Month: April 2017

Urban Capital Group goes sustainable at Depot Cadix

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The Cadix-neighborhood at ’t Eilandje with the old port is the first sustainable neighborhood of Flanders. The project ‘Depot Cadix’ was built entirely according to the ‘passive standards’ and with the highest ambitions in the field of sustainability. The first residents just moved in recently in the Madrasstraat. That requires an appropriate welcome gift. Who lives in a house, gets a stylish limited-edition cargo bike from the developer Urban Capital Group. The residents of the apartments receive a unique and personalized folding bicycle.

“With the personalized cycles for each resident, we want to extend the sustainable aspirations for the apartments to the mobility.”

The inhabitants of the extra energy-efficient residential complex ‘Depot Cadix’ will see their energy bill dropping spectacularly to an annual amount equal to the amount that they were used to pay monthly in an ordinary apartment or house.

The residents can now submit a certificate with an average energy value of E35 and K15. At an ordinary apartment it usually lays around E180-E200.

Levi Dewaegenaere (CEO): “The payback of these homes speaks to the imagination. The owners also enjoy a tax advantage, because for each apartment or each home is a tax discount of 40 percent under E40 for the annual property tax. And this for a period of 10 years.”

Also, on several other ways ‘Depot Cadix’ saves energy. Rain and waste water are captured and used for the toilets and the outside tap. A general on/off button in each residence prevents electricity waste, as well as the energy monitoring system and a central heating system with heat exchanger. The residential complex also has triple-glazed windows.

Solar shading on the facades avoid that it gets too hot, and an energy efficient ventilation system provides an optimal indoor climate. In addition, photovoltaic cells on the roof transforms sunlight into energy for each residential unit. In the underground parking, a charging point for electric cars is provided.

The project ‘Depot Cadix’, inspired by warehouse architecture, consists of six townhouses, twenty apartments, two penthouses and two commercial areas. Urban Capital Group started in 2013 with the construction. There are now only a few duplexes and apartments for sale. Some apartments are rented, some fully furnished, some unfurnished.

 

About Levi Dewaegenaere

Levi Dewaegenaere grew from a professional tennis player to a successful entrepreneur. He is currently the founder and CEO of both Urban Capital Group and Waegener.

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Read the full article here on Made in Antwerpen.

Residents of new complex receive a folding or cargo bike

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Levi Dewaegenaere (CEO): “The residents of the apartments and houses of the new ‘Depot Cadix’ at ’t Eilandje receive a free cargo bike or folding bicycle from Urban Capital Group.”

Depot Cadix, located in the Madrasstraat at ‘t Eilandje, is a sustainable energy efficient building project. With the gift, the project developer Urban Capital Group wants, in addition to sustainable living, also to bet on sustainable mobility. The new owners of the apartments get a folding bicycle. The new residents of the houses get in turn a cargo bike.

“The construction sector has a large ecological footprint”, says Inge Caes, commercial director of Urban Capital Group. “We want to change that. We want to encourage people not only to make ecological choices in the way they live, but also try to stimulate them to think about how the transport themselves.”

The Cadix-neighborhood, where the construction project is located, must be a sustainable and energy efficient city neighborhood. The first in Flanders.

 

Environmentally friendly

Thomas Vercammen (39) lives in one of the new houses and got a cargo bike. That he will use to go to the shop. “I have two teenagers who drink a lot on weeks’ time. Going by bike to the store was over time no longer attainable, obliging me to take the car. Now I can go with the tricycle, a lot more pleasant and environmentally friendly.”

Frank Wilms (50) is since February a new owner of one of the apartments. “I’m going to take my folding bike into my car. That way I can park for free somewhere close to my destination and use the bike for the last piece of the route. The folding bike is also useful for our daughter. During the day she can leave with the bike and in the evening, we can go pick her and the folding bike up by car.”

 

 

About Levi Dewaegenaere

Levi Dewaegenaere grew from a professional tennis player to a successful entrepreneur. He is currently the founder and CEO of both Urban Capital Group and Waegener.

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Read the full article here on Het Nieuwsblad.

Depot Cadix is committed to sustainable mobility

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Levi Dewaegenaere (CEO): “The residents of the apartments and houses of the new ‘Depot Cadix’ at ’t Eilandje receive a free cargo bike or folding bicycle from Urban Capital Group.”

Depot Cadix, located in the Madrasstraat at ‘t Eilandje, is a sustainable energy efficient building project. With the gift, the project developer Urban Capital Group wants, in addition to sustainable living, also to bet on sustainable mobility. The new owners of the apartments get a folding bicycle. The new residents of the houses get in turn a cargo bike.

“The construction sector has a large ecological footprint”, says Inge Caes, commercial director of Urban Capital Group. “We want to change that. We want to encourage people not only to make ecological choices in the way they live, but also try to stimulate them to think about how the transport themselves.”

The Cadix-neighborhood, where the construction project is located, must be a sustainable and energy efficient city neighborhood. The first in Flanders.

 

Environmentally friendly

Thomas Vercammen (39) lives in one of the new houses and got a cargo bike. That he will use to go to the shop. “I have two teenagers who drink a lot on weeks’ time. Going by bike to the store was over time no longer attainable, obliging me to take the car. Now I can go with the tricycle, a lot more pleasant and environmentally friendly.”

Frank Wilms (50) is since February a new owner of one of the apartments. “I’m going to take my folding bike into my car. That way I can park for free somewhere close to my destination and use the bike for the last piece of the route. The folding bike is also useful for our daughter. During the day she can leave with the bike and in the evening, we can go pick her and the folding bike up by car.”

 

 

About Levi Dewaegenaere

Levi Dewaegenaere grew from a professional tennis player to a successful entrepreneur. He is currently the founder and CEO of both Urban Capital Group and Waegener.

Follow Levi Dewaegenaere on LinkedIn

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Read the full article here on Gazet van Antwerpen.

 

Residents of Depot Cadix receive a free cargo bike

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The future residents of Depot Cadix received free cargo bikes and folding bikes from developer Urban Capital Group. The developer would like to emphasize the sustainability. Depot Cadix is not just yet another building block at ‘t Eilandje. The 6 houses, 22 apartments and 2 commercial spaces are built according the passive construction methods.  “We have gone very far in this matter, even to the choice of wood or suppliers of the paint, everything had to be sustainable. That was also the purpose of the project and of the city of Antwerp”, explains Inge Caes of Urban Capital. Building a passive residence still costs about 25 percent more. “The houses here are 10 to 15% more expensive than the neighbors, but you have to convince the people of the added value. To emphasize again this message, the residents received a brand-new cargo bike or folding bike. “We use the STOP-principle. First try to go by foot, then by bicycle and in last case, use the car. That is why the special bicycle parking is above ground. Research indicates that if you reach your bike sooner than the car, you are more likely to take the bike. Obviously, you cannot forget about the car parking, but than one with a charging point for electric cars on each parking place.