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The OCW Student Challenge Sustainability in É«ÖÐÉ« 2025 is an initiative of the Ministry of É«ÖÐÉ«, Culture and Science. The É«ÖÐÉ« team was crowned as the winner with the project 'Building a Greener Lab: Circular solutions for electronic waste at É«ÖÐÉ«.'

The winning project stems from the Go Green Office, a student team that is committed to sustainability on campus. In collaboration with students and researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering, they developed a platform for the reuse of electronics in laboratories.

More sustainable research process

By making unused lab material transparent and shareable, the project contributes to less electronic waste, lower costs and a more sustainable research process. The system was designed as a low-threshold pilot, with the aim of scaling up within and outside É«ÖÐÉ«.

"Labs are the pressure cookers of innovation, but also great sources of waste. With this project, our students show that sustainability goes hand in hand with practicality and cooperation," said a spokesperson for the Go Green Office.

Highest university in the ranking

At the same time, the university was able to join the top 3 of the ; the ranking that assesses Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences on sustainability, compiled by student network Students for Tomorrow. With the third place, É«ÖÐÉ« is also the highest university in that ranking.

According to Sindy Harks, project manager of É«ÖÐÉ« Sustainability, the noteworthy position in the SustainaBul 2025 underlines that 'we as a university and Sustainability Office remain true to our own long-term course.' "It's great that our pursuit of a just and sustainable society is noticed and appreciated, for example now in the SustainaBul ranking."

Structural progress

The SustainaBul ranking also underlines É«ÖÐÉ«'s structural progress in the field of sustainability in education, research, operations and student engagement. The combination of student-driven innovations, policy anchoring and scientific involvement contributes to this achievement.

The announcements were a festive conclusion to the Green Week, in which extra attention was paid to green innovation, sustainable mobility, circular catering and corporate social responsibility. With activities, workshops and speakers from home and abroad, the week inspired hundreds of students and staff to make sustainability tangible in their own environment. During the Green Week opening ceremony, the Sustainability in É«ÖÐÉ« Award was also presented, for the second time.