LIFE IP CA 2016 BE-REEL!With the contribution of the LIFE financial
instrument of the European Union
LIFE 2016 KICK-OFF BE REEL! May 29th 2018 – Brussels
What is BE REEL!
Eddy DERUWE
� Problem� Solution
� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication
� Budget
EU 2020 climate and energy package
• 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels)
• 20% of EU energy from renewables
• 20% improvement in energy efficiency
EU 2030 climate and energy framework
• At least 40% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels)
• At least 27% share for renewable energy
• At least 27% improvement in energy efficiency
EU 2050 low-carbon roadmap
• By 2050, the EU should cut greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels
• Milestones to achieve this are 40% emissions cuts by 2030 and 60% by 2040
• All sectors need to contribute
• The low-carbon transition is feasible & affordable.
Road to EU 2050 low-carbon economy
THE BE REEL! PROJECT
REGIONAL RENOVATION STRATEGIES OF WALLONIA AND FLANDERS:
CONTEXT
• > 4,1 million dwellings
• 14% of Belgian GHG emissions
• Energy use up to 70% higher than EU-average!!!
• Enormous potential
� 2050 Roadmap (GHG – 80-95%)
� Problem
� Solution� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication
� Budget
What is a LIFE-integrated project?
• Implement the environmental and climate legislation and objectives on a larger scale and to increase the impact of the LIFE programme in the EU.
• Act as a catalyst for the implementation of plans, programmes and strategies developed on a regional, multiregional or national scale as a result of EU legislation.
• Central are the involvement of stakeholders, the effects in the long term and the coordination with complementary actions and projects that contribute to the realisation of the same strategic plan.
LIFE IP CA 2016 BE REEL! is being realised with support from the European Union funding instrument, LIFE.
Road to EU 2050 low-carbon economy
The LIFE integrated project BE REEL! will give a strong boost to the realization of the
ambitious Flemish and Walloon renovation strategies towards 2050 by means of five levers
• overall objective = creating the basis and conditions for the full implementation of the strategic housing renovation plans of Flanders and Wallonia
• a long lasting, strong increase in the renovation rate for both regions and a radical : from 1 to 3% / year
• improvement of the energy performance: > 75%
Road to EU 2050 low-carbon economy
BE REEL! objectives
A. New policy instruments
B. Innovative business models for renovation
C. Demonstration projects
D. Capacity building
E. Communication
Project implemented during the period 2018 ���� 2014 (7 years!)
Road to EU 2050 low-carbon economy
The BE REEL! project is made up of 5 different actions
Who are the BE REEL! partners?
• Vlaams Energieagentschap - VEA (coordinating partner) - www.vea.be
• Service Public de Wallonie - DGO4, Département de l’Energie et du
Bâtiment durable - www.energie.wallonie.be
• Vlaamse Overheid - Environment, Nature and Energy - LNE
www.omgevingvlaanderen.be
• City of Ghent - www.gentklimaatstad.be
• City of Antwerpen - www.antwerpen.be/ecohuis
• City of Mechelen - www.mechelenklimaatneutraal.be.
• City of Mouscron - www.mouscron.be
• City of La Louvière - www.lalouviere.be
• Belgian Building Research Institute- BBRI-WTCB-CSTC www.wtcb.be
• Kenniscentrum Vlaamse steden www.kenniscentrumvlaamsesteden.be
Road to EU 2050 low-carbon economy
� Problem
� Solution
� A. New policy instruments� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication
� Budget
Flanders – Renovation Pact
� All dwellings should comply long term objectif 2050
� Leverage actions implemented for increasing the renovation level.
� Housing Passport (Woningpas) to be able to follow the evolution of each house.
� Renovation advice allows homeowners decide on the renovation method
Wallonia – Walloon strategy for long-term energy renovation
� Building passport (passeport bâtiment)
� Renovation roadmap (feuille de route rénovation)
� The one-stop shop (guichet unique)
A. New policy instruments
BE REEL!
���� Develops, tests, and implements new policy instruments: renovation advice,
“woningpas”, quickscan-tool, “feuille de route”, “passeport bâtiment” and “dossier
global”.
