What is your job about?
In my work, I support and accompany construction projects on the topic of sustainability in the APAC, Americas, EMEA and Germany regions. Together with my colleagues, our goal is to make sustainability measurable. That's why we are constantly developing our tools and standards further and dealing with issues regarding regulation, trends and innovations, among other things.

How does your work contribute to the BMW Group's sustainability goals?
Derived from the BMW Sustainability Strategy (especially the reduction of CO2 emissions, water consumption and energy consumption per vehicle), the construction projects are also subject to a target picture with these 3 measurable focus topics. To realize these goals in our construction projects, we develop a set of measures together with the project team to implement the sustainability aspects. These can be, for example, the use of highly efficient heat recovery or measures for the use of service water. With our tools, such as our "sustainable construction" monitoring tool and an assessment report, we accompany the projects and monitor the measures in the project progress.

What does sustainability mean to you personally?
For me, sustainability means the balanced interaction of different dimensions (ecological, economic and social sustainability), which in the classical sense each stand on their own. A sustainable life that serves all three dimensions leads to stable and future-proof results. A life that you can lead and maintain in the long term. Work-life balance, a balanced diet and regular exercise are also part of a sustainable lifestyle for me personally.

What is your idea of a sustainable world?
The air is fresher. Life is healthier, longer, more relaxed, more exciting and more enjoyable. Our diet is more varied and balanced. We are better connected with the people around us and have a sense of a global community. A sustainable world also means to me: A world in which the next generations have at least the same living conditions as we do – if possible, even better ones.

Have you always been interested in the topic of sustainability?
I came into contact with the topic of energy at a very early stage. I found the question of how to convert energy sufficiently very exciting. The interest in the interplay of various factors in the conversion of energy came a little later and was ultimately also one of the reasons for my studies in renewable energies.