Ecological Companies |
The team: |
Anna den Hartog
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Twan Lamens
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Hello, my name Pum de Vries and I’m 13 years old. I live in Ammerstol and I am at The Schoonhovens college, which is a school in Schoonhoven. I am in the third year of bilingual education VWO (TTO). I have 1 older sister, she is called Tessa. My hobby is playing hockey. I also like being together with my friends. My ambition for now is that I want to finish school.
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My name is Bram, I am fourteen years old. I’m going to school in Schoonhoven. The school is called Schoonhovens College. I am doing TTO, I’m enjoying it.
I live in Lekkerkerk, which is a place close to schoonhoven. I have a Sister, but she no longer goes to school. For sports I play soccer and I also play Games and other stuff like Listening to music and watching youtube. My ambition is to travel to another country and maybe go to university there. The country I want to go to the most is probably Canada and the Us. Canada for its beautiful landscape and America for it’s schools and knowledge. Another ambition I have right now is that I Finish school, so I can actually directly go there |
Hartog Transport was established in 1924 by Arie den Hartog in Langerak. They started with horse and carriage and nowadays they are using Trucks, the last 10 years they tried to automate the company, for example they moved to a new place where they are using new technology and equipment. During this process they got for example the WMS (warehouse management system) and TMS (transport management system). They have a website to try and get more customers, this website is called www.hartog-transport.nl.
Hartog transport tries to be as ecological as possible, because they think it’s important to help the society in such way that everyone can live in a sustainable earth. They also have an ecological policy, the only downside is that the customers don’t look at how ecological a company is, but at the price. So they try to be as ecological as possible, but in such a way that they don’t lose the customers. According to the law they can’t store hazardous substances. Hartog transport transports things by truck. These truck aren’t electrical. However all the forklifts are electrical or driving on bio-fuel, because this healthiest for the environment and for the people who are working there. Another development they got during the time they moved to a new place was that they got 30,000 m² of solar panels on the roof of the buildings. The company thinks that they are pretty good for the environment, but they know there is still room for improvement. For example, they want to let the trucks drive on different fuels in the future. So the trucks will pollute the air less. |
EGM architects was founded in 1974 as a sort of fusion of an architect company and an engineering company. It was founded by Gerrit Gerritse who owned the architect company and Joop Boks who owned the engineering company. Today it’s owned by 8 partners. The person we interviewed is one of them. EGM stands for ‘’Eijkelenboom, Gerritse en Middelhoek.’’ In the past everything was done by hand, the designs were made on huge papers. Today they do everything digitally, mostly in 3D. This way mistakes in the building can be spotted and solved, even before they start building. They’re located in Dordrecht and they have been since they started. They designed their own building. They have a website, which is: www.egm.nl. And a broad number of contacts which also generates more customers.
They are certified ecological. They try to be as sustainable as possible, they build many sustainable buildings and they recommend sustainable products to customers and they also recommend them to invest in sustainable buildings. And they use many environment friendly methods. They use many environment friendly systems in their project, one of such is a Pharma filter, who separates waste materials and deposits them in a different sewer system. They take energy-efficiency, building without the usage of gas, usage of sustainable products and usage of recyclable products into consideration when they design projects. EGM architects have the right to say they know that they’re good for the environment. They have a certificate called the ISO 14001 which shows they’re ecological. They design buildings in the cure and care sector, detention centres, residential buildings and laboratories are examples of that. They also educate people to be able to give breeam certificates (sustainability certificates). For the future they believe in a circular system, in which all materials are reused and nothing will be destroyed. Since they don’t build for consumers, the only customers they have are big companies. EGM architects have worked for clients like Erasmus MC, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis (In which the pharma filters are installed) and ‘’De Rotterdamsche school.’’ We couldn’t really contact any person that has hired EGM architects, so there is no one to interview. But we have seen the work they have done in Erasmus MC and in the Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis in Delft and it was very impressive. They have used natural products, the design looks very cool and sustainable. |