{"id":11246,"date":"2023-11-10T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T08:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfp.nl\/?p=11246"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:00:02","slug":"21st-cfp-innovation-day-from-induction-boilers-to-a-development-project-in-nepal-hall-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfp.nl\/en\/news-and-cases\/21st-cfp-innovation-day-from-induction-boilers-to-a-development-project-in-nepal-hall-1\/","title":{"rendered":"21st CFP Innovation Day: from induction boilers to a development project in Nepal (Hall 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We are surrounded by ambitious sustainability goals. Energy transition, circularity, biodiversity: to fulfil them all, one element is indispensable. The importance of innovation was again evident at the CFP Innovation Day on 9 November in Naarden. An afternoon of pitches from entrepreneurs making a difference and<\/em> the opportunity to talk to eager buyers right away.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article, you can read more about the pitches from IBIS Power, Milieu Service Nederland, Rhino, Unica Foundation, RABLE, Fagerhult, TI Green and Eevery. Curious about the other eight pitches? Then read on here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Innovation can make the difference in your organisational growth and accelerate sustainability. Bram Adema illustrated that with his kick-off. Standing on a beer crate, he looked back at the history of CFP Green Buildings and showed what innovation looked like for his organisation: “From the start of CFP, we were seeking how to make the largest possible impact in sustainability. We focused on understanding and optimising building performance with the Green Buildings Tool<\/a>. And: ensuring performance. In 2012, we took a close look at several thousand buildings. But we wanted to be ten times bigger. And even such a multiplication was insufficient to make the impact we envisaged.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a great opportunity to empower everyone in the Netherlands to become more sustainable. “We got the banking sector on board and the Green Buildings Tool appeared in 2015 at PROVADA attracting great interest. As we stepped up a gear in the Netherlands, the international market could obviously not be left behind. One of the launching customers from an international perspective was Cushman & Wakefield. Our services are now being deployed in 26 countries.” According to Bram, the growth would never have happened without innovation: “We continued to innovate and expand our thematic focus. We now offer tools to boost biodiversity, circularity and more. And we are far from finished.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n After this look at the history of CFP Green Buildings, it was time to take a closer look at the innovations. A veritable Dragons Den in two rooms: pitchers who quickly highlighted their innovations to a mixed audience, followed by various critical questions. Jan Gijsbers of IBIS Power<\/a> kicked off the event, focusing on the sustainability challenges: “We are facing major challenges. For example, we want a natural gas-free built environment, with no harmful greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve that, we need to make things more sustainable, but that is not easy to implement for all buildings. PowerNEST provides a combination of solar and wind energy: a nest of solar panels containing a wind turbine. Jan: “We optimise the generation process in all sorts of smart ways. By doing so, we achieve ten times more generation of renewable energy compared with just installing solar panels on a flat roof. This approach ensures that you use more than 100 per cent of the entire roof area.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability challenges around greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy generation are an important part of the Environmental, Social and Goverance (ESG) criteria. By mapping these out, you will know as a company where you stand on sustainability and discover what opportunities you are missing. Mark Schrage of Milieu Service Nederland<\/a> responded to that need with the MSG trolley. This trolley allows cleaners to weigh waste according to type and space. This, he says, provides valuable insights, more sustainable waste management and a fair distribution of costs per tenant. “You obtain real-timeinsight into waste, per tenant and per waste stream. This allows for a fair distribution of costs and accelerated sustainability of buildings. The polluter pays. In buildings housing multiple tenants, this ensures transparency and creates behavioural change.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Xander van Baarsen of Rhino<\/a> also showed solution approaches concerning the topic of ESG. Admittedly a different type of innovation: a data aggregation platform, which maps consumption data for electricity, gas and water for commercial properties. “We give you those insights at building level. And at portfolio level, you can count on standardisation and centralisation of data. This helps in reporting, especially with the \u2018E\u2019 of ESG. We provide a data platform that delivers information on gas, water and electricity in real time. Both for main and sub-meters, which is important for multi-tenant buildings. This allows you to gain knowledge and solve data gaps for a wide variety of property types. On a dashboard, you can accurately read where and which facilities are being used and create reports and analysis for improvements.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edwin Koers of Unica Foundation<\/a> took a different tack and focused on social innovation during a technical development project in Nepal: “Here it\u2019s not so much about making buildings and processes more sustainable but about helping people. We help them create better living conditions, with clean drinking water, training courses, irrigation and improved cookers.” The approach focuses on a participatory model involving local people. CFP also participates<\/a>. Seventy projects have already been realised and nine are currently ongoing. “We ensure, for instance, that the population can set up agriculture activities independently, such as growing peppers and mushrooms. We also see that by reviving a region in which we carry out projects, tourism is boosted. More and more partners are committing to these objectives and linking the project to their CSRD goals.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nInnovating internationally<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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