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Campus and Operations

Since 2003, TU Dresden has been using a validated environmental management system in accor-
dance with the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) for the responsible use of available
resources and the continuous improvement of environmental performance in operational processes,
which will be linked to the SDGs from now on. In addition to recording the current key indicators on
resource consumption, it also provides targeted impetus to review and adapt environmental pro-
tection continually at TU Dresden within the context of internal audits (environmental operations
audits). Information and activities on environmentally relevant developments at TU Dresden are
published in the annual Environmental Report. An integral part of the reporting is the environmental
program, which assigns specific measures to the areas of activity and individual goals. The greatest
challenge here is to improve energy efficiency and establish a sufficiency mindset regarding the
equipment of facilities and land use alongside partners at municipal and state level. In 2018, TU
Dresden drew up the Master Plan Campus Design for the continuous development of its campus
taking into account environmental aspects such as biodiversity, climate resilience, and rainwater
management. This concept sets a design framework and defines important standards for the de-
velopment of outdoor spaces, which are incorporated into planning processes and implemented. To
ensure that the campus is sustainable, coherently designed, and easily accessible, a mobility concept
for the main campus was developed to complement the Master Plan Campus Design.

The aim is to make TU Dresden’s operations climate-neutral by 2035 to improve the quality of
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life on campus through sustainable mobility development and the design of outdoor spaces, and
to significantly reduce TU Dresden’s consumption of resources.

1 The focus of climate-neutral operations at TU Dresden is on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Only unavoidable residual emissions are included in the balance through compensation..

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