BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau
BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau
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mobilitY<br />
VLOTTE – a nifty fleet: Employees at <strong>Rhomberg</strong> have access to 4 pool cars, 1 electric scooter and 6 pool bicycles.<br />
Rethinking + changing = impossible?<br />
Awareness-forming activities influence our travel habits<br />
Pool cars and pool bicycles, business tickets for the Austrian<br />
Federal Railways ÖBB, and annual season tickets for<br />
the local public transport system: the <strong>Rhomberg</strong> Group is<br />
doing what it can to help employees rethink their travel<br />
habits and make the change to public transport. Increasingly,<br />
this is helping colleagues to do without their private car<br />
or a company car. Attractive offers help people to rethink<br />
their approach to transport, and this extends way beyond<br />
company travel. Awareness for mobility options, including<br />
walking or using bicycles for the odd trip at home, is now<br />
becoming more widespread.<br />
was introduced in June 2009 to make public transport more<br />
attractive. During a two-week period, <strong>Rhomberg</strong> employees<br />
sampled the local bus and train services and learned about<br />
the advantages of public transport. The costs were shared<br />
equally by VVV and the <strong>Rhomberg</strong> Group.<br />
ON BUSES AND TRAINS TO THE RCR<br />
On the open day at the Resources Center Rheintal in October<br />
2009, <strong>Rhomberg</strong> offered visitors environmentally friendly<br />
transport to the event with free transfers on city buses and<br />
regional buses.<br />
FUN MOBILITY & CYCLING COMPETITION<br />
This year’s annual mobility campaign sparked a huge<br />
response once again. Every employee who made his or her<br />
way to work by public transport, in a car-sharing arrangement<br />
with colleagues, by bicycle or on foot got a stamp on<br />
their card. As a ‘thank-you’ for this environmental awareness,<br />
the company then exchanged the stamps for vouchers<br />
for nearby retailers and restaurants.<br />
CO 2<br />
-SAVING MEASURES FOR CARS<br />
Once a year, colleagues with company cars are given the opportunity<br />
to perfect their driving skills in terms of safety and<br />
fuel efficiency as part of the Safety and ‘Eco-Drive’ Training.<br />
With the aid of the ‘Eco-Drive’ techniques, fuel savings of between<br />
5 and 15 percent are possible – and this of course also<br />
means savings in terms of CO 2<br />
and money in the bank, keeping<br />
the environment and the company’s accountants happy.<br />
MAKING THE CHANGE WITH THE JOB TICKET<br />
In conjunction with the local public transport provider, the<br />
Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg (VVV), the so-called ‘Job ticket’<br />
From April to September 2009 the <strong>Rhomberg</strong><br />
Group successfully took part in the cycling<br />
competition of the Energy Institute of Vorarlberg<br />
and contributed 8,600 km to the ‘environment<br />
account’.<br />
“VLOTTE” – WE ARE PART OF THE PROJECT<br />
Since October 2009, the <strong>Rhomberg</strong> Group has been running<br />
an electric Fiat 500 as part of the VLOTTE project, a study in<br />
electro-mobility in the region of Vorarlberg. The electric car is<br />
available as one of the cars in the company’s pool of vehicles<br />
for all colleagues for company trips. It is perfectly complemented<br />
by our electric scooter, which is also available in the<br />
company pool. For trips to the city centre of Bregenz, nearby<br />
construction sites and neighbouring communities the speedy<br />
bike is an environmentally safe and pollution-free alternative.<br />
We are very pleased to be part of this pioneering project in<br />
electro-mobility. Together, we are taking the lead once again.<br />
Madeleine Sargant<br />
8 NEW DIMENSIONS | mobilitY
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