Description

Focus on the homes where the most gains can be made.

Many discussions about energy are narrowed down to the energy consumption of electricity and transport. What is often not realised is that roughly 50% of energy consumption is attributable to space heating. Huge savings are possible in this area for relatively small investments.

However, those who realise this often focus mainly on implementing energy-saving measures and applying renewable energy in new buildings. These measures are good and sensible in themselves, of course, but they do not address the bulk of consumption. The volume of new construction is 50,000 to 100,000 homes per year, but the housing stock in the Netherlands is about 6 million. The average lifetime of a house is in the order of 100 years, so if we want to achieve a relevant improvement, we cannot start waiting until the current houses have all been replaced by new construction. Moreover, we can assume that the current new buildings will already prove to be hopelessly outdated in 50 years.

We therefore need to work in continuity on smart energy-saving features and sustainable energy solutions for existing buildings. This is therefore the core area on which the company Centrotec focuses: Stepwise conversion of existing buildings into energy - poor buildings via energy - neutral buildings to energy - delivering buildings

Speaker(s)

ir. Maurits Boogaard MBA, Vice President Technology,
Centrotec Sustainable AG / NL-office, Doesburg

Location

Hall centre Prinsenhof

Hoofdstraat 43, 5683 AC Best

Organiser

Region South

Name and contact details for information

Further information from ir. Gijs Schoonewelle, 0032 366 66787 or via the email address below or via Koos Mulder, tel. 040-27 62 182, email: koos.mulder@philips.com

gijsschoonewelle@hotmail.com