Encouraging energy efficient home renovations: front-runners share good practices in Belgium

On 29 November, the Ecohuis Antwerpen and Mechelen Klimaatneutraal, both partners of the Triple-A project, jointly organised a workshop in Mechelen about “how to convince people to renovate their home more energy efficiently?”. More than 20 selected front-runners (local authorities, energy consultants, stakeholders engaged in the social economy,…) came together to discuss about this question with the aim to formulate answers from their professional background. Different perspectives were

Workshop 12 December | Investing in home energy renovations: how consultancy can convince citizens

The Ecohuis Antwerpen, City of Rotterdam and TU Delft like to invite you the Triple-A workshop: Investing in home energy renovations: how physical and virtual consultancy can convince citizens. During the workshop, several speakers share their experience on how to convince citizens to invest in the energy renovation of their home. with inspiring pitches of cities in Belgium and The Netherlands, and interactive discussions.  When? Wednesday 12 December 2012, from 12h00 - 17h00 Where?  Ecohuis

Breda's mobile pop-up centre is being received positively

Over the next two years, a mobile 'pop-up trailer' where residents can get information about how to make their homes more sustainable, will be travelling through Breda in The Netherlands . The so-called 'Greenhopper' is financed by the European Triple-A project and was presented in the City of Breda on 10 October on the Day of Sustainability. "Not only can people talk with experts to get advice about what they can do to make their home more sustainable, we can now at the same time show a couple

Triple-A demonstrates new policy instruments for achieving energy savings in districts

Local authorities share the same ambition to lower their carbon footprint. Refurbishment on district-level can help to reach these low-carbon targets. There is a lack of comprehension about how local policy instruments can accelerate the adoption of energy savings by homeowners on a neighbourhood level. To address this topic, the Triple-A workshop “local policy instruments to support the adoption of energy savings in the housing stock” was organised during the Sustainable Urban Energy Systems

Consultancy centres and pop-ups as policy Instruments for stimulating home renovations

Consultancy centres and pop-ups can be a way to make individual homeowners more aware about their energy use and stimulate them to apply low-carbon technologies. The recent research of TU Delft, which can be read here, shows that a wide range of business models are available to develop, structure and organise these consultation centres and pop-ups.  Moreover the research shows that they can play an important role in accelerating the energy performance of owner-occupied housing. Source:

‘De Renovatiemobiel' on regional television RTV: visit 'Wonen 2019' @ Mechelen (26/1/19 - 3/2/19)

‘De Renovatiemobiel’ appeared on regional television RTV, as a result of its presence on 'Wonen 2019'. You can see the broadcast here (in Dutch). Come to 'Wonen 2019' in the Nekkerhal of the city of Mechelen from Saturday 26 January to Sunday 3 February and visit ‘De Renovatiemobiel’, which the city of Mechelen developed thanks to the European Interreg 2 Seas project Triple-A. During this event everyone can go to ‘De Renovatiemobiel’ for simple and quick advice on energy-saving measures at