� Pilot projects in diffrent segments of the hosuing market
� New policy instruments are later dessiminated throughout the Flemish and Walloon
territory
A. New policy instruments
A. New policy instrumentsDevelopment of new policy instruments
Flanders Renovation advice tool as a crucial component of the housing passport [A3]
Testing of basic and additional functions of the ”housing passport” [A4]
Wallonia Enabling the implementation of the Quickscan in Walloon Region [A5]
Review of EAP audit process and “The roadmap of my energy retrofit” [A6]
Technical planification of the tool “Building passport” [A7]
Testen en verfijnen renovatieadviestool [A3] [A4]
Expected results
Testen en verfijnen van de
renovatieadviestool [A3]
VEA
• Tested and refined renovation advice (January 2019)
• Recommended adaptations integrated in the software
generating the renovation advice
• Specific issues for energetic renovation apartment blocks
(end of 2021)
Expected results
Step-by-step testing of
the housing passport
[A4]
VEA
• Giving house owner all information in relation to his house;
• Measuring the energetic performance of the residential
building stock at any given time;
• Offering an extra stimulus to start with deep renovation;
• Helping house owner and public services to meet the long
term ambitions;
New policy intruments Wallonia [A5] [A6] [A7]
Wallonia Expected results
Implementation
Quickscan [A5]
• Neighbourhood renovation strategy >3 business models (in total >60
houses)
• Group renovation: >4 projects of >50 houses
• Contractors delivering keyturn houses: >2 contractors renovating >300
houses
• Apartment blocks in co-ownership: tools for building managers
• private rental houses: >2 models of private rental houses, tested > 200
houses
• Affordable financing : In total 600 terraced houses renovated to E60
• >200 freestanding houses renovated to E60
Wallonia Expected results
“The roadmap of
my energy retrofit”
[A6]
• Measuring the interest of citizens "roadmap for the Energy
Renovation of my housing unit" (incl. low-income households)
• Establishment of a "level of satisfaction"-type indicator.
Wallonia Expected results
“Building
passport” [A7] Adhesion to the concept of "Building Passport" by administrations and
policy makers widely shared.
� Problem
� Solution
� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models
for renovation� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication
� Budget
Wallonia –
The strategy of Wallonia is based on three axes:
• Strengthen the framework to ensure
transparency, stability and credibility for
energy-efficient investments;
• Contribute to a better structuring and
strengthening of the market for supply of
supplies and services aimed at improving
energy efficiency of buildings, with the
support of competent professionals;
• Reinforce the demand for energy efficient
buildings.
B. Innovative business models for renovation
BE REEL! sets up pilot projects that will develop new policy instruments, test by for both
regions, after which they will be disseminated for implementation.
Flanders
• Flemish renovation pact sees great
potential to promote new business
models for the realization of thorough
renovations through cooperation
between companies.
• The new business models should
promote collaboration between
professionals and experts and lead to
less inconvenience for the customer
and significantly improved energy
performance of the home.
Pilots for business cases for renovation planners [C1] & [C2]
C1 - Flanders Expected results
C1 – Pilots for
business cases for
renovation
planners
Resp.: Vea
• >10 social rental offices a renovation advice for a minimum of 300
houses
• 5 provincial advice centres to >1000 advices to private households
• Dubolimburg has realized >100 renovation advice trajectories for
private households
• Renovation advice will be integrated in demonstration projects
• Renovation advice is added to >20 existing local advisory
organisationsC2 - Flanders Expected results
Action C.2. Pilots
for testing the
developed tool of
the housing
passport including
the renovation
advice
Resp.: Vea
• expected result is to finalize the Housing Passport with the
Renovation Advice as standardized tool:
• giving ownership to the house owner as active user of all
information in relation to his house;
• measuring the energetic performance of the residential building
stock at any given time;
• to help the house owner and public services meeting long term
ambitions;
• offering an extra stimulus to start with deep renovation.
Demonstration of the best practices [C3] & [C4]
C3 Wallonie Expected results
ACTION C.3
Demonstration of the
best practices in various
cities through the use of
new tools such as
Quickscan, the
roadmap, and the
Building Passport.
SPW – DG04
• Surfaces analyzed m² 150m² per unit on average 45,000m²
• Housing units subject to support in works Number 100 with
a decrease of 1100 tCO2/year/ household
• Roadmaps Actions Number 300 with a decrease of 3300
tCO2/year/analyzed household
• Quickscans Action Number 1000 with a decrease of 3300
tCO2/year/analyzed household
C4 - Wallonie Expected results
ACTION C.4 Quality of
life through insulation
and energy saving [C4]
City of Mouscron
• 900 terraced housed will be renovated to E90, leading to
• 38.340.000 kWH of energy savings (900 x 42.600 kWh/year)
• 2664 ton of CO2 emissions reduction (900 x 2,96 ton/year)
• 36.000.000 euro investment costs (900 x 40.000 euro)
- Working out a set of innovative business models for different segments of the housing markets and actors within the building sector.
