Sustainable demolition

To enable the realisation of Phase 2, several buildings were demolished. The former LCP laboratory building, the chemical storage facility, the Real Estate Expertise Centre, and the Gorlaeus high-rise building have all been sustainably demolished.

Sustainable demolition means taking the surrounding environment into account, minimising CO₂ emissions, and ensuring that demolition waste is reused as much as possible.

For the demolition works, the university applied the BREEAM assessment method at Excellent level. This level indicates that the demolition process is carbon neutral and does not cause nuisance to the surrounding area. The rubble was processed on site into granulate, which was then reused as building material or as road foundation.