As a real estate professional, you are facing a growing challenge: investing in batteries and smart energy solutions is becoming increasingly relevant. These solutions can help with grid congestion and sustainability, but they also require an investment. How do you assess whether a battery in your situation mainly represents a cost, or whether it can add value?
During this powertalk, Frank Broos, Head Flex Services B2B at Eneco, will show how Smart Energy Control can combine consumption, own generation and battery storage to create flexibility. Think of insight into (potential) savings, deferring or limiting grid reinforcement, and taking advantage of opportunities in energy markets—where returns depend on market conditions, regulation and technical deployability.
You will receive practical tools to better justify investments in batteries and to build a realistic business case (including assumptions and uncertainties).
Speaker: Frank Broos – Head Flex Services B2B
PROVADA winner Michel Baars: 'MOOS will become the ASML of housing construction'
Not a man of one company, but a man of movements. His strength? Not shouting from the sidelines, but starting new companies himself that set the market in motion and challenge existing systems. That's how the jury of the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 describes winner Michel Baars. 'Michel gives direction to our entire construction and real estate sector.'
PROVADA 2026: It's a wrap!
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.
PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 for Michel Baars
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.