Marja Visser

City district Amsterdam-North

Het Breed Amsterdam-Noord

Working with the community

• Short project description Het Breed• Overview proces• Communication, participation and consultation of

tenants• Dutch regulation on participation and

consultation• Lessons learned

Location of the project

Short description

• Build in 1963-1967, 11 blocks, 1.172 dwellings, • 4 boiler houses with outdated boilers

• 2 housing associations: Ymere en Eigen Haard

One of the blocks, facade

One of the blocks, public space

Energy saving and integration of sustainable energy system (1.200 m2 solar system)

total investment of € 1 milj.

Overview proces