The concept is quite simple: develop a sustainable energy infrastructure that produces enough green power to maximally support on-site energy use and electrical vehicle charging. This infrastructure needs to be able to support a high-end distribution centre, where all sorts of vehicles need to power up: cars, vans, and large trucks.

Our energy architects merge the best available technology and software into one overarching infrastructure that combines optimal green energy use with the security of supply.

Here’s how it works, in a few steps:

• A solar park on the roof produces green power.
• This power is sent onto the local grid, used for onsite operational activities and charging vans, cars, and E‑trucks.
• A smart energy monitoring and management tool is the backbone of the system, guaranteeing ample power supply at any given time.
• If there is an energy surplus, power is stored in onsite batteries. If these batteries are fully charged, power is transferred to the public power grid.
• If there isn’t enough solarinduced power for local operations, the batteries come into effect.
• When battery levels are low, power is brought in from the public electricity grid for 100% security of supply.

WDP launched a pilot project at VPD’s distribution centre in Zellik. VDP is an innovative company specialising in last-mile logistics. The company is committed to turning its fleet green, with a full zero-emission strategy. The plan is to turn all its deliveries CO2-neutral by 2025. WDP stepped up not only as a real estate partner but as a 360° green energy partner, too.

Svetlana Nikolayonok, Business Developer Energy at WDP, puts it this way: ​“We want to offer a total solution for our customers. We aim to be the go-to partner for both real estate and mobility strategy.”

The WDP annual report lays out the foundation for the Green Mobility Hubs. Last-mile delivery distribution centres hosts a wide range of vehicles, from cars to vans and E‑trucks. Clients are under pressure to organise this transport as efficiently and sustainably as possible.

Today, sustainability plays an important part in the decision-making process around logistic real estate. The EU Green Deal emphasises the importance of the decarbonisation of real estate and transport, with a switch to e‑mobility. WDP’s Green Mobility Hub solution is the way forward for every future-thinking logistics company looking to make waves in tomorrow’s market.