by Remko Zuidema | Jan 31, 2016 | Best Practices, Construction process, Governance
Cracks in the walls and subsiding façades because of earthquakes. When you live in Groningen, then this is your daily reality. A reality with big question marks and consequences, because can you still live safely in your home? No you can’t, not without taking...
by Remko Zuidema | Dec 19, 2015 | Circular Economy, Invest in Real Estate, User
For you as an end-user without any influence, a building holds little value, so you will not care much about what happens to it later on. This puts you in direct opposition to the investor, although he has hardly any problems with throwing materials away. Currently,...
by Remko Zuidema | Oct 19, 2015 | Circular Economy, Governance, Invest in Real Estate
Picture this! A beach on the Bahamas, a man with a spreadsheet on his lap and a phone to his ear. While the waiter puts down his cocktail the investor closes a deal directly with the supplier-provider about their next building project, as partners. The new...
by Remko Zuidema | Sep 10, 2015 | Circular Economy, Economy, Governance, Sustainable Construction
Is the grass really as green as we’d like to pretend in the circular economy?!? From the government’s perspective our current real estate is primarily a cash cow. What if commodity banks would take over the ownership of buildings and make them available to us for use?...
by Remko Zuidema | Aug 31, 2015 | Best Practices, Governance, Sustainable Construction
Do we have no need in growing experience in renewable energy deployment anymore? Do we know everything already and never anything went wrong? Modifications to systems and buildings facilitates change from previous implementation versions. Without this key to improving...
