RAU’s sustainable entrepreneurship stems from a specific attitude towards the world. Working and living in the constant awareness that any action ultimately produces significant effects in the world at large: ecological, economic and social. This way of working creates healthy, energy-producing buildings that adopt a people-oriented approach and enhance awareness of our planet. This is what RAU calls “oneplanetarchitecture.”

Thomas Rau is an active participant in the international discussion on sustainability, sustainable architecture and the development of energy saving technologies. He is ranked, as first architect, at nr. 26 on the annual Dutch Sustainable Top 100; a list of key-players in sustainability published by national newspaper Trouw and broadcasting corporation LLiNK. He is placed at number one in the ‘Green Building’ category of the Dutch ‘Green.200’ ranking by Green.2 magazine.