Sustainability at Wolfsberg
Our daily responsibility
Our daily responsibility
For Wolfsberg, the sustainable and mindful use of resources forms the basis of our daily activities.
We meet our ecological responsibility through the technology we use in our buildings, as well as the way we run our operations and act as a team. Get an overview of a selection of our conditions and measures for ecological sustainability.
A seminar building with Minergie-P-Eco certification
A seminar building with Minergie-P-Eco certification
The seminar and conference center is all about ecological sustainability:
Minergie-P-Eco certification, photovoltaic systems and geothermal probes protect the environment and help us meet our ecological responsibilities.
Ventilation system
Our sustainable ventilation system with heat exchanger ensures a building air quality of around 500 ppm – comparable to Swiss mountain air.
Geothermal probes
The thermal energy for our hot water is sourced renewably and comes from 30 geothermal probes in around 300 meters below ground.
Air conditioning
No energy-intensive air conditioning is required for room cooling - here, too, we use the power of the earth.
Behind the scenes
Learn more about our building and UBS's commitment to sustainability: Book our Sustainability Tour and take a look behind the "green" scenes.
A seasonal and regional gastronomy
A seasonal and regional gastronomy
Wolfsberg - UBS Center for Education and Dialogue is located in the middle of the idyllic Thurgau region and surrounded by farmland. What could be more natural than sourcing our food and products directly from the neighboring farms?
We mainly use regional and seasonal products. This way, we support farms and producers from our region, and avoid food having to be flown in or coming from fossil-fuel heated greenhouses.
For example, around 90% of our vegetables, fruit, meat, honey and many other products are locally sourced.
Fighting food waste with Artificial Intelligence
Fighting food waste with Artificial Intelligence
In Switzerland, around 2.3 tons of food are discarded unnecessarily every year. Together with the Swiss start-up KITRO, we are tackling this problem and reducing our food waste. Our non-avoidable biogenic waste is processed into environmentally friendly energy in a biogas plant.
Using artificial intelligence software, our production waste and returned plates are quantified, weighed and classified. In this way, a digital analysis shows us potential for optimization on a daily basis.
As a result, we were already able to avoid around 40% food waste last year.
Thank you, KITRO!
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