Green Village Leads Sustainable Urban Innovation at TU Delft
Delft, Friday, 11 April 2025.
The Green Village at TU Delft is a hub for testing sustainable urban technologies, facilitated by collaboration among businesses, governments, and educational institutions. Notable projects include the Aquabattery pilot at Deltares.
Pioneering Water Management Solutions
At the forefront of The Green Village’s innovations is the BlueBloqs system, developed by FieldFactors, which demonstrates remarkable efficiency in urban water management. The system can capture and purify up to 95% of local rainfall, with ambitious plans to process up to 200 million liters of rainwater annually through advanced biofiltration technology [1]. This initiative, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, represents a significant step forward in addressing urban water management challenges.
Innovative Energy Storage Solutions
The facility is currently hosting groundbreaking energy storage experiments. Heliox Automotive is testing a novel underground battery system that utilizes electric car batteries to support the power grid without consuming valuable surface space [1]. Additionally, sustainable materials research is advancing with Lignitec’s development of 100% natural fiber wood composites, designed to be both recyclable and renewable [1].
Upcoming Sustainable Urban Development Summit
The Green Village will host the ‘Cities to Nature 3: Let’s Cool the City’ symposium on April 24, 2025. This event brings together expertise from multiple Dutch universities and industry partners to address urban heat stress through innovative roof solutions. The symposium will showcase an experimental sustainable green roof that combines native vegetation with solar panels, demonstrating practical applications of circular principles [2][3]. The event features collaboration with key industry partners including SolarNRG, Groofer, and IKO Waterproofing and Insulation EU [3].