Facility manager & duurzame mobiliteit: van parkeerplaats naar groene werkplek
Facility Manager & Sustainable Mobility: Turning Parking Lots into Green Workspaces
Enabling Sustainable Mobility
The facility manager plays a key role in the transition to sustainable mobility. They ensure employees can start their workday comfortably and pleasantly — whether they arrive by bike, on foot, by public transport, or in an electric shared car. This requires not only a new perspective on parking and storage, but also on how the entire site and working environment are designed. Often constrained by the existing built environment, the facility manager can still achieve great results through small, smart interventions.
Fewer Cars, More Space for Wellbeing
Sustainable mobility starts with the question: how much space do we still want to dedicate to cars and drivers? At many sites, a large portion of the grounds — especially near the main entrance — is still reserved for car parking. Even though more and more people are choosing cycling, shared cars, or working from home. Even though we collectively know that a five-minute walk from car to entrance has health benefits.
That’s where the greatest opportunity lies: by rethinking the site layout, you can create an attractive, healthy space where employees enjoy coming to work — and happily take that daily walk.
Car-free zones and logical walking routes give priority to pedestrians and cyclists. Covered and secure parking for bikes, cargo bikes, and scooters makes sustainable choices more obvious. And by including amenities like EV charging points and shared mobility hubs, you make it easy and visible that sustainable choices are supported.
Everyday Comfort Through Good Facilities
Employees who travel actively also need good indoor amenities. Changing rooms and showers, lockers, and even a small bike service station show that the organization supports an active, sustainable lifestyle. This makes walking, cycling, or even running to work real options — even in bad weather.
The Outdoor Workspace and Play Break
It goes beyond mobility. Sustainable choices also free up space for something fundamental: green and water. Fewer cars and a new layout create opportunities for plants, trees, insects, birds — and people. Outdoor meeting areas, picnic tables, and circular seating invite employees to work, walk, and talk outside, improving health and wellbeing.
"Throw a ball into the mix and something happens"
Team building doesn’t have to be once a year — it can happen every week, or even every day during a play break. A pétanque court, table tennis table, chessboard, or a water pump for freshening up. Being outdoors together, playing sports, and enjoying free play strengthen social cohesion and foster new neural connections — crucial for creativity, innovation, and problem-solving.
A biodiverse, climate-resilient site enhances your organization’s image and helps employees stay healthy and productive.
Building Your Future-Proof Site Together
With a mobility scan, we help you take the first steps: identifying the potential number of cyclists, walkers, public transport users, bike parking, and charging points. From there, we provide advice on quick wins. By running surveys and forming a working group, a comprehensive redesign of the outdoor space — with attention to mobility, climate, and experience — comes within reach.
This way, sustainability becomes part of an attractive, future-proof workplace experience.
