scientific collaboration. Now, as Sustainability Officer at the Max Delbrück Center, he focuses on enhancing sustainability in research. Here he presents his food for thought.*

The Berlin-Buch campus is currently in third place in the competition organized by Berlin’s state companies — but there are still four more weeks to catch up. The campus’s best first-time competitor was honored at the Bergfest.

The Berlin-Buch campus promotes sustainable and healthy mobility with new infrastructure and a wide range of activities and campaigns. The German Cyclists’ Association ADFC has now honored the campus’s commitment with its Gold Seal – alongside four other bicycle-friendly employers in Berlin.

Scientific infrastructure is highly specialized and energy-intensive. During a kick-off event of the Helmholtz Competence Network for Climate-Friendly Construction in Berlin, experts from both the Helmholtz centers and the construction industry discussed how it can be designed to be climate-friendly.

The Berlin competition "Who cycles the most?" has come to a close, with the Max Delbrück Center and the facilities of Campus Buch took third-place. Approximately nine percent of all employees from administration and science participated in the competition, taking to their saddles.

Viola Ehrig is the green-fingered gardener who works hard to ensure it’s not only science and innovation that flourish at the Berlin-Buch campus, but trees and flowers as well. She and her colleague Steve Kossack provide stimulating surroundings for everyone at the science campus, including employees of the MDC.

The Buch Campus successfully defended its title in the "Who cycles the most?" competition again this year. A total of twenty Berlin state companies competed against each other in August and September 2021.

On June 22, the councilors and officials in the Berlin district of Pankow presented the 2020/21 Pankow Environmental Awards.

The Campus Berlin-Buch, together with the MDC location in Mitte, has successfully defended its title in this year's competition "Wer radelt am meisten?”. A total of 311 cyclists from Buch and Mitte took part.