Belgium

  • TIVOLI GREEN CITY, Brussels – Belgium

    TIVOLI GREEN CITY, Brussels – Belgium

    Tivoli Sustainable Neighbourhood is the largest project that citydev.brussels has ever undertaken. This eco-neighbourhood will include economic activity (Greenbizz), housing, two crèches, and 1,000 m² of shops. It is located on a complex site, as it’s squeezed in between a residential area and an industrial one. in association with citydev.brussels Project name : Tivoli Green…

  • NEWTON SME PARK, Brussels – Belgium

    NEWTON SME PARK, Brussels – Belgium

    citydev.brussels did not use to have any no built units intended for small SMEs in Brussels. But with the Brussels Newton SME Park, citydev.brussels has now created a park with around fifteen 250 sqm units. The building was designed by the architects DDS & Partners Architects and the Bureau d’Architecture Emmanuel Bouffioux. In March 2015…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Sustainable urban planning

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Sustainable urban planning

    What is sustainable urbanism in the Brussels-Capital Region, and more generally? Alexander D’Hooghe, Marcel Smet from ORG2 consultants, and Guillaume Van Der Vaeren from JNC International consultants, try to answer this question. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Future Proof Hospitals

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Future Proof Hospitals

    How should you design a hospital when you know that it is going to take between five and ten years? How will we be operating in tomorrow’s world? The construction of a hospital of the future is a real challenge, in making sure that it can evolve. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Planning & Managing energy flows

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Planning & Managing energy flows

    In Interconnected buildings (smart buildings), NZEP, Trias Energetica, these are the new challenges emerging in the Brussels Region in terms of special techniques. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with ecobuild.brussels Project name : BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Planning…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Conception & Passive House Standard

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Conception & Passive House Standard

    In 2004 the Brussels-Capital Region decided to implement particularly ambitious energy policies in order to respond and subscribe to international climate goals. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with ecobuild.brussels Project name : BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Conception &…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Incentives & Building Process

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Incentives & Building Process

    In 2004 the Brussels-Capital Region decided to implement particularly ambitious energy policies in order to respond and subscribe to international climate goals. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with ecobuild.brussels Project name : BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Incentives &…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : The Value of Expertise

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : The Value of Expertise

    At the beginning of the 2000s, the Brussels Region decided to launch itself into a quite ambitious programme. Its purpose was to align construction more closely to stricter environmental standards, and to use less energy in the management of buildings. Little by little the standards were established, firstly for public authorities and then for the…

  • ELIA GREEN BUILDING « NEW SCHAERBEEK », Brussels – Belgium

    ELIA GREEN BUILDING « NEW SCHAERBEEK », Brussels – Belgium

    Elia organised a closed competition for their site resulting in the selection of the Architectes Associés Firm at the beginning of 2010. The difficulties facing the project were essentially due to the urban location as the site is surrounded by an incinerator, the Van Praet bridge, which is a permanent traffic jam, an extremely noisy…

  • HQE BRUYN, Brussels – Belgium

    HQE BRUYN, Brussels – Belgium

    In 2008 the CPAS (Public Social Welfare Centre) launched a competition for 3 sites around Neder-over-Heembeek: Bruyn Est, Bruyn Ouest and Bruyn Nord. B612 Associates won the competition for Bruyn Est. The ground really was on the border between the edge of the urban development and the countryside. The key to the whole project lay…