Best practices on sustainable building are to be found already in many countries, including the Netherlands. These are buildings where the interests of property owners and end-user be separated. And so also ownership and maintenance of base building and fit-out are separated. It gives the owner a much more lucrative business model, and the end-user the flexibility. In this category you will find the international best practices.
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! Government and builders are busy discussing how to tackle these […]
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 loss-models they can not be upgraded or the threshold to learn of improvements will so high that it does not get […]
Do you also have a wish list of things that you really want to see with your own eyes and experience up close, because you have already heard and read so much about it? My list has long included a visit to the building NEXT21 in Japan. The apartment building in the city of Osaka with […]
How would you like the introduction of new regulations that give you more freedom to live the way you want as home buyer? For example by striking regulations that dictate what you can(not) do in your own home? For more freedom we need homes that you can adapt yourself to your specific demands. But also […]
Do you try out everything yourself or do you like to learn from the examples of others? Personally, I like to do the latter and I gladly share that new knowledge with you. That is the reason I travel around the world on behalf of BRIQS, in search of the best building innovation examples we […]
How do you act when in a situation you don’t like or that is not good for you? Do you walk away and let everything collapse behind you? Do you let things be as they are and just cope? Or do you use your imagination to escape the situation and create new rules and conditions? Your choice now […]
Can you imagine that you let somebody else choose a new car for you? Of course, that is out of the question! That is definitely something you would want to do yourself. For the simple reason that no one knows better than you what, how and where you want to drive. You also want to […]
Does the heat in your house escape through the walls as well as through the roof? If so, I can imagine that you would want to start renovating and insulating. A good decision, definitely, because your living comfort will increase and you can expect a considerably lower energy bill. And that’s where things go wrong! […]
When you live or work in a monument, then you know that you have to deal with special aspects. Emotions, for example. And rules. Adjusting matters to your user needs takes a lot of preparation. A monument determines the streetscape, you see, and how you and others feel at home in it. A monument is […]
BRIQS likes to raise the flag for ‘comfyOWNhome’! A new concept home with as many building blocks as a well-stocked box of LEGO. With those you compile your new home. With an example like this in the building industry of the Netherlands, we can no longer avoid industrial customization. The benefits are obvious. My advice: from now […]
