Duurzame Ontwikkeling door Collectief Bewonersinitiatief (Sustainable Development through Resident’s Collective Initiatives): 'leidraad voor professionals om bewonersgroepen aan de duurzaamheidsopgave te verbinden.'

More and more residents’ groups in the Netherlands are undertaking collective initiatives for sustainable energy optimalisation. This is the result of growing environmental awareness, decreasing government intervention and increasing civil initiative. However, the contribution to the national move towards sus-tainability is, according to the...

Sustainable Housing Production, thanks to the Economic Crises

A drastic effect of the economic crises 2009 is the cutback of housing production in the Netherlands, a down-hill trend from 80.000 to 45.000 a year. Unless the population of the country is stable there is an enormous need for new housing every year. Housing production is required because of vitalisation of cities. Housing production in the...