Urban Capital Group goes sustainable at Depot Cadix
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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