- Specific instruments will be developed for the private rental market, the neighbourhood level and big apartment buildings with several co-owners.
Responsible: Flemish Energy Agency (VEA) in cooperation with SPW - DG04.
PILOT AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS [C5]
1.2 - Pilot projects
C5 - Common Expected results
Pilot projects [C5] • >3 business models for neighbourhood renovation
• >4 projects for group renovation of at least 50 houses set up and
evaluated
• >2 building contractors will develop and carry out pilots for at least 300
ready to use houses
• Development of tools and dashboards for the building managers for
apartment blocks in co-ownership
• >2 models for the deep renovation of private rental houses are set up,
tested in a minimum of 200 private rental houses
• In total 600 terraced houses and 200 freestanding houses will be
renovated to E60
� Problem
� Solution
� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication
� Budget
C. Demonstration projects
The BE REEL! partner cities set up various renovation projects and demonstrate the technical and financial feasibility of profound renovations. The focus here is on a collective approach.
Partner cities are the City of Antwerp, Mechelen, Ghent, Mouscron and La Louvière.
The demonstration projects concern:
• collective renovations of houses to low-energy and almost energy-neutral homes,
• thorough renovations of large and small apartment blocks,
• collective solar panels,
• neighborhood renovations,
• shallow geothermal,
• energy investments for vulnerable populations
• third party financing for energy renovations.
These good practices are translated into guidelines, scenarios and training programs that are widely distributed among stakeholders.
BE BEEL! ���� in-depth renovation of 8500 very diverse properties
C. Demonstration projects
C. Demonstration
projects
C6 Renovation of houses
towards low energy
buildings & NZEB
Cities of Antwerp and
Mechelen
- Low energy buildings 60 kWh/m2 -Antwerp: renovation of
500 houses
-Renovation towards nearly zero energy buildings 30 kWh/m2 -
Antwerp: 250 houses
-Renovation nearly zero energy buildings 30 kWh/m2 -
Mechelen: renovation of 75 houses
-Renovation low energy buildings 50 kWh/m2 - Mechelen:
renovation of 50 houses
C7 Collective & deep
renovation of
apartments
Cities of Antwerp and
Ghent
-Collective renovation of dwellings in apartment blocks - 3.350
dwellings in apartment blocks in Antwerp
-deep renovation of apartments in smaller apartment blocks -
1.200 apartments in smaller apartment blocks in Ghent
C8 Collective solar panels
in neighbourhoods &
social housing
Cities of Ghent and
Mechelen
-Collective solar panels in neighbourhoods - Collective solar
panels in neighbourhoods Ghent: 750kW
-Collective solar panels in neighbourhoods Mechelen in social
housing - Collective solar panels in neighbourhoods Mechelen
in social housing
C9 Shallow geothermal
projects Ghent
Demonstration project – Shallow geothermal project Ghent
C. Demonstration projects
C. Demonstration projects
C10 Neighbourhood
renovation projects in
Ghent
• Neighbourhood renovation projects in Ghent
• >10 projects per year will be started
• Fully supported by citizens community
• energy saving of 10% will be obtained.
C11 Collective information
sessions and door to
door visits
City of Ghent
• 10 projects per year fully implemented by citizens,
• >10% energy savings for at least 10 families.
• annual event, set up at city level and a roadmap for the
guidance and support of neighborhood projects for < CO2
C12 Budget neutral
retrofitting
City of Mechelen
• 150 vulnerable families
C13 Third party investment
to finance energy
renovation of buildings
City of La Louvière
• 800 dwellings
• (600 houses and 200 apartments
C14 Coordinating local
collective renovation
projects
City of Antwerp
• 10% vulnerable families with energy scan will opt for the free
tailor-made assistance
• 5% families with assistance with energy investments
(estimation: 100 investments)
• 500-700 additional renovation investments
� Problem
� Solution
� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capacity Building� E. Communication
� Budget
D. Capacity Building
• Deep energy renovation is technically feasible, if all parties involved have the necessary expertise.
• Building professionals needs consist mainly of information to make the benefits visible, necessary interventions, long-term vision for financial support.
• Building professionals may now take BEN courses (Fl. ) or PAE Renovation Advice courses (Wall.) which are organized by some educational institutions.
