A lot has changed since Delta last spoke with Green-mE, the GreenTeam at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering. Time to catch up with Sharina Ligtelijn, team member of Green-mE and also the GreenTeams Coordinator of GreenTU.
Let’s rewind, what is a GreenTeam and when did this all start?
“Four years ago two Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering students noticed a lack of focus on sustainability in their bachelor programme. They decided to take action and wrote a report. This eventually resulted in the founding of the first GreenTeam, the Green-mE. This group of students work on integrating sustainability in their own faculty. As part of its work, the team wrote a practical guide that helps mechanical engineering students design with sustainability in mind and assess designs on sustainability-related criteria.”
What has the team accomplished since then?
“We rewrote the guide, which is used by first-year mechanical engineering students, gave lectures, made an educational video on Eco-Designing and created a new website. Wouter de Wilt, Chairman of Green-mE, and I were even awarded a position in the Top 100 sustainable young pioneers of the Netherlands 2019 for our work. But, more importantly, in the wake of Green-mE’s success, another GreenTeam called BKGreen emerged at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.”
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