Themen:
Building and Company's Future
The construction of the third building complex at juwi headquarters in Wörrstadt advances with great strides. The basement and the first floor have already been established; the prefabricated wooden wall elements for the upper floors are being put up at the moment; next will be the elements for the ceiling and the roof. The carcass work for the first part of the building consisting of a reception, offices, meeting rooms and the boardroom was completed in December 2011. At the beginning of June 2012, about 400 juwi employees will be able to move into their new offices. juwi will continue to grow in 2012 and will thus also recruit new employees.
The juwi group looks back on a successful year 2011. Regarding the upcoming year, there is much reason for optimism for the project developer based in Rhine-Hesse. The company will continue to grow in 2012. Therefore, numerous recruitments are planned, especially in the project management section. juwi also looks for engineers for other key positions. “juwi belongs to the best employers in Germany. We offer our employees more than a secure job. Our employees feel comfortable at work; they are highly motivated and recognize the sense and value of their job,” says Matthias Willenbacher, CEO of the juwi group. “Every colleague contributes to our goal of reaching 100% renewables as soon as possible,” adds CEO Fred Jung. juwi will again recruit apprentices in 2012. 40 apprenticeship places are still to be filled. The spectrum ranges from draftsmen or commercial professions up to warehouse logistics specialists.
At the moment, the third building complex is being established on an area of 2,000 square meters at juwi headquarters. It consist of two parts of 11,000 m² gross floor area in total and encompasses a building with a reception, offices, meeting rooms and the boardroom as well as a second building with the staff restaurant. The restaurant can accommodate more than 700 persons and can provide meals for up to 2,000 employees at lunchtime. The restaurant is also the central room for events. With the new building, events with up to 1,000 persons can be held.
In respect to energy efficiency, the new building complex sets new standards: An energysaving design as well as a new LED conception will minimize energy needs. The new canteen kitchen will also contribute to climate protection. As before, the kitchenware will be energy-efficient; moreover, the cooks and kitchen staff will predominantly work with food produced in the region. The building has been developed by the juwi subsidiary Green Buildings. “The primary energy needs - heat, warm water and electricity - will come completely from renewable energies such as wind, solar and bio energy,” says Ralf Ratanski, executive director of Green Buildings. At the site, a 5.6 megawatt solar park, seven solar carports with a 9,000m² module area and 16 wind turbines cater for green energy. The remaining energy will be fed into the grid.
In the future, juwi headquarters in Wörrstadt (Rhine-Hesse) will provide space for 1,500 employees. In order for them to combine family and work, juwi also expands the in-house kindergarten “juwelchen”. When the construction work will be completed in spring, up to 70 children from one to six years can be looked after all-day.
juwi moved into its headquarters in Wörrstadt in 2008. It has been expanded twice, in 2009 and 2010. The headquarters is known to be one of the world’s most energy-efficient office buildings. Therefore, juwi was awarded with the German Climate Protection Prize in 2008. In 2011, the federal association of green economy, UnternehmensGrün e.V., awarded the juwi group with the golden label “CO2-neutral-company” for energy-efficient economic management. The association’s aim is to inspire more companies for climatefriendly business. The focus lies on the reduction of emission at a company’s headquarters. juwi serves as a good example. The company’s climate neutral energy conception consists of the vehicle fleet’s conversion to electric cars, the guidelines for business trips (preferably train instead of plane) as well as the in-house shuttle service, which runs from train stations and parking spaces to the headquarters.
Investment
In 2012, juwi-founders Fred Jung and Matthias Willenbacher also want to give the population of the region the opportunity to participate in the conversion of our energy supply. “The great interest in our new investment, juwi RegioEnergie Festzins I, encouraged us to combine environment protection and investment,” says Willenbacher. Thus, juwi Invest GmbH, founded in December 2011, will continue to work on environmentally sensible investments and offer them on the capital market.
Wind Energy
juwi deconstructed more than ten “elderly” windmills of the 1990s in 2011 and replaced them with modern and far more powerful turbines. The project developer will enforce this procedure, called “repowering”, considerably in 2012. “We have planned to deconstruct approximately 50 old turbines,” says juwi-CEO Matthias Willenbacher. The new wind energy plants are capable of generating 20-times more green energy. They are higher, rotate slower and are therefore nearly inaudible at ground level.
Solar Energy
In the solar sector development advances quickly, too. “Twelve years ago, my first solar power plant was five times more expensive than today,” Willenbacher recalls. “This is an incredible success.” Even the sometimes heard reproach that PV-plants are being subsidized by all electricity rate payers because of the share in costs (“EEG-Umlage”) cannot be upheld any longer. Willenbacher: “In 2012, the feed-in compensation for solar power will come below the private electricity rate.”
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