Research projects

More and more companies are taking advantage of the opportunities Energy Transition provides. Together with civic organizations, scientists and the government, companies are working on alternative sources of energy. This cooperation is resulting in innovative projects and will ultimately lead to a sustainable energy economy. 

Here you will find examples of research and demonstration projects in the built environment supported by the Dutch government. 

Innovative building concepts

• Exergetical System Approach - for an efficient, people-friendly and affordable use of energy in the built environment
• Houses as a system for providing energy
• Rigorous: renovation with integral renovation concepts
• Sustainable project development after 2015, based on sustainable building, renovation and living
• Synergy between regional planning and exergy (SREX)    

Energy saving technology

• Active Building Albedo Management (ABAM) 
• Prefabricated and Integrated Elements for Large-scale LTH Application 
• Lighting turns to Green
• Breathing windows
• Low-energy housing using the ClimaRad system for 'customised ventilation'
• Living in a polystyrene foam house (movie) 

Sustainable energy technology

• Recusol: Heat recovery and solar heating
• Management of sustainable energy systems
• Demonstration of a new and integrate solar boiler system
• Solar city Heerhugowaard (movie) 

Passive house

• Passive house concept in the subsidised housing sector
• Researching and realising an energy-saving and sustainable residential complex with energy innovations 
• Passive Houses in Groenlo
• Three passive houses built with wooden frame construction and innovative installations
• Resident participation in building 120 passive houses    

Demonstration projects

• Sustainable industrial, dismountable and flexible building in Heerhugowaard 
• Demand-controlled hybrid ventilation for 264 houses in Tilburg
• The residential neighbourhood of the future in Veenwouden 
• Berlikum, an innovative heat exchanger in closed greenhouse
• Energy Demonstration Project Nieuw-Amstel
• Demo project for underground heat exchangers in nine detached houses in Nijeveen (Municipality of Meppel)
• New building development in The Hague University