About the District

Utrecht The New Centre will become an icon for sustainable and healthy urbanization. With the transformation of the West-side of Utrecht city center, the Municipality of Utrecht together with Jaarbeurs and other partners will be taking a big step forward. Less and slower traffic, climate and energy neutral construction, efficient water management and greening will soon provide for a pleasant place to stay and ample opportunities for new forms of working, living, shopping and nightlife.

Utrecht is building a new Central Station area. This is needed because of overdue maintenance, a growing number of passengers, a growing city and the desire to restore the original canals. With the construction of a new and renewed area all these things are tackled at once.

The historic inner city and Utrecht The New Centre are two separated parts of Utrecht; these parts will be connected again to form one coherent centre. Utrecht is building the future of the city: a meeting place for everyone wishing to travel, shop, live, work and relax in the dynamic heart of the Netherlands.

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At the same time Jaarbeurs, which runs the main exhibition & conference center in the Netherlands for national events, is adjusting to accommodate the growing digital world and focuses on the importance of ‘live meetings’. During the coming years Jaarbeurs will be developing a unique experience. Between 2014  and 2022 a variety of projects will be gradually implemented, ranging from the construction of the largest cinema in the Netherlands to the large-scale renovation of the Jaarbeurs passage and halls.

Against this background, the Municipality of Utrecht formulated an ambitious redevelopment plan together with Jaarbeurs and other stakeholders. Phase 1 of the project is in execution, while phase 2 is in the planning and decision phase (timeline 2015-2030). Phase 2, Utrecht The New Centre, concerns the redevelopment of the southern part of the area and includes the major stakeholder Jaarbeurs.

Priorities for the sustainable transformation of Utrecht The New Centre are: 

  • Hybrid systems for heating and cooling at district level
  • Local use of local renewable power
  • Green, climate robust and attractive
  • Clean and safe personal mobility

For more information on the redevelopment of Utrecht Central Station area and Utrecht The New Centre, please visit: www.cu2030.nl/page/english.

The district has been selected as a Deep Dive district as an icon for sustainable transformation by the European Climate-KIC programme, SSD. Within the SSD programme, the Municipality of Utrecht, Jaarbeurs and SSD-partners aim to co-develop, pilot and test new integrated solutions for the Utrecht The New Centre . These solutions will lead to factor four improvements in a range of climate change and sustainability measures. Solutions, improvements and lessons learned from these integrated approaches will be shared to help enable smarter, more sustainable districts worldwide.

For more information please visit the corresponding webpage, the officila district homepage http://ssd-utrecht.nl/, and the SSD Utrecht homepage https://www.usi.nl/en/sustainable-areas/utrecht-central-station-area.

District Challenges and Opportunities

Within the scope of the SSD programme, four key themes were identified:

  • Hybrid integrated systems for heating and cooling at district level
  • Local use of locally produced renewable power
  • Green, climate robust and attractive
  • Clean and safe personal mobility

Partners and Stakeholders

Principal partners from Climate-KIC and the SSD Program

Other partners

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Further Resources

http://ssd-utrecht.nl/

https://utrecht.dataplatform.nl/


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