Vector Company Building Wins Award for Sustainable Construction Methods and Architectural Excellence

The German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) has rewarded the new company headquarters of Vector in Stuttgart with two of its coveted certificates at once. This makes it the only building in the world to hold both of these awards.

The IT specialist Vector has been constantly growing at its German headquarters in Stuttgart for the last 30 years. The rapidly expanding workforce made a large new development necessary in order to extend the four existing buildings. The new Vector company building is unique in many ways and, in September 2017, it was rewarded with the DGNB Platinum Certificate for sustainable building and the DGNB Diamond Award for outstanding architecture with excellent design and cultural qualities. This makes it the only building in the world to hold both of these awards.

The fifth, and so far the largest, of the Vector buildings at the company’s headquarters was completed in August 2016. This modern and very attractive new complex consisting of office space, a canteen, large training area and underground car park also comprises a landscaped area and forms the Vector Campus in combination with the pre-existing buildings.

As an innovative technology company, Vector naturally also called on state-of-the-art building methods and concepts for the design of this project. Consequently, strict requirements were defined for all the ecological, economic, functional and technical aspects. At the same time, it was possible to achieve the company’s self-imposed aim of combining a high level of employee satisfaction, an attractive appearance and successful integration into the urban environment over a usable area of more than 20,000 m².

The new, forward-looking Vector building helps to save resources in many different ways. Even during the construction phase, attention was paid to connections to the local urban transport systems and e-mobility. What is more, the building materials were chosen on the basis of criteria of sustainability. Resource efficiency was greatly boosted by the use of Cobiax reinforced concrete slabs during construction. Thanks to this approach, it was possible to save almost 7,000 m³ of concrete, or a third of the amount required for a conventional new building.

Furthermore, compared to a conventional office building, considerable energy savings are achieved during operation. Thanks to the use of geothermal and solar power, it has been possible to cut natural gas consumption by approximately 70%. What is more, the solar power system and the intelligent building control system reduce electricity consumption, with the result that all these measures combined cut CO2 emissions from ongoing operations by approximately 460 tons per year.

About the Vector Group:

Vector Informatik is the leading manufacturer of software tools and embedded components for the development of electronic systems and their networking with many different systems from CAN to Automotive Ethernet.

Vector has been a partner of automotive manufacturers and suppliers and related industries since 1988. Vector tools and services provide engineers with the decisive advantage to make a challenging and highly complex subject area as simple and manageable as possible. Vector employees work on electronic innovations for the automotive industry every day. Worldwide customers in the automotive, commercial vehicles, aerospace, transportation, and control technology industries rely on the solutions and products of the independent Vector Group for the development of technologies for future mobility.

Vector worldwide currently employs more than 1,900 people with sales of EUR 414 million in 2016. With its headquarter in Germany (Stuttgart), Vector has subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Sweden, South Korea, India, China, and Brazil.

Vector is also active on social networks: www.vector.com/connect