To love yachts is to love the sea
To love the sea is to respect the environment
The Lürssen family and company are deeply aware of the need to protect not only the world’s oceans and coastlines, but the entire global ecology and climate. In cooperation with our clients, we consistently apply our innovative resources to reduce the environmental impact of our yachts. For example, recent vessels feature a new compact silencer with integrated SCR filter and additional soot filter to lower NOx, soot and noise emissions below current regulatory limits. In addition, Lürssen is the first yacht-builder to utilize waste engine heat to operate a vessel’s onboard desalination system for drinking water. We continue to invest substantially in research of energy technologies that promise a major step forward in sustainability, such as fuel cells and hybrid concepts. As one of the anchor partners in the Water Revolution Foundation, our mission is to drive sustainability in the superyacht industry through collaboration and innovation. But our interest in protecting the environment goes beyond the vessels we build: Lürssen is a major contributor to the marine biodiversity conservation organization Blue Marine Foundation.
A SUSTAINED COMMITMENT
OUR FAMILY TRADITION OF PURSUING SUSTAINABILITY
We don’t just want to use the latest technology on board, we want to advance the status quo.
ELEGANT, DURABLE, SUSTAINABLE: TESUMO
MEET OUR TEAK ALTERNATIVE FOR SHIPDECKS
For decades, naval architects, shipbuilders and yacht owners have been seeking an alternative to teak for shipdecks. As attractive as the beauty, durability and functional properties of teak are, its cultivation and harvesting raises environmental issues. In 2008 Lürssen responded to this dilemma, launching a project to develop an equally attractive alternative in collaboration with the University of Göttingen and the Bavarian shipdeck specialist Wolz.
The result: Tesumo, a sustainably farmed and modified wood with qualities that match and even surpass teak in marine applications.
Find out moreGREEN HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
THE PATH TO EMISSION-FREE YACHTING
Probably the most groundbreaking achievement is our progress in using fuel cell technology. Lürssen is building its first yacht with fuel cell technology for a pioneering and technology driven client. The fuel cell – driven by hydrogen which is continuously reformed from methanol – is flanking the conventional generators and is a big step to an emission free Lürssen yacht.
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INNOVATION - KEY TO SUSTAINABILITY
Lürssen has always understood yacht-building as an industry with a high demand for new technologies. This is one of the reasons why Lürssen continuously strives to stay at the forefront, as the founders and other early movers always did.
"My great grandfather built the world’s first motorboat in 1886. My dream is to be the first to build a motor yacht without a combustion engine." - Peter Lürssen
DRIVING SUSTAINABILITY TOGETHER
ONLY INDUSTRY-WIDE CO-INNOVATION CAN LEAD TO MEANINGFUL SUSTAINABILITY
It takes a concerted effort to address a global challenge. Accordingly, Lürssen works with leading institutions and organizations to develop sustainable solutions for yachts and other vessels. We also partner with major marine environmental initiatives. Lürssen is an Anchor Partner of Water Revolution Foundation and a Major Partner of Blue Marine Foundation.
The Water Revolution Foundation is a great platform to promote and advance a new culture of environmental awareness within our industry. We also carry out joint activities to reduce environmental pollution in addition to the individual measures that each company already undertakes.
The Water Revolution Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to driving and accelerating sustainability in the superyacht industry. With the urgency to reduce the ecological footprint of yachting, Lürssen is pleased to be one of the anchor partners in this challenge. Water Revolution Foundation’s activities revolve around three areas of focus:
- Promoting new technology and empowering innovation
- Proactively creating the industry’s own sustainability agenda, going beyond legislative requirements
- Investing in ocean conservation
LÜRSSEN IS A MAJOR PARTNER OF
Lürssen is a major partner of the Blue Marine Foundation, an organization dedicated to restoring healthy oceans by supporting marine biodiversity. The Foundation had impressive initial successes and has ambitious – but reachable – targets for the coming years.
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Lürssen encourages the yachting community to join us in supporting the Blue Marine Foundation.
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