demonstration projects

Collective renovation  

The aim of this action is to develop a new innovative approach to collective renovation. This includes installing roof, façade and floor insulation and installing super insulating glazing. The Flemish cities of Antwerp and Mechelen organize various demonstration projects on collective renovation. Antwerp will renovate 500 houses to low-energy buildings (E60) and 250 residences to nearly-zero-energy buildings (NZEB) (E30). Mechelen will renovate 75 houses to 30kWh/m2 and 50 houses to 50kWh/m2. The collective aspect of these renovations can be physical like a neighbourhood or virtual like a group buy-in or installation of one type of energy saving measure.

Antwerp

Collective renovation of 500 houses to low-energy buildings

Under this action, Antwerp will renovate 500 houses. The focus will be on three target groups: single family houses where resident is owner, dwellings inhabited by tenants, and socially vulnerable groups. Homes in apartments are excluded. This will be done in several steps: information collection on state of the art, engagement of stakeholder groups, co-creation of renovation strategy, selection of 3 pilot projects, implementation of pilots, upscaling of implementation to achieve 500 renovations, and publication of guidelines.


Collective renovation of 250 residences to NZEB

Under this action, Antwerp will renovate 250 homes. Homes in large apartments are excluded. This will be done in several steps: information collection on state of the art, engagement of stakeholder groups, co-creation of renovation strategy, monitoring of net energy needs before retrofit, implementation of pilot case to check proof-of-concept, upscaling of implementation to achieve 250 NZEB renovations, monitoring of net energy needs after retrofit, and publication of guidelines.

Mechelen

Renovation of 75 houses to 30kWh/m2

In this action, Mechelen will work on renovating entire neighborhoods in one go. The 75 renovations will be achieved by following several steps: state-of-the-art report on collective renovation, preselection of possible neighborhoods, selection of neighborhood(s), develop legal and financial architecture for collective renovation, inform and motivate residents, technical analysis (energy scan, advice), proposal of collective offer, signing of 75 individual agreements, renovation works, and evaluation. These steps will be run through twice. The first time for one pilot of 25 houses and the second for 50 houses.


Renovation of 50 houses to 50kWh/m2

In this action, Mechelen will work on renovating entire neighborhoods in one go. The 50 renovations will be achieved by following several steps: preselection of possible neighborhoods, selection of neighborhood(s), inform and motivate residents, technical analysis (energy scan, advice), proposal of collective offer, signing of 50 individual agreements, renovation works, and evaluation. These steps will be run through twice. The first time for one pilot of 20 houses and the second for 30 houses.

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