"Environmentally conscious entrepreneurship has several advantages, investment pays for itself"
Ferry Breugem, senior sales manager
Sustainability
As sellers of green, garden centres are the ambassadors for nature and therefore sustainability. There are many reasons for building sustainably. Environmentally conscious entrepreneurship is good, not only for the environment, but also for your image and for your wallet. You can earn back most adjustments.
Reasons to build sustainably:
- Saving on operational costs, such as energy costs;
- Subsidy schemes, such as the ISDE (investment subsidy for business users), the MIA (environmental investment deduction), SDA + (subsidy for solar panels) and the Energy Investment Deduction for the installation of LED lighting;
- PR - good for the image of your brand / company.
The options for sustainable construction and renovation:
- Use insulated roof and wall cladding, such as:
- well-insulated roof and facade panels (transparent and non-transparent);
- green roofs such as sedum as insulation;
- well-insulated aluminium profiles with an extremely high U-value.
- Invest in special glass. The U-value of insulating glass is getting lower and therefore easier to keep the interior space at a constant temperature, such as:
- Well insulated safety glass,
- glass that can generate energy through a special coating;
- Heat resistant glass - a coating gives you the feeling that you are walking in the shade, but when you look up, it is completely transparent. This keeps heat out, which also gives you a more pleasant climate in summer.
- Water reuse systems using rainwater to water plants and / or to flush the toilets.
Sustainable investment in existing garden centre
There are also many options for making an existing garden centre more sustainable, such as:
- LED lighting - more economical in energy consumption;
- Climate screens control temperature, UV radiation, humidity to reduce energy costs;
- Solar panels - to generate energy.
Or more economical cooling and heating:
- HR boilers
- heat pumps
- heat and cold storage
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03-11-2025
2,290 m² atrium for Campus Science & Green
For Campus Kortrijk, part of secundary school PTI, we started construction of a future-oriented greenhouse complex for the Science & Green school campus at the beginning of November. This innovative project was designed by Van Bergen Kolpa Architects in collaboration with Sileghem & Partners and will be carried out by Belgian contractor Monument Vandekerckhove.
02-10-2025
Ground-breaking ceremony WUR
1 October marked the start of the festive construction of the new, high-tech research centre, which will cover an area of over 8,700 m² at Wageningen University & Research in Bleiswijk.
23-09-2025
Phase 1 Botanical Greenhouse Gothenburg
The construction of the 3,216m² botanical greenhouse is almost complete. Once finished, the special plants will be moved here and the old greenhouses demolished. Then the final phase will begin.
01-08-2025
Our team is growing: welcome Olaf and Patrick
We are delighted that Olaf Mos and Patrick Burger are joining our team. Olaf will support Ferry and Jeroen with commercial and operational activities, enabling us to serve our customers even better. Patrick will manage our projects from start to finish.
How can we help you in terms of sustainability?
As 'Knowledge Based Builder' we build:
- Biophilic constructions
- Multifunctional glasshouses
- Climate proof constructions
- Sustainable glasshouses