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The Green Menu is intended for you as a resident or owner of pre-war, monumental and protected buildings. Monument owners often think that their property cannot be more sustainable. Or they get caught up in the web of regulation and financing possibilities. That is why The Green Menu offers one place for insight into the possible technologies, regulations, financing and possible energy saving possibilities. In short, the starting point for a more sustainable historical building!
The platform offers of a number of steps that will help you in the process of making your building more sustainable. These are:
The municipality offers The Green Menu to residents of Voorschoten. This contains a selection of applications for making historic buildings more sustainable. Special attention is paid to monuments and iconic buildings. The Voorschoten Green Menu takes into account the history of Voorschoten and current political decisions. We want to generate 20% more energy by 2020 and consume 20% less energy. With the Green Menu and our energy service desk, we want to give our residents an incentive to participate.
Have you compiled a wish list of measures? Discuss the options in s meeting with us or ask a specialist agency for advice. More is possible than you think with a historic building!
The municipality of Voorschoten attaches great importance to the preservation of its monuments, iconic buildings or buildings located in the protected city scape. The municipality puts the preservation of cultural-historical values first. With regard to sustainable measures, the municipality believes that they are taken at a "natural moment", so only when regular maintenance or restoration is necessary. A report from the monument guard or other expert organization can help determine this moment.
Historical buildings are by their nature sustainable. The long life of the old materials can be maintained for an extra long time through regular maintenance, expert restoration and careful habitation. That is good for the environment and your wallet. Simple measures can already yield a lot of comfort and energy gains. It is also advisable to investigate the historical use of your building. You will be surprised how many "old" solutions are still applicable.
In that case, we recommend that you first contact the municipality via telephone number 14071 or gemeente@voorschoten.nl. If a permit is required, your plan will also be submitted to the Welfare and Cultural Heritage Committee. Our expert advisers will assess your plan for its monumental value with the sustainable measures as an integral part. There is more possible than you may think with your historic building!
“If even an historic canal house can be sustainable, it can be done anywhere!”. With these words Wubbo Ockels and Suze Gehem founded De Groene Grachten in 2012.
De Groene Grachten owes its name to its very first project on the Amsterdam Prinsengracht. In 2012, we worked with 15 partners to make six canal houses more sustainable. We no longer limit ourselves to the canals of Amsterdam, but are active all over the country. We help you to make your home, office, mill, church, farm or other monumental building more sustainable. We do this with independent advice and guidance during the implementation phase.
In recent years, De Groene Grachten has worked on making hundreds of projects more sustainable. Some examples are the Zaanse Schans, Soestdijk Palace, student association L.A.N.X., Royal Tropical Institute and Green Light District.