The BE REEL! project will support these already existing activities by:
� Intensive knowledge building and training at regional and local authorities and with
stakeholders (construction sector, social housing, education, renovation consultants,
financial sector) on new policy instruments, innovative business models and good
practices.
�Learning networks strengthen interregional and international cooperation, and ensure
that the results of BE REEL! improved and optimally used.
D. Capacity Building
2. Training & learning platform
Vlaanderen
+ Wallonia
� Setting up a training and learning platform – WTCB [C15]
� Setting up of a knowledge platform – WTCB [C16]
Flanders � Training program for renovation advisors – Vea [C17]
Wallonia � Implementation of Quickscan tool - SPW – DGO4 – [C18]
� Implementation of Energy Roadmap - SPW – DGO4 – [C19]
� Implementation of Building Passport” - SPW – DGO4 – [C20]
� Training for professionals - SPW – DGO4 – [C21]
Flanders
+ Wallonia
Local
authorities
���� Upscaling best practices business cases [E9] see communication activities
���� National dissemination program for cities and local Authorities [E5] see
communication activities
D. Capacity Building
1. Network learning
Vlaanderen
+ Wallonia
� Learning network for interregional exchange and cooperation [A1]
� Learning network for transnational exchange and cooperation [A2]
- Learning network for interregional exchange and cooperation [A1]
Common Expected results
Learning network
for interregional
exchange and
cooperation [A1]
• > 30 meetings with the IP-partners (core group)
• > 20 meetings on specific renovation topics (expert group)
• At least 5x2 cities for exchange activities
• Active cooperation IP-partners and non-IP partners from different fields
• Recommendations for renovation approaches and instruments
• A more widespread acceptance of the long term renovation goals
Common Expected results
Learning network
for transnational
exchange and
cooperation [A2]
• Widespread knowledge of the IP, results, outcomes and partners in
Belgium and in the EU
• Good dissemination of experiences and best practices of the IP
• Optimal coordination with complementary actions
• Comprehensive recommendations based on experiences from other EU
funded projects and other EU member states.
• Uptake of best practices and innovative solutions, assessed to be
replicable in Belgium
• Improvement of results of the IP by learning from experiences in other
related projects/member states.
Training, learning & knowledge platform – WTCB [C15] & [C16]
WTCB - Common Expected results
Capacity building: Training
and learning platform to
obtain expertise and sector
capacity [C15]
Definition and development of at least
• 10 to 15 training packages
• 20 to 30 train-the-trainer sessions
These training packages on the whole will reach at least:
• 100 professional builders and building developers,
• 200 architects and engineers,
• 25 material producers and
• 500 contractors.
Capacity Building: Exchange
and knowledge platform to
initiate best practises &
innovation and to spread
out renovation expertise
(ACTION C16)
• Platform will be the reference point for best practises, new
technologies and updated information for retrofitting.
• Reaching:
• 1500 professional builders and building developers,
• 2000 architects and engineers,
• 250 material producers,
• 7000 contractors.
Capacity Building – Regional tools [C17] & [C18]
C21 - Wallonia Expected results
Training for professionals on
" Roadmap of my housing
Energy Retrofit ” [C21]
• Network of competent professionals
• Updating of the existing network of professionals
• The tool " Roadmap of my housing Energy Retrofit " allowing to
be used by other approved professionals (certifiers, EPB
managers, author of feasibility studies, etc).
• Availability for the citizens of competent professionals
energy advice
C17 - Flanders Expected results
Capacity Building: achieving
general availability in the
whole region of Flanders of a
qualitative step-by-step
renovation advice Action
C.17
• Training curriculum
• Min. 30 training sessions of 2-4 days
• Min. 600 trained renovation advisors
• 2018 (Sem2) Start of first series of trainings
• End of 2019 evaluation renovation advice
• From 2020 certified renovation advisors through additional
trainings
� Problem
� Solution
� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication� Budget
E-Actions: Public awareness and dissemination of results
1 E-Actions: Public awareness and dissemination of results
All LIFE BE REEL! national dissemination program for cities and
local authorities [E5]
All Energy invoice communication [E7]
All Upscaling best practices business cases – capacity building [E9]
PS: Activities [E1] to [E4] are management related activities
2 - Communication + marketing strategy
Flanders Flemish communication strategy for Renovation Pact [E10]
Wallonia Walloon communication strategy strategy for renovating buildings [E11]
LIFE BE REEL! National dissemination program for cities and local Authorities [E5]
Local pioneers in renovation policies will share and exchange their experiences, project
results get mainstreamed and best practices find common ground to upscale in this part of
learning network.
