"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.
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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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Read our latest news here:

Inside garden centre construction Gardheimar 03-04-2023

Progress new garden centre in Iceland

In Reykjavik the finishing touches are currently being made to close the construction wind- and watertight. 99% of the doors and window frames have been placed.

Plantorama Amager restaurant new 2 12-01-2023

New restaurant & garden centre for Plantorama

The Danish chain Plantorama has once again commissioned us to rebuild the existing garden centre in Amager. First of all, a new restaurant is being built. After completion, the old garden centre will be demolished and the sustainable garden centre of 5,000 m2 will be realized.

WAF 2022 Agrotopia 08-12-2022

Rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia wins World Architecture Festival Award 2022

Since its opening, the roof greenhouse Agrotopia has won several international design awards. Now also the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Award 2022 in the category Completed Buildings: Production energy and recycling.

garden centre UK renovation expansion 2 31-10-2022

Expansion Tenterden garden centre

In collaboration with our partner Ebtech Glasshouse Systems, we are realizing the expansion of the Tenterden garden centre of the GrovesWell garden centres chain. The new entrance and an extra glass construction for sales will be realized at the beginning of 2023.

How can we help you in terms of sustainability?

As 'Knowledge Based Builder' we build:

  • Biophilic constructions
  • Multifunctional glasshouses
  • Climate proof constructions
  • Sustainable glasshouses

 

Contact us, we are happy to help!