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The Bijloke site in Ghent, steeped in rich history and diverse architecture, presents a unique challenge in the quest for a sustainable future. The diversity in use, ownership and age of the buildings on the site makes energy optimization and fossil-free heating a complex task. Nevertheless, the City of Ghent and Hogeschool Gent joined forces to draw up a well thought-out plan, with special attention to the historical context and heritage value of the buildings.

A building management system (BMS) makes life easier for the user/manager of a building. Or at least that should be the intention. However, all too often we see that poorly adjusted installations and BMS result in a lack of comfort and/or considerable energy waste. Through retrocommissioning, we quickly detect hidden causes, provide quick wins and can advise on more sustainable choices for the future.

The area around the Watersportbaan in Ghent comprises a large area with different purposes. This area originally had a great spatial quality but in recent decades that quality has come under increasing pressure due to a piecemeal approach.

Hybrid works after corona, increasingly stringent government energy standards, higher user comfort requirements and the availability of higher-performance and more sustainable buildings for heating and ventilation, among other things. At the intersection of these are currently significant opportunities to make buildings 15 to 20 years and older CO2 neutral, and at the same time increase comfort.

In the oversupply of offices and retail premises on the Belgian and certainly the Brussels rental market, rising energy prices are playing into the hands of unsustainable premises. Moreover, an inadequate building envelope and outdated technical systems also reduce user comfort. Ingenium can help you make your patrimony more sustainable, and thus keep it attractive and profitable.

Being given carte blanche, but having to take into account the limitations of an existing location. That was the challenge for the new infill of the BNP Paribas Fortis building on rue de la Broek in Brussels. The abundance of underground levels turned out to offer opportunities for creative solutions.

The Sint-Jan campus in Genk, part of the Hospital Oost-Limburg (ZOL), today consists of approximately 100,000m² of floor space. In time, the hospital plans several more expansions. Several new buildings including a parking building, a new critical block, a new energy building, a new nursing block, ... will be added to the site.

To meet an increasing demand for products, Melexis is setting up a temporary clean room at the site near its headquarters in Ypres for testing electronics. The client's requirements? Building the optimal environment for testing electronics, of course. But above all create a safe, healthy and comfortable workplace for the employees.

The corona crisis has accelerated the introduction of "the new way of working. This plays into the oversupply of offices on the Belgian and certainly the Brussels rental market. Rising energy prices are also playing against non-sustainable properties. Ingenium can help you make your patrimony more sustainable, and thus keep it attractive and profitable.

With the entry into force of the new (strengthened) regulations for enterprises from the end of 2022, organizations are required, now more often than before, to have a conforming declared Energy Plan or Energy Audit. Hospitals are also mostly covered by these new regulations.

Typical of a high-rise warehouse, the racks on which the goods are stacked also form the supporting structure of the building. After pouring the concrete floor, they are placed first in order to maximize the use of the available interior space. Only then is the exterior cladding attached to them.

The City of Mechelen has long been committed to the transition to a climate-neutral city. The electrification of mobility also plays an important role in this. The new urban peripheral parking lot Keerdok offered the opportunity to develop a completely new vision, with maximum use of renewable energy and the application of energy storage via 'vehicle-to-grid'. But the practical implementation raised many questions. Ingenium assisted the city council with both strategic and technical advice.

Since the corona crisis, the view of office work has changed profoundly. Being physically present every day is no longer an obligation. AG Insurance went in search of a new way to organize its offices so that they remain attractive even for employees who work from home more often. For this 'Reinvent The Workplace' project, the HR department carried out a survey of the needs and wishes of the staff, and engaged an interior designer to draw them out.

You can imagine. A new construction or major renovation often means thorough insulation of the envelope, large windows that let in lots of light, etc... All important things but have you also thought about limiting overheating of your building?

The wide supply gives (potential) tenants of professional real estate such as offices and retail properties the opportunity to be more choosy. Therefore, when properties are due for a sustainable (total) renovation, owners have to choose: renovate, "buy time" or sell. Not only sustainable(er) techniques, but also changing needs due to home improvements, among other things, can be determining criteria. Ingenium can help make the right choice in the short and long term.

SEW-EURODRIVE is a German multinational company operating in 52 countries worldwide with more than 19,000 employees. The company produces electric motors, (motors for) gearboxes, gearboxes and other components for vehicles, machines and production lines. Haasrode is 1 of 4 Belgian locations. At Brabanthal - one and a half kilometers from the new building site - the company already has a site.

Antwerp Police opened a new regional office along Bredabaan in Merksem at the end of 2022. Because building owner AG VESPA dared to look ahead in the design phase 8 years earlier and invest proactively in sustainability, the technical installations are still futureproof today.

Smart buildings are increasingly making their way into the built environment, but can this make a building more sustainable? To answer this, it is important to know exactly what makes such a smart building "smart.

General contractor Alheembouw is in charge of the execution of the lot closed shell construction and environmental construction. Industrium is collaborating in this project with Architectenbureau Dugardyn, Establis, and Studiebureau Verhaeghe & Partners, within the partnership DEVI. Vanheede Environment Group is assisted by DEVI in the design of the entire site, and in execution takes the lead in coordinating the Techniques lot.

A spatial transformation of cities and villages appears to be an important step to meet the challenges of current climate change. Commissioned by the Environment Department of the Flemish Government, the Team Flemish Master Builder and the Flemish Energy and Climate Agency, Ingenium investigated the 'Climate District Mechelse Vesten' together with a multidisciplinary team.

Defense plans a large-scale renovation of barracks Bootsman-Jonsen in Ostend, one of our Navy's main training centers. The site will undergo a thorough renovation and refurbishment, to safeguard the quality of training and to make the site a lot more sustainable in one fell swoop. In this way, Defense is making its first steps toward a fossil-free barracks.

Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer (AWV) asked Ingenium to draw up an energy master plan for their technical infrastructure. This master plan proposes a concrete route to achieve the objectives of the Internal Climate Plan of the Flemish Government. In addition, AWV has specific opportunities, such as a very large possession of land and adjacent infrastructure, which makes additional actions possible.

With 4 Fonteinen, Matexi is realizing a new green urban neighborhood in Vilvoorde. The use of geothermal energy and free cooling in the residential and commercial project Waterzicht, stands out the most.

To achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050, it is important that companies also use energy sparingly. A number of instruments have been developed for this purpose, depending on the size, energy consumption, etc. of the companies. Companies can also appeal to various financial concessions. Small, medium-sized and large companies alike can take many measures to improve their energy efficiency.

In Antwerp, BlueApp is located on the Blue Gate Antwerp site. This site is the country's first water-bound business park that is circular and eco-effective. Innovation and sustainable chemistry come together here.