• Ensuring local authorities take up an important role in communication and dissemination
strategy.
• Embed project results in the long term strategy for climate neutrality and the sustainable
energy action plans (SEAP’s) of the Covenant of Mayors Signatories
• Guarantee consistency of BE-REEL! Activities with regard to all local policies
• Attention to the collateral benefits in terms of environmental, economic and social impact.
Beneficiary responsible for implementation: VVSG vzw in collaboration with the Union of
Cities and Municipalities of Wallonia (UVCW).
E5 Expected results
LIFE BE REEL! National
dissemination program for
cities and local Authorities
[E5]
Expected results: Cities and local authorities are fully prepared and
dispose of all necessary components to lay out a cluster of measures
that will change the local housing sector and its climate impact in a
definite and sustainable way.
Energy invoice communication [E7]
In the first phase and second phase (2018-2021) is the city of Mechelen responsible
for the development and testing out the first local communication pilots.
When the results are positive and this local communication action is a success, the
Flemish region and the Walloon region (VEA and DG04) are the leads for the last and
third phase (2022-2024) for implementing this action in the whole region.
E7 Expected results
Energy invoice
communication
[E7]
• An updated survey and information design
• Validated evaluation report about the impact of energy invoice information.
• A conference about energy invoice information facilitating the regional uptake
• At least 2 pilot projects implemented
• At least 1000 households participate in the pilot projects
Upscaling renovation planning and innovative business models [E9]
Capacity Building Workshops for insight in best practices fitting the actual needs for public
stakeholders in Flanders, Wallonia (and Brussels)
���� The target audience are the 235 Belgian cities and municipalities with an engagement and
ambition to contribute to climate action, having signed the “Covenant of Mayors”.
���� The activities are large array of workshops setup by external trainers functional manuals,
project management guidelines, to improve stakeholders technical capacities and knowledge.
���� Workshops will be organised
E9 Expected results - Project is lead by VEA in collaboration with SPW - DG04
Upscaling
renovation
planning and
innovative
business
models for
deep
renovation –
capacity
building [E9]
• Guidelines and workshops for business cases and innovative business models
• Organisation of the workshops over the country in the period 2022-2023:
• 15 workshops on renovation advice for local authorities and housing
services5 workshops on renovation advice for social renting offices
• 10 workshops on collective neighbourhood renovation
• 5 workshops on energetic refurbishment that a few decades ago where
newly build
• 15 workshops on deep renovation of apartment blocks in co-ownership
- Trained stakeholders with improved technical capacities and knowledge
- Digital spreading of guidelines in three languages (via websites, mailing)
Communication and marketing strategy [E10] & [E11]
• A Communication team
• local communication campaign in Ghent,
Antwerpen and Mechelen
• Communication materials are produced
and used to inform citizens
• Information sessions for >600 citizens in
the three IP partner cities
• Findings and recommendations of the
different approaches in the three cities
• Ready-to-use communication and
marketing plan for local authorities
• Communication action plan realized, after
a target group segmentation
• On website, agenda of local activities,
next to all relevant communication
material
Lead Beneficiary: VEA & cities of Ghent,
Antwerp, Mechelen
• Recruitment of pilot municipalities and
promotion action/awareness by the
• Communication tools to be developed by
the regional administration
• The synthesis reports from the
communication-specific working groups
• Dissemination of the action's results, with
training sessions
• Developing campaign's concept, visuals &
materials and local communication plans
• Communication action
• Regional communication plan
• Organisation of a final seminar
Lead Beneficiary: Walloon region represented
by SPW – DGO4 – Department of Energy and
Sustainable Building
� Problem
� Solution
� A. New policy instruments
� B. Innovative business models for renovation
� C. Demonstration projects
� D. Capaciteitsopbouw
� E. Communication
� Budget
Budget
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For more information
The LIFE BE REEL! website: www.be-reel.be
The LIFE website: www.ec.europa.eu/life
Contact for the BE REEL! coordination team:
Vlaams Energie Agentschap (VEA)
Graaf de ferraris gebouw
Koning Albert I-laan 20, bus 8
1000 Brussel
+32(0)2 553 15 98
LIFE IP CA 2016 BE-REEL!With the contribution of the LIFE financial
instrument of the European Union
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