1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
The Hague
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Duurzame Sportcampus Zuiderpark
Short description of the intervention
The new sports campus that has recently been opened in The Hague contains multiple NBS solutions including one of the largest green roofs in the area, permeable paving of parking spots, a creek and trees that can stormwater storage. The building of the sports campus on which the green roof is created is completely CO2 neutral as it runs on solar and geothermal energy. (1,2,5,6,7,8).
Address

Meester P. Droogleever Fortuynweg
24
2533 SR Den Haag
Netherlands

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Building
Website of the intervention
http://sportcampuszuiderpark.nl/nl/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2011
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2014
End date of the intervention
2017
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
1. Create a sports facility for sportsmen and women, students and citizens that is sustainable and fits well into the surrounding neighbourhood. (1,8).
2. The mains goal of the green roof on the sports campus building and the green spaces, trees and the water creek surrounding the building is stormwater storage. (4)
3. The sports campus is situated in the Zuiderpark and an additional aim was to create a connection between the sports campus and the park in order to maintain its aesthetic value (8). An additional goal was that the building should be CO2 neutral (9).
Quantitative targets
- Total water storing capacity of the complete campus area should be 3259 m2 (7). This is not the target for realisation of the green roof alone, but the green obviously contributes to this target.
- Installation of 5,000 m2 of solar panels and solar collectors (1)
Monitoring indicators defined
unknown.
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Water management (SDG 6)
Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Environmental quality
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Regulation of built environment
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Real estate development
Please specify "other Climate change mitigation activity"
Installation of solar panels and solar collectors (1)
Installation of a thermal energy storage system for more energy efficient heating and cooling (6)
Sole use of LED lighting in the whole complex to reduce energy use (6)
Implementation activities
- Building a sport campus with sport and educational facilities and heat, water and energy saving measures (1).
- Creation of a green roof on the sport campus building made from sedum with the installation of solar panels and solar collectors (1,2,5,6,7)
- Creation of parking lots with permeable paving that are surrounded by trees and hedges (8), putting grass tiles around the building (5) and creating a creek (8).
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature on buildings (external)
Green roofs
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
Green parking lots
Blue infrastructure
Rivers/streams/canals/estuaries
Green areas for water management
Other
Please specify "other green areas for water management"
permeable paving
Type of Green Roof
Extensive Green Roof: depth 3 - 5 inches; plants: Mosses, Sedums, Succulents, Herbs and few Grasses; Low maintenance and costs
What is the level of innovation / development of the NBS related to water management?
Low: Simple rain water collection intervention (rain garden, local seepage pit) or simple permeable areas
Vegetation Type
Grass
Trees
Other
Please specify how many trees were planted
230
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Flood regulation
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Cultural services
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Intellectual interactions (scientific and / or educational)
Please specify "other cultural service"
Education
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Researchers/University
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Researchers, university
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The project initiator was the municipality of The Hague who signed an agreement on the development of the sport campus with the University of Applied Sciences The Hague and Vestia Group (housing corporation). (1,6,9). However, the development was restricted because of failing management of Vestia, therefore the municipality and the University of Applied Sciences took over the coordination of the project (6). The campus building is designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects and the area surrounding the building was designed by Ingenieursbureau Den Haag (Engineers Bureau of the municipality of The Hague). (1,9). The project was financed by the municipality of The Hague and the University of Applied Sciences. (1,6). ROC Mondriaan (community college) was also involved in the planning/designing process as their students also use the facilities. Students of the university of applied sciences and the community college and citizens use the sport/educational facilities. (1).
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Public sector institution
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Researchers/university
Citizens or community group
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Dissemination of information and education
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The 'Krachtwijkenprogramma' (Neighbourhood Improvement Programme) was the main driver of the development of the sport campus because this would provide an impulse to the adjacent 'krachtwijken' (improvement neighborhoods) The Hague South-West and Transvaal. (7,9). In this plan, it was specified that the former football stadium of ADO Den Haag (The Hague Football Club) should be transformed into a sport campus with sport and educational facilities (7).
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
The environmental strategy 'Op weg naar een duurzaam Den Haag 2009' (Approaching a Sustainable The Hague) specified that the development of the campus should aim for becoming CO2 neutral (9).
In the 'Waterbergingsvisie' (Water Storage Vision) of 2007, which is an agreement between the municipality of The Hague and the Hoogheemraadschap Delfland (regional water body), areas in the city are assigned to compensate for the water storage shortcoming of the city including the area in which the sport campus would be built. (9). The green roof of the sport campus building is specifically mentioned as an example of the green roof strategy as specified in the Den Haag Duurzaam Agenda 2015-2020 (The Hague Sustainable Agenda) as it contributes to this current sustainability strategy of the municipality. (3)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
City specific climate change policy or plan
Please specify other vegetation type
Green roof: sedum
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The municipality has funded 10 million Euro for the development of the sport campus building and 357,674 Euro for preparation of the plan (6,9).
