You can call on Vinçotte (a member of the Kiwa group) as an ERU expert in the following cases:

  • Sale or rental of buildings
  • Site supervision
  • Renewal of environmental permits
  • Building certification
  • Building improvements
  • Building renovations
  • Building assessments

What you need to know

The rational use of energy (RUE) in buildings consists of establishing a consumption plan that reduces energy use in a building while maintaining an optimum level of comfort for its occupants. The result is better management of energy costs, but also a commitment to ethical behavior at a time when energy is a real problem for the environment.
Vinçotte (a member of the Kiwa group) will help you at every stage of your real estate project to take energy performance into consideration, and act as a facilitator in understanding the various regional legislations and administrative procedures in the 3 regions. This includes, in particular, the regional PEB aspects as well as the realization of certified passive buildings.
Vinçotte also audits, analyzes and models the building's net energy requirements, and then compares these with the building's actual use. Based on this analysis, improvement measures are defined. These may relate to management, equipment or the building itself. Investment and feasibility are also taken into account.

Advantages

Vinçotte's civil engineering expert (a member of the Kiwa group) is a consultant and auditor with numerous independent accreditations, guaranteeing you the provision of relevant information in a variety of situations, such as :

  • Energy performance assessment
  • Assessment of material durability
  • PEB (building energy performance) calculations
  • PEB consultancy
  • PEB certification for public buildings
  • Approvals in Brussels, Wallonia and Flanders
  • PHPP calculations for passive building certification
  • Energy design studies (knowing how much energy the building will use to be comfortable)
  • Energy audits of buildings, particularly in the context of voluntary or regionally imposed environmental permits (European Directive 2012/27/EU) or for large-scale consumers (non-residential buildings over 3500m2, businesses under heading 90* of the list of classified installations, industrial sector).
  • Assurance of compliance with standards and regulations
  • Renewable energies such as photovoltaic solar panels
  • Feasibility studies for the installation of solar panels and systems based on solar thermal energy
  • Information on all sustainable construction procedures and tools