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Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, 2020/12/11

Zedler Institut receives Business Award for the Environment

Exactly 21 companies had qualified for the final round of the "Business Award for the Environment 2020", but only seven were awarded by the state, among them in the category trade and services Zedler Institut für Fahrradtechnik in Ludwigsburg. Each of the seven companies will receive a prize money of 10,000 Euro. The money has to be invested into environmental protection in the company.

The building of Ludwigsburg’s Zedler Institut
has already been awarded several times

During the online award ceremony Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Minister President Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) pointed out that the ecological transformation is a task of the century that can only be done with confidence, spirit and innovations. He also stated that all nominees for the Business Award for the Environment are pacemakers who considered environmental protection fundamental business decisions running through all processes and he added that they were role models and encouragers. Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Minister of the Environment, Franz Untersteller (Greens), underlined that they impressively prove that environmentally oriented corporate management makes economic sense.

Building awarded twice
The Zedler company built their new company building that was inaugurated in 2019 as energy-efficient building in accordance with the energy-efficiency standard “KfW” 55”. As previously reported, the German Sustainable Building Council awarded Zedler for that the Platinum Certification “Building in Operation”. In addition, the German Sustainable Building Council gave the “climate-positive” award. In addition to energy efficiency, the company focused on generating their electricity from renewable sources. A photovoltaic system therefore covers 47 per cent of their electricity requirements. Recycled materials were used in the construction. 50 measuring points monitor the building and the operational procedures. The heat from the process waste heat of the air compressors is recovered and supplemented by heat pumps. Rainwater is used for toilets or bicycle cleaning, for example.

Author: LKZ (red)
Photo: O. Bürkle