The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) has officially come into force in Belgium since 28 November 2024. This directive sets stricter requirements for sustainability reporting and obliges real estate companies and other organizations to be more transparent about their environmental impact, social responsibility and governance. Find out how Factor4 can help your organization comply with these new obligations and seize opportunities for a sustainable future.
Factor4 facilitated the Building Performance Contract (BPC) - an innovative energy performance contract - of the City of Sint-Niklaas. Luminus Solutions is the ESCO implementing the project. This innovative project has now been nominated for Facility Project of the Year, an award presented annually by Belfa, the Belgian Facility Association.
An article appeared on Circubuild.be about the strategic real estate plans that Factor4 is preparing for Dendermonde, Harelbeke, Hove, Landen, Sint-Niklaas and Voeren.
In 2024, Factor4 prepared EPC NR certificates for 14 schools, resulting in 75 certificates. Besides certification, Factor4 also developed action plans with concrete recommendations to improve energy performance and make buildings more sustainable.
At the inspiration day of VVSG's Climate Network on As A Service and Energy Efficient Patrimony at the BAU House in Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas' Alderman for Buildings Bart De Bruyne presented the first results of the energy savings project based on Factor4's Building Performance Contract. The city will achieve energy savings of 39 percent over the next ten years in nine of its buildings that consume the most. To that end, the city entered into a performance contract with Luminus Solutions. Factor4 acted as facilitator. Minister Tinne Van der Straeten saw that it was good.
Triginta is taking big steps towards a sustainable future with help from Factor4. Through innovative methods and targeted energy audits for 12 of its locations, Triginta is preparing its property portfolio for the Paris Agreement's climate targets. Thanks to this collaboration, Triginta remains at the forefront of making real estate more sustainable and turns firm ambitions into concrete results.
Together with other European energy experts, Factor4 developed a methodology for realizing Pay-4-Performance (“P4P”) programs in the built environment.
