Netcongestie is one of the biggest obstacles for real estate developers, landowners, municipalities and regions to get started with the re-development of existing business parks. Decentralised energy solutions offer opportunities, but these solutions are relatively new and complex. The market of providers is also not yet well organised and difficult to understand. Nevertheless, as a municipality, you need to tackle this in order to prevent stagnation in the development of business parks.
In this session, you will gain insight into the most practical energy solutions at site level and we will show how re-development of existing sites and the realisation of new sites can be made possible.
Marije Groen - Principal consultant at Buck Consultants International - and Mike Sterkenburg - Manager Infra services at Joulz – take you through decentralised energy solutions that ensure that (re)development of business locations gets moving again. You will find answers to the following questions:
· Where do businesses run into obstacles when re-developing existing sites?
· What is needed to move re-development from plans to realisation?
· Which practical decentralised energy solutions are available, and what are their advantages and disadvantages?
· Which sites are already benefiting from this, and how have they done it?
· What role do municipalities, developers, investors and energy providers play?
For 3 scale levels, menus will be presented (individual company level | zone of 2-5 companies | an entire business park):
· Comparison of old versus new situation
· Who benefits & how is it made ‘affordable’
· Organisation: success and failure factors
Of course, there is plenty of room in the programme for questions from and discussion with attendees.
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.'