Geothermal drilling on campus step closer     The Leeghwaterstraat has been partially blocked off since the end of May for the purpose of the Geothermal Project. Steel structures with barges, containers and a tall lattice tower have been erected. They are preparations for drilling for hot water to a depth of 2.5 kilometres.  …

Paid parking on campus delayed again     The start date of the new parking policy on campus has again been postponed by a few months. Due to a shortage of materials and personnel at the suppliers, the necessary facilities such as barriers and pay machines will not be ready in time, reports the TU…

TU Delft staff and students will plant trees on campus     To increase biodiversity on campus, students and staff will plant 45 multiple-stemmed trees there on Wednesday 15 March. This will take place along the east side of the TU Delft Library, on the Schoemakerstraat. They will include maples, rowan berries and Crabapples.  …

Art route on campus     On the campus, between the science centre and The Green Village, art can be seen every evening from 16 to 18 February. Over 25 experimental technological installations are part of the art route Highlight Delft. An art route can also be found in the city centre, between the railway…

Queen Máxima and European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on campus     Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, and Queen Máxima visited The Green Village together on Wednesday, a living lab where innovation helps transform the living environment. They were also given a tour of the labs of the Bionanoscience department of…

Survivalrun on campus     Miles of climbing and scrambling on campus. This weekend the TU Delft grounds were the setting for SurvivalStrijd, the annual survival run organized by members of the student outdoor sports association Slopend.    (Photo: Katja Wijnands) During the survival run, hundreds of participants completed a course of obstacles as quickly…

By boat to the campus     For the time being, it is a trial, but if it proves successful, students and staff of the TU may get an extra means of transport for the route between Delft CS and the campus. This week and next week, a ‘water bus’ will sail back and forth…

Delft Campus station energy-neutral     The first energy-neutral railway station in the Netherlands, Delft Campus, has been officially in use since Monday 20 December. The 810 solar panels on the roof are to generate as much energy as the station consumes: an average of 187 megawatt hours per year. According to the municipality, this…

  Students plant flower bulbs on campus     Volunteers from ‘Natuurlijk Delfland’ and students from ‘Buitensport Vereniging Slopend’ have together planted two thousand flower bulbs on the TU Delft campus.   (Photo: Dominic Dijkshoorn)   On Sunday 21 November, volunteers planted thousands of bulbs in the Nature Playground Hammenpoort on the Rotterdamseweg to support…

Plastic cycle path on campus   People can be clever. And so can some animals. But do not underestimate cycle paths. They too can be hyper intelligent, say researchers from TU Delft’s Transport and Planning department. In front of the entrance to the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, they are having a stretch of road…