Macro
Main result
Urban planning
Title
Building and furnishing with attention to climber Greener and Cooler
Date March 2020
Objectives
Making people aware that you can build and furnish with climate consideration.
Location /geographical coverage
Haarlem
The Hague
Brabant
The Netherlands
Organisation responsible for good practice
Aedes Magazine
Housing associations and social housing
Short summary
In the magazine you can read a story with practical examples about greener building and designing against heat stress in summer. Furthermore, a story in an ornament about important election themes for the housing market: this time about the major social tasks and limited resources of housing corporations. In an interview, alderman Harriët Tiemens, on behalf of the VNG and city network G40, expresses her concern about the financial deficits of housing corporations.
Impact
The residential environment becomes more future-proof, which also makes the city
cooler and more liveable. With this magazine, housing cooperatives become more
aware about the effect they can make.
Innovation
The paper shows that more green space should be created to combat heat stress and flooding. They offer solutions such as redesigning urban areas and building climate-proof homes. In this, housing corporations, along with municipalities and water boards, can play an important role.