Housing 4.0 Energy
How to make zero energy housing feasible for everyone? Camp C and the province of Flemish Brabant are taking up the challenge with the European project 'Housing 4.0. Energy' to take up the challenge. Together with eight partners from Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and the UK, we are investigating the possibilities of innovative techniques and materials to build CO2-neutral houses.
Project
Energy-efficient 'pilot houses' are being built in Huldenberg in Flemish Brabant and at six sites abroad. The Interreg North-West Europe project has a total budget of €4 181 209.50. Fifty per cent of expenditure is subsidised by Europe, or €2,090,604.75. The province of Antwerp is contributing €35,201.27.
The supply of affordable low-energy housing for one- and two-person households in Northwest region is insufficient. Techniques and building practice do not take into account the financial capacity of this growing population group and the small living space they need. They often live in large, energy-consuming homes. The partners are developing and testing a digital building platform that makes it possible to perfectly coordinate and simplify the design of a house, the production of sustainable building elements and the actual construction. For each choice the designer makes, the platform will indicate the consequences for costs, greenhouse gas emissions and the construction process. The digital approach also makes it easier to disseminate and further develop successful designs. Housing 4.0 Energy thus shows social housing companies, architects, contractors, local authorities and self-builders the way to low-carbon techniques, materials and construction methods.
The province of Flemish Brabant and Kamp C have built six demo houses in Huldenberg that demonstrate the digital approach and innovative materials and techniques. The houses will be rented out through the social rental agency SPIT. In this way, the initiators will also test whether the new houses meet all the needs and wishes of small households.
Housing 4.0 Energy's partners make the case that smaller carbon-neutral zero energy houses can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent. The digital approach reduces costs by 25 per cent.
The Housing 4.0 Energy project will run from 31 May 2018 to August 2022.
More information at: nweurope.eu
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This action contributes to the provincial climate goals of the province of Antwerp bundled in Plan Today www.planvandaag.be.
