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• greeting
  Prof. Dirk Metzger, Vice President Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
• Sustainable mobility at universities
  Michael Schramek, EcoLibro GmbH
• THM mobility concept – first measures
  Felix Pflüger, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainability Department THM
• discussion board

The mobility of employees and students on their way to work/study and on business trips often accounts for the majority of all CO₂-emissions of the organization. At THM these routes also account for approximately 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, universities have even less influence on mobility than most government agencies or companies, because there are no binding travel guidelines for students or teaching staff. Because these emissions are caused by operations, THM has nevertheless decided to report and take responsibility for them in its sustainability report.

Emissions reduction can be achieved primarily through attractive offers and appropriate infrastructure. Because a large proportion of the student body comes from rural areas, Friedberg and especially Giessen are heavily car-driven cities, and daily commutes by public transport are significantly more time-consuming for many, it is difficult, but not impossible, to achieve a long-term change in mode of transport. Felix Pflüger, responsible for Sustainable Mobility in the Sustainability Office, explains which measures are planned for this in the new mobility concept and what is already "underway" at THM in the area of ​​sustainable mobility.

There is no single, uniform mobility concept for universities; rather, the framework conditions for mobility vary depending on the size and location of the university town, the size of the catchment area, the Degree Courses offered, and thus the different preferences and opportunities of students and employees, among other factors. Therefore, meaningful analyses are needed as a basis for deriving tailored BMM measures. Both accessibility analyses and a mobility survey were conducted as the basis for developing THM 's mobility concept. For the first time, subjective factors were also taken into account in the accessibility analysis. Decisions regarding the choice of means of transport are usually not made solely on the basis of objectively measurable criteria such as time, costs, emissions, or physical activity; preferences and perceptions also play a decisive role. Michael Schramek, Managing Director of EcoLibro GmbH, will present these analyses in more detail in his presentation.