It can be done!
The government has set an ambition to deliver 100,000 new homes every year. At the same time, more and more housing projects are running up against the limits of the electricity grid. How do we ensure that grid congestion does not become a brake on the housing delivery target?
Leontien de Waal of ABN AMRO shares her view on the housing delivery challenge in times of grid congestion, and then goes on to speak with a representative from the public sector and Rudy Grevers of Alklima / Mitsubishi Electric. What choices are needed to accelerate housing delivery and the energy transition at the same time? What role do electrification, smart energy systems and new forms of collaboration play? And how do we ensure that housing projects remain feasible and affordable in the future?
What do we need to change, in design and building services, to ensure that every home and neighbourhood from now on does not put pressure on the electricity grid, but helps relieve it? In short: moving towards homes that are not just grid-congestion proof, but grid-congestion solutions.
Together, they explore how municipalities, provinces, housing associations, developers and market players can already contribute today to delivering 100,000 homes per year. Because the question is not whether we need to build and make things more sustainable, but how we can keep doing so at the same time.
For three days, the real estate sector stood shoulder to shoulder at RAI Amsterdam. With a record number of visitors, a packed programme and plenty of energy, PROVADA 2026 was an edition to remember. Below, we look back at the highlights — and at the end you'll find the photos and aftermovie to relive it all.
At PROVADA 2026, the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 was presented to Michel Baars. The award is presented annually to an individual who realises sustainable change within the built environment through vision, courage and decisiveness. This year's presentation marks the award's fifth edition.
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:
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.
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?
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.'