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Hotspot for changemakers

Our campus in Amsterdam is a sought-after office location and a hotspot for changemakers. We share our building and gardens with a thriving community of people committed to an inclusive and sustainable world: from experts and entrepreneurs to activists and local residents.

KIT Campus is a founding member of SDG House, a network of more than 10 like-minded communities in the Netherlands and Greece.

Our KIT Campus residents

100WEEKS | B Lab Europe / B Corporation | BIX Fund Capital | Cardano Services BV | Conscious business | Crossover | Cygnum Capital BV | De Groene Grachten | De Kids van Amsterdam | DLM | East-West Seed | Fairfood | Fork Rangers – Talk Frankly | Frontclear | GABV – Global Alliance for Banking on Valuation | Invesdor | Justice for Prosperity | Land Life company | Lens / Berg Development | Lucidminds | NL Times | Orange Theatre Company | Original Beans | Prakken d’Oliveira | Progreso | Pymwymic | Rooftop Revolution | SDG Nederland | Social Finance NL | Starters & Impact Creators | Spaak Circular Solutions | StartGreen Capital | Syllucid | TCX Investment Management Company | The Rock Group | The Social Handshake | Tjasker Advisors | Triodos Bank | Vice Versa | Wereldmuseum | Worldconnectors | XSML | Young Africa International

Sustainability at KIT

More than 1,000 people work on our campus. Every day, as many visitors join them. How do we ensure that our own campus becomes an inclusive and sustainable place to work and meet? Read more about our own journey in our series of sustainability stories. 

Looking for space to grow? 

Unique opportunity 

Are you a startup, freelancer, or small team searching for an inspiring and professional work environment? KIT Campus currently offers several office spaces (40–100 m²) — modern, representative, and surrounded by an entrepreneurial community.

Located in the iconic and highly sustainable KIT building at Oosterpark, you’ll work in a place where historic charm meets modern facilities. You’ll become part of a purpose-driven community with inspiring events, strong hospitality services, meeting rooms, and a network of organisations contributing to the SDGs.

Curious to learn more or visit the space?
Reach out to Bert Boer — he is happy to tell you more!

Our Sustainability stories

  • KIT proud of the sustainable redevelopment of its hotel tower at Oosterpark

    • Campus
    • News

    KIT is proud to announce the redevelopment of its hotel tower at Oosterpark, located right next to the monumental KIT building. After an extensive renovation, the tower is ready for a new chapter. Hotel V Oosterpark – part of the sustainable Conscious Group – and the hospitality concept Orchid House have recently opened as the […]

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  • New group of Issue Killers starts at KIT

    • Campus
    • News

    On Monday, September 29, the new group of Issue Killers officially started at KIT. Over 47 young talents will work in our building over the next 12 weeks on creative campaigns around the theme of inequality. The Issue Killers Traineeship is a nationwide program that trains young people to become creative change-makers. Through communication, campaigns, and activations, they […]

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  • KIT nominated for the “Heritage sustainability award”

    • News

    Our building, the largest national monument in Amsterdam, has been nominated for the Heritage Sustainability Award 2023! We have been working on making the monumental building more sustainable since 2015. In March of this year we got rid of the gas boilers. From now on, our building will be heated using underground heat and cold […]

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  • Choosing a sustainable coffee for the KIT offices

    • Institute
    • Coffee Stories

    At KIT we recently had to change our coffee machines. For many people, a morning coffee is the only way to start the day. In 2019 at the KIT offices, around 3,000 kilos of coffee beans were ground every year to meet the coffee needs of all 1,500 people working here: KIT employees, our SDG […]

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  • KIT’s transition towards fossil-free energy

    • News

    The gas has been turned off at KIT, which means the boilers are on their way out. The historic building, which is the largest national monument in Amsterdam, is set to become fossil-free thanks to the installation of an underground thermal storage system (WKO) and heat pumps. On February 14, Linthorst Techniek began constructing the […]

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  • KIT is now fossil-free

    • News

    The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) has permanently turned off the gas and removed the boilers from the building, making KIT, Amsterdam’s largest national monument, fossil-free. The old gas-fired boilers have been replaced with heat pumps that will use an underground heat and cold storage (WKO) system to heat and cool KIT’s historic building gas-free. The […]

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  • KIT builds one of the largest blue-green roofs of Amsterdam

    • News

    KIT Royal Tropical Institute has built one of the largest blue-green roofs in Amsterdam on her terrain, with help from a subsidy of the municipality of Amsterdam. Because this roof is at ground-level of our terrain it is the most easily accessible blue-green roofs in the city, which makes it easier to show how a […]

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