The Facility Open is a recurring annual event held for organisations active in the world of Facility Management and Property. The sailing regatta on the IJsselmeer takes place this year on Friday, 4 June. A wide range of companies participate each year. The event is an excellent opportunity to establish new contacts, maintain contacts or for teambuilding. Additionally, your participation supports ‘the Hunger Project’ in Benin.

Companies can participate with their own yacht or a rented yacht. Gunnar Sailing Services (partner of Corporate Facility Partners) supplies the rented yachts with skipper for the Facility Open, as well as arranging delivery and collection of the yacht. Details of available yachts can be obtained from Corporate Facility Partners. 

More information about the Facility Open will be available on this website and via the CFP e-zine. For more information or to register, please contact Gerrit Jan Vaatstra on tel. 055 - 3555199 or send an email to info@cfp.nl.

For the list of boats or to register, you can also download the pdf file.

GREEN BUILDING

towards transatlantic energy efficiency strategies

January 20, 2010 - 3:15 pm

Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC

The economic relationship between the United States and the European Union is the largest in the world, but in the meantime they together account for 45% of total world energy consumption. In the short term, energy demand can be significantly reduced by increasing energy efficiency in the existing building stock.

Indeed, both in the US and the EU energy efficient building already constitutes a key component of the approach towards sustainability. However, strong differences exist in how these issues are tackled, both in the setting of standards and in creating business incentives for energy efficient building.

In this first seminar in a series, representatives from the private sector, Dutch and US government and NGO’s will discuss policies and business initiatives in green building and identify areas for cooperation and best practises.

3:15                           Registration

3:30                           Opening Remarks    

Gerard van der Wulp - Deputy Chief of Mission

Royal Netherlands Embassy

3:45 – 4:30               Session I: Green Building and the potential for transatlantic cooperation 

Philip Farese - Project manager and author of the report 'Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the US Economy'               

Mc Kinsey & Company

Bram Adema ­– Managing Director

Corporate Facility Partners

4:30                           Q & A

4:45                           Coffee & tea   

5:00 – 5:45            Session II: Panel discussion

Panelists:       Kathryn Hauser - US Executive Director

TransAtlantic Business Dialogue

Jeffrey Harris - Vice President for Programs

Alliance to Save Energy.

Roger Platt  - Senior Vice President, Global Policy & Law

US Green Building Council

Stephan Raes – Minister (Economic)

Royal Netherlands Embassy

Moderator:    Juliet Eilperin – Staff Writer

The Washington Post

5:45                           Reception

DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Registration at 3:15 pm
Presentations begin at 3:30 pm
Followed by a reception at 5:45 pm

LOCATION:
Royal Netherlands Embassy

4200 Linnean Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

(close to Van Ness/UDC Metro station)

Stentor, 14 December

Jeroen Pol

Social Business Apeldoorn (MOA) wants to contribute to a better environment, and has started a project together with several partners so that businesses in Apeldoorn can save money in the area of sustainability. Partners are the Eastern Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Corporate Facility Partners.

In this project, 17 selected companies can nominate one building for a CO2 emissions scan free of charge. The results of the scan will include recommendations to enable the building to be operated more sustainably. The scan will be carried out by Apeldoorn-based Corporate Facility Partners. The company is prepared to cooperate from the perspective of socially responsible business.

Download the pdf to read the complete article.

”Corporate Facility Partners created a benchmark for CO2 emissions for the Stopera in Amsterdam. The end result is a substantial savings on energy consumption costs with a more than 15% reduction in CO2 emissions. The practical experience CFP brings ensures tangible results, with which concrete measures can be taken: managing on the basis of facts.”
Services and Facility Management, Municipality of Amsterdam

Click here for the municipal benchmarks guide.

www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl

www.co2benchmark.nl

The new headquarters of postal company TNT, designed by the architectural firm Paul de Ruiter, will be CO2 neutral, but will cost no more than a conventional building to operate. To achieve this, TNT had to make a radical departure from the usual way of doing business in the property world.

Energiegids.nl, November 2009

Green Buildings 2009 was a great success with 250 visitors in the Stopera! The theme of the convention was well-highlighted and covered from various angles.

Download the pdf to see the presentations.

The brochure for the Smart Buildings Convention 2009 containing information about speakers and the program is now available online.

Alternative sailing regatta in stormy Enkhuizen Click here for photos...

The weather forecast calling for strong winds on Wednesday and storms on Thursday didn't prevent the 17 sailing teams at the 5th Facility Open from making it to Enkhuizen. Stormy winds with gusts up to force 8 to 10 led to a modified race on land and on the water.

Sustainability is high on the list of priorities for Facility Management in the Municipality of Amsterdam. Director Jos Maessen and Division Manager Arjen Okx explain how they are working step by step towards CO2 neutral buildings.

Download the pdf to read the complete article.

Sustainable cost reduction in existing buildings

Stopera Muziektheater Amsterdam

Tuesday 22 September 2009

Organised by:

In conjunction with SenterNovem, DGBC and FMN

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35% of Dutch CO2 emissions are caused by buildings. The key to these CO2 emissions lies with 99% of existing buildings. Green Buildings 2009 offers concrete measures, visions of the future and best practices for sustainability. An important convention for everyone in property, housing and facility management.

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Programme

14.30 Welcome from convention chair Bram Adema

Bram Adema has optimised thousands of buildings during the past 10 years in terms of sustainability and costs. He is founder and Managing Director of Corporate Facility Partners, guest lecturer at various technical colleges and speaker/chair at numerous conventions each year.

15.00 Opening Marijke Vos

Marijke Vos is city council member Environment for the municipality of Amsterdam. She is known for ambitious targets in combination with concrete actions. Marijke Vos will open the convention.

15.10 Sustainable government buildings, society and optimal costs Peter Jägers

Peter Jägers as general director of the Rijksgebouwendienst (Government Buildings Authority) is responsible for the largest building portfolio in the Netherlands, approx. 2000 buildings and circa 7 million m2. The RGD has always been at the forefront of sustainability. Peter Jägers will cover results achieved and future targets with respect to sustainability.

15.30 Lighting 2020, future vision on lighting in buildings Harry Verhaar

Harry Verhaar is Sr. Director Energy and Climate Change at Philips. Harry will offer a future vision on technological developments of Smart Buildings, especially lighting.

15.50 Unveiling the significant potential of sustainability in buildings: 3M’s vision on Green Buildings David Cox

David Cox is the sustainability specialist of 3M for existing buildings. As President of the European Window Film Association, he can paint a picture of international developments.

16.10 Break

16.40 Sustainability as condition, not as target Huib Boissevain

Huib Boissevain is the driven leader of Annexum, provider of property investment funds and other financial products. Annexum has incorporated sustainability into its offerings, such as building services and investments. Following Annexum's approach, all property portfolios can achieve optimum sustainability.

17.00 One Planet Architecture Thomas Rau

Thomas Rau is known as the architect of sustainable buildings. He designed the CO2 neutral headquarters of Wereld Natuur Fonds in Zeist and the offices of Triodos Bank. Another large project is a building complex in Lyon, which is self-sustaining and completely CO2 neutral.

17.20 Business case for sustainable energy is more than payback period Pieter Reijnders

The goal of 1miljoenzonnepanelen.nl is to get one million solar panels on the roofs of Dutch businesses without government subsidy. Pieter Reijnders demonstrates that there's more to sustainable energy than just the payback period.

17.40 Panel discussion SenterNovem, FMN and DGBC confront the speakers with the hard reality of the day.

18.00 Dinner

For more information, please contact:

T: 055 -355 51 99

E: info@cfp.nl