Torenlaan Beilen

Important information

Project name: 11 apartments and 5 lifetime homes Torenlaan Beilen

Date: Start of construction February 2025

Clients: Woonservice

Location: Beilen

Size: 11 apartments and 5 houses

Project summary

On Jan. 28, Woonservice and HuneBouw signed an agreement for the construction of an apartment complex with 11 low-energy apartments and five lifelong homes on the Torenlaan in Beilen. SOCOTEC Building Performance contributed as a consultant to the construction-physical and installation-technical design and the testing against the Building Code.

The design focused on sustainability, comfort and energy efficiency. The houses are optimally insulated and impermeable, thus minimizing heat loss. For a pleasant indoor climate, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, heat pumps and underfloor heating are used. In addition, solar panels provide partial compensation of the energy required.

Construction is expected to start at the end of February. SOCOTEC Building Performance will continue to be involved as technical consultant and will support Woonservice in ensuring that the quality standards laid down are met. In this way, SOCOTEC is once again contributing to sustainable and future-proof living.

Project description

SOCOTEC Building Performance provides expertise for sustainable housing project in Beilen

On Tuesday, January 28, Bothilde Buma, director-director of Woonservice, and Klaas Graveland, director of HuneBouw, signed the agreement for the construction of a new apartment complex and five lifelong housing units on the Torenlaan in Beilen. A project to which SOCOTEC Building Performance was proud to contribute.

As consultants, we were responsible for the building-physical and installation-technical design, as well as the testing against the Building Code. The project, designed by BDG Architects from Zwolle, includes 11 low-energy apartments and five houses that are suitable for life-long living, with simple, comfortable and low-energy principles as the starting points.

Sustainable and comfortable living

In the design, extra attention was paid to optimal insulation and airtightness - essential factors for an energy-efficient and healthy living environment. The homes are equipped with a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, which ensures a constant and pleasant indoor climate. Despite the optimal insulation and tightness of gaps, the homes also feature air-to-water heat pumps and brine-to-water heat pumps for proper cooling and heating of the homes. Heat and cooling are also efficiently distributed through the underfloor heating system. To further make the homes more sustainable, solar panels will be installed to offset some of the energy required for the residents' facilities.

Heat pumps will be used for heating and cooling:

• The lifetime homes will have brine/water heat pumps.
• The apartments will be equipped with brine/water heat pumps.
• Heat and cold are efficiently distributed via underfloor heating.

In addition, solar panels will be installed to offset some of the energy required for both the facilities and the occupants.

SOCOTEC Building Performance as knowledge partner

With the start of construction scheduled for the end of February, SOCOTEC Building Performance will remain involved as technical advisor. We support Woonservice during the implementation phase and verify that the construction is actually realized according to the established principles.

With this project, we are once again contributing to sustainable and future-proof living - a mission we at SOCOTEC Building Performance work on every day.