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How can I help you to come to your DreamHome?
The past several years I met a lot of executives and expert professionals that are being hindered at home by a difficult coordination with their partners in work or for the children. And that is such a shame! What could you have achieved if your home neatly matched...
May I introduce you to the entire circular elephant?
Do you know the ancient Indian parable about the blind men and the elephant? Every man touches a certain part of the elephant and assumes to know what it is. The man touching the trunk says: "It's a snake!" The man touching the ear says: "It is a fan." So, the tail...
Fit-out builder of health and wellbeing, do you take the challenge?
It only took a weekend. In two days’ time the inventory of the C1000 supermarket around the corner had been replaced by a completely new Albert Heijn interior. From a totally filled building to an empty space to a new interior within 48 hours. This provider...
Why is the owner of the shopping center the best landlord?
Do you know why the owner of a shopping center is the best landlord? Because he offers users the freedom to set up shop at their own discretion. This is something landlords like housing corporations can learn a lot from. It is unfortunate that those...
Will the real circular building provider and materials expert please stand up!
I have had a strange dream last night. On the sidewalk I almost ran into to a man who was looking really pleased at a newly refurbished façade. "What exactly do you see?", I asked him. "A beautiful piece of craftsmanship", was his answer and he told me how as a...
How to (re)build an earthquake-resistant home
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 action!...
Material value and reuse? The end-user couldn’t care less. Or otherwise?
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,...
Does the investor like the circular economy?
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...
Governance; How about the cow and the green grass?
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?...
NEXT21 Japan, adaptation key example to sustainable implementation
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...
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