Post on 14-Jan-2016
Marja Visser
City district Amsterdam-North
Het Breed Amsterdam-Noord
Working with the community
• Short project description Het Breed• Overview proces• Communication, participation and consultation of
tenants• Dutch regulation on participation and
consultation• Lessons learned
Location of the project
Short description
• Build in 1963-1967, 11 blocks, 1.172 dwellings, • 4 boiler houses with outdated boilers
• 2 housing associations: Ymere en Eigen Haard
One of the blocks, facade
One of the blocks, public space
Energy saving and integration of sustainable energy system (1.200 m2 solar system)
total investment of € 1 milj.
Overview proces
• 2004-2005 - preparation, incl. consultation • Sept. 2008 - launch of project• Dec. 2008 - halt of project after complaints
tenants• Sept. 2009 - planned restart • Okt. 2009 - lawsuit • March 2010- adapted plan after consultation
of board of tenants• Ma-apr2010 - new research tenants
• May 2010 - results research
Communication, consultation and participation
• Website Het Breed (public)• News letter (tenants)• Block conferences (tenants)• Individual visits (tenants)• Model dwellings• Press releases• Signs in de neighbourhood• Research• Conference
Dutch regulation on consultation
• Information and consultation of tenants
• Maintenance: no agreement necessary
• Improvement: 70% of tenants must agree with the plan, regardless financial aspects
• Energy measures are improvement
Lessons learned
• Size of project• Work in houses• Tone of communication• Discussion about many aspects• Information about energysaving en reduction of
energy costs• Murphy’s law?