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Urban Capital Group – Passive living is the future

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CEO Levi Dewaegenaere gives his vision on passive living.

Passive living is the future according to Levi Dewaegenaere, CEO of Urban Capital Group

The new development project Depot Cadix of project developer Urban Capital Group led by Levi Dewaegenaere shows that design and sustainability can go hand in hand. The building is compact but has something frivolous, while it was built according to strict passive standards.

Depot Cadix, example of synergy between strict energy requirements and creative design.

Building sustainable also means that you sometimes run into limitations, according to Levi Dewaegenaere. The percentage of glass in the façade cannot be too large, the volumes must be compact. The existing passive window frames on the market are still limited today. But you can handle it creatively. According to Levi, building sustainable does not mean sober and dry. Sustainable architecture can also have a contemporary touch. Various types of sunblinds were used for the façade to create a 2D feeling. The white bay windows and wooden elements create frivolity.

Averaging E level of E35, beyond the legally required standard.

When you develop a project in accordance with the applicable standards at the time of the building application, you might have an outdated building by completion. The standards are becoming stricter, also in the long term. In Belgium, we have stood still for a long time, we are in need of catching up. Today, zero energy houses are being built. But we will evolve towards self-supplying systems, where everything is reused and recycled. In Asia, people are already incredibly experimenting with that.

Numerous advantages with Passive living

Passive construction means simplification. There is less heating required, fewer pipes and smoke drains, a smaller boiler. There are numerous benefits. You have a pleasant living environment in terms of light, air and heat. And the outside sounds are also muted. In addition, fossil fuels will only become scarcer and therefore more expensive in the future. Therefore, a passive house is a perfect answer to the ever higher monthly fixed costs associated with a house. According to Levi, sustainable building is an evolution that can not be stopped anymore.

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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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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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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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.

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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.

Hardly any energy costs at new housing project ‘Depot Cadix’

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Property developer Urban Capital Group starts a remarkable construction project in the Cadix neighborhood. The company builds in the Madrasstraat 6 family houses, 20 apartments, 2 penthouses and 2 commercial areas. They are so energy-efficient that what you normally pay for electricity and gas each month, you now only pay once a year.

The Antwerp City Council has always foreseen this new Cadix-neighborhood in development as a sustainable urban neighborhood. The project developer Urban Capital Group takes this very literally. The developer draws two building blocks, which are fully built according to the passive standards. All apartments and houses have thereby an E-level lower than E40.  For comparison: in a typical apartment this is quickly five times as much.

“The residents of Depot Cadix will save a lot on their energy bills”, thus building promotor Inge Caes of Urban Capital Group. “This district has no equal in Flanders. It is an example for future sustainable living.”

In many ways Depot Cadix saves energy. Every apartment has an on/off button to prevent energy waste, triple-glazed windows are provided, and the walls are made extra thick with the insulation. Also, particularly: to promote sustainable transportation in the district, buyers of the houses get a free cargo bike and buyers of the apartments receive a folding bike. The prices? From 135,000€. For penthouses: 450,000€. And for the homes: 370,000 € – 425,000 €

Click here for more information about the project Depot Cadix or visit Urban Capital Group.

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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Women in charge of the Depot Cadix project at the Antwerp Eilandje

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Inge Caes and Ramona Govers find their way into this man’s world.

Manager Inge Caes and interior specialist Ramona Govers are the women behind the first sustainable building project in the Cadix neighborhood in Antwerp. The two women stand their ground in the construction sector led mainly by testosterone.

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Currently there is still a lot of unexploited land, but in a few years a whole new first sustainable urban district of Flanders will rise from the Antwerp Eilandje. The sale of the first new residential complex, Depot Cadix in the Madrasstraat, started yesterday. And which is led by two young women: Inge Caes and Ramona Govers. Inge Caes, manager of the firm, controls the architects and contractors, while Ramona Govers, as interior specialist takes care of the interior wishes of the client.

‘Women know better how they can transform a house into a home’, says Ramona convinced.

‘On the basis of so-called moodbords we go after what style best suits our customers. Sometimes we need to find compromises in there, but in the end, we always find a suitable solution. ‘ The women go far to meet the needs of their customers. ‘ We had never sold two identical apartments ‘, says Inge. ‘ Sometimes we get the criticism that we make too much individual compromises, but I think that in the long-term flexibility pays off. ‘

Young families

The property developer Urban Capital Group in March won last year a contest of the city Antwerp, where the developer got some clear conditions imposed. Inge and Ramona also think they can convince a lot of young families to return to the city. “Usually they go away because the lack of green space, but in the Cadix neighborhood they won’t have that problem”, it sounds. For a one-bedroom apartment you pay between 135,000 euros (excl. VAT), while the price for a penthouse exceeds 450,000 euro. For a townhouse you can count already 370,000 euro.

 

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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Women in charge of sustainable building project in Cadix neighbourhood

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Currently there are still a lot of land lies fallow, but in a few years a whole new first sustainable urban district of Flanders will rises from the Antwerp Eilandje. The sale of the first new residential complex, Depot Cadix in the Madrasstraat, started yesterday. And which is led by two young women: Inge Caes and Ramona Govers. Inge Caes, manager of the firm,  controls the architects and contractors, while Ramona Govers, as interior specialist takes care of the interior wishes of the client.

Urban Capital Group presents its candidacy for the development of the first site in the Cadix neighbourhood at ’t Eilandje

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With Urban Capital Group, Levi Dewaegenaere and Inge Caes take sustainable development to the next level. Continue reading “Urban Capital Group presents its candidacy for the development of the first site in the Cadix neighbourhood at ’t Eilandje”