INDU-ZERO end event

INDU-ZERO end event

COVID update

For visitors who are planning to travel to the Netherlands for the event, please take into account the Dutch COVID-measures for traveling to the Netherlands.

At this moment we ask for the visitors to the event that they show a COVID Certificate with a negative test result, proof of full vaccination or proof of recovery. People who live in the Netherlands can present these using the CoronaCheck app.

7th of October 2021

INDU-ZERO is a project co-funded by the Interreg North Sea Region (NSR) Programme. Led by the Province of Overijssel in the Netherlands,14 organizations from 6 countries bundled their knowledge to design a Blueprint for a Smart Factory that can manufacture Net Zero renovation packages for terraced houses and apartment buildings built between 1950 and 1985.

Huge challenges

Europe is facing huge challenges to achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement and the Green Deal. One of these challenges is to renovate 22 million existing houses in the NSR Region towards energy neutral. The current pace of renovations is too low and the costs are too high.

Blueprint for a Smart Factory

INDU-ZERO is offering a solution to this problem by delivering a Blueprint for a Smart Factory that can be built after the project. The factories will be able to produce 15,000 renovation packages a year for half of the current price. The Blueprint contains necessary information about the Smart Factory and how to produce the renovation packages. A business case is also included to stimulate the market uptake.

Program

The results of the project will be presented by the project group. During the event politicians, industry, housing corporations and investors will have a role. The event consists of an online morning program (9.15-11.30 hrs. CET) and a live/hybrid afternoon program at the Provinciehuis in Zwolle, the Netherlands (13.00-17.30 hrs. CET). Chairman of the day is the Dutch presenter, speaker and interviewer Harm Edens.

The online morning program (9.15 – 11.30 hrs. CET)

The morning programme is centred around the official launch of the Blueprint and is recommended for policy makers (working in public administration, housing corporations, energy corporations, knowledge organizations) with local and/or regional impact, who work in the field of sustainable renovations and for other interested parties.

9:15 Welcome and introduction with video message from Frans Timmermans (European Commission Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal)

9:30 Round table discussion, round 1 about the WHY of the project from different perspectives (industry, housing corporations, governmental organizations). Table guests:

• Eddy van Hijum (Province of Overijssel, Netherlands)`
• Volker Wiegel (LEG Immobilien Gruppe, Germany)
• Brian Cassidy (municipality of Cork City, Ireland)
• Eveline Molier (Ministry of the Interior, Netherlands)

10:00 Opportunity to ask questions

10:10 Coffee break

10:30 Video message from Diederik Samsom (European Commission) + launch of the Blueprint, the results of INDU-ZERO

10:40 Round table discussion, round 2 about the HOW of the project with the project partners:

• Jacques Bazen (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands)
• Jacob Lub (Buro de Haan, Netherlands)
• Xiu Yan (Strathclyde University, United Kingdom)
• Gerard Salemink (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands)
• Herbert Born (Buro de Haan, Netherlands)

11:10 Opportunity to ask questions

11:20 End and conclusion

The hybrid afternoon program (13.00-17.30 hrs. CET)

During the hybrid afternoon program the Blueprint will be handed over to potential investors, officials and housing corporations who can play a role in actually building the Smart Factories. This program is recommended for decision makers with local, regional, national and/or international impact (working in public administration, industry, construction, housing corporation) who work in the field of sustainable renovations or industries who see business opportunities in this field.

13:00 Reception of the guests at the Provinciehuis, Zwolle

13:30 Welcome and introduction with a video message from Frans Timmermans (European Commission Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal)

13:45 Launch of the Blueprint

13: 50 Round table discussion with the dealmakers about the next steps towards actually building the Smart Factories. Table guests:

• Rutger Vrielink (housing corporation Domijn, Netherlands)
• Jeroen Hatenboer (Pioneering + RVO, Netherlands
• Carlos Klein (Rc Panels, Netherlands)
• Uwe Bigalke (Energiesprong, Germany)

14:20 Opportunity to ask questions

14:30 Video message from Mohammed Chahim (as a member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament responsible for the European Green Deal)

14:35 Press moment + official handover of the Blueprint to Interreg North Sea Region

15:00 Short break

15:15 Interactive program with information stands about the different components of the Blueprint

Between 16:30 and 17:00 End and conclusion

17:00 Networking drink (for the guests that are physically present at the Provinciehuis)

Both of the programs are free of charge. Registering for both the morning and the afternoon program is optional. Be aware that there are three options for getting your ticket(s):

1. for the online morning programme;
2. for the online afternoon programme;
3. for physical attendance of the afternoon programme at the Provinciehuis in Zwolle (the Netherlands).