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
73 million Euros (6)
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
73 million Euro (6). Out of this The municipality has funded 10 million Euro for the development of the sport campus building and 357,674 Euro for preparation of the plan (6,9). There is no information regarding the rest of the costs
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Other
Please specify other source of funding
Funding by the University of Applied Sciences The Hague
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
No
Business models
Green densification model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Technological
Product innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The sport campus building is the first completely CO2 neutral building in the city and combines various heat, water and energy saving measures through the entire building. This includes LED lighting, water saving showers and isolation (such as the green roof) [1]. The building completely runs on solar energy (due to 5000m2 of solar panels) and geothermal energy (hot tubes installed 250 meters into the soil [6]. The building is material-efficient: because of the optimization of the shape of the framings as little steel as possible is used for the construction of the roof [1].
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is completely new without connections to previous initiative(s)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
It is the first time in the city of The Hague that a sustainable campus is created with a completely CO2-neutral building and water storing capacity on and surrounding the building [1,4-6].
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Climate change
Reduced emissions
Strengthened capacity to address climate hazards/natural disasters
Water management and blue areas
Improved stormwater management
Green space and habitat
Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
Increased green space area
Description of environmental benefits
- The sports campus is expected to contribute to climate change mitigation as it is completely CO2 neutral.
- In total 5000 m2 of solar panels were installed on the roof, thus it generates renewable energy (1,9).
- The campus also contributes to climate change adaptation with its water storing capacity. The green roof that is created is 20.000 m2, combined with the 230 trees planted the total water storing capacity is 3,259 m3 (1,3,7,8).
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Description of social and cultural benefits
- The campus contributes to the quality of life of neighborhood citizens and provides sport facilities which contributes to health of students and citizens. (1,4).
- The campus contributes to the living and aesthetic quality of the adjacent improvement neighborhoods and the aesthetic quality of the Zuiderpark (4).
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Water management (SDG 6)
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Environmental quality
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Website of the sport campus
Sport campus information on municipality website
Architecture specification of sport campus building
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Project plan for the sport campus (4.13 MB) 4.13 MB
Objectives for the sport campus (62.07 KB) 62.07 KB
List of references
1. Abt. (2017). Sportcampus Zuiderpark Den Haag. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://www.abt.eu/projecten/sportcampus-zuiderpark-den-haag.aspx
2. Coneco. (2017). Sportcampus Zuiderpark: duurzaam sporten en studeren. Accessed on November 11, 2020, http://www.coneco.nl/nl/blog/referenties/2017/05/sportcampus-zuiderpark-duurz/122
3. Gemeente Den Haag. (2015). Den Haag Duurzaam Agenda 2015-2020. The Hague: Municipality of The Hague. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://denhaag.raadsinformatie.nl/document/3323147/1/RIS283893_bijlage%201%20Agenda%20Duurzame%20stad%202015-2020
4. Gemeente Den Haag. (2017). Den Haag klimaatbestendig maken. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://www.denhaag.nl/nl/in-de-stad/natuur-en-milieu/duurzaamheid/den-haag-klimaatbestendig-maken.htm
5. Gemeente Den Haag. (2017). Sportcampus Zuiderpark officieel geopend. Website not available
6. Weessies, R. (2017). Sportcampus Zuiderpark officieel geopend. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://architectenweb.nl/nieuws/artikel.aspx?ID=41010
7. Gemeente Den Haag. (2013). Projectdocument Sportcampus Zuiderpark. The Hague: municipality of The Hague. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://denhaag.raadsinformatie.nl/document/3327255/1/RIS267470%20Projectdoc_%20Sportcampus%20Zuiderpark
8. Ingenieursbureau Den Haag (2015). Zuiderpark Sportcampus Voorlopig Ontwerp. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://denhaag.raadsinformatie.nl/document/3327292/1/RIS267470_bijl_%202%20zuiderpark%20sportcampus%20VO%20OR
9. Gemeente Den Haag. (2010). Nota van uitgangspunten Sportcampus Zuiderpark. The Hague: Municipality of The Hague. Accessed on November 11, 2020, https://denhaag.raadsinformatie.nl/document/3353205/1/RIS177642
Comments and notes
Comments
the building won two awards: Tekla BIM award in the category Special Attention to the Construction and the Tekla Global BIM Award. [1]
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Sport Campus Zuiderpark
Source: https://www.installatiejournaal.nl/installatiebranche/nieuws/2017/03/kuijpers-levert-sportcampus-zuiderpark-op-101573?_ga=2.83678293.299079031.1605096604-693033920.1604683592