Inspiration Award 2026 - Cast Your Vote!
The nominees for the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 have been announced! Three inspiring professionals who are truly making a difference in the industry are competing for the title. Meet the nominees:
With the BREEAM-NL In-Use Buildings guideline, Vesteda has re-certified its full residential portfolio of 27,500 homes. Three years ago, the first certification took place as a baseline assessment; with this re-certification, Vesteda still ranks among the largest BREEAM-certified residential portfolios in the world.
In this session, Stephan de Bie (Vesteda), Roger Toussaint (Longevity Partners) and Rudy van der Helm (DGBC) will take you through this unique multi-year process. They show that certification is not a one-off exercise, but a learning process that delivers increasing value over time. By certifying the portfolio for the second time, new insights emerge: what Vesteda has learned about the performance and development potential of its real estate, and what Longevity has learned about organising and delivering certification at this scale.
The baseline assessment formed the starting point three years ago. The re-certification shows how the insights from that first round have been used to steer more effectively on themes such as energy, accessibility, material use and biodiversity — and how certification can help to accelerate sustainability in practice.
An inspiring practical case on how to measure, compare and learn at scale, and on how re-certification can be a key driver for accelerating the sustainability of existing residential portfolios.
Speakers
Roger Toussaint - Managing Director Netherlands & Nordics Market Lead at Longevity
Stephan de Bie, head of ESG Vesteda
Rudy van der Helm, Manager BREEAM‑NL and Certifications at Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC)
Opening PROVADA 2026: Connecting Defence and Real Estate
On Tuesday 9 June at 10:00 AM, PROVADA will be officially opened by Lieutenant General Dick van Ingen, Deputy Director-General of Policy at the Ministry of Defence. Through his contribution, PROVADA underlines the current and growing intersections between Defence and the real estate sector.
At the Innovation Café, applicable innovations in area development take centre stage
During PROVADA, BouwLab R&Do and The Green Village will be providing the content programming for the Innovation Café. In collaboration with partners BPD, COD and VORM, and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and the DMI Ecosystem, one central question takes the lead: how do we move innovation faster from idea to application?
Foreign capital needed to meet housing construction targets
The fiscal threshold for foreign pension funds and insurers to invest in the Dutch housing market must be significantly lowered. That is the view of Mark Siezen, CEO of asset manager Bouwinvest. 'Foreign capital is absolutely essential to meet the enormous housing construction challenge. That requires a stable housing policy and fiscal climate. I am hopeful: the new minister recognises this and will act on it.'
International Investment Day at PROVADA: programme announced
Following the earlier announcement of the launch of the International Investment Day, PROVADA now presents the full programme for Thursday, 11 June 2026. As the largest real estate exhibition in the Netherlands, PROVADA brings together leading market parties for a day of insights, discussion and networking. The newly introduced international investment programme—developed in collaboration with INREV, Holland Metropole and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning—offers international investors direct access to key developments, policy perspectives and investment opportunities in the Dutch market.
Parking during PROVADA
Visiting PROVADA? Please be aware that it can get busy around the RAI. Due to multiple large events taking place at the same time, the RAI parking facilities often fill up early.