Falconhoven is a top-quality apartment complex in Antwerp, developed by CIP.
BREEAM played a big role in the design of this building. The BREEAM 2013 New Construction referential was used by the design team as a guide for the project’s sustainable ambitions. Bopro took care of the BREEAM assessment. An ‘Outstanding’ score was set as target and achieved for design stage. Apart from an explicit choice for materials with low environmental impact and high robustness, efforts are made to reduce energy and water consumption: the building has a highly isolated envelope and reduces CO2 emissions by specifying a collective heating system. The building also stimulates awareness by monitoring and displaying the energy consumption in each apartment. Furthermore, future buyers are stimulated to choose for energy-efficient white goods and the building uses water-efficient sanitary appliances. Rainwater is buffered on the green roofs and in the internal gardens in order to mitigate the impact on the city’s sewers system. BREEAM goes further than these ecological aspects: also mobility, waste, wellbeing… are taken into account.
In conclusion, in many ways the ‘Falconhoven L-blok’ sets an example for the Belgian residential real estate market. The project has been awarded on the BREEAM Awards 2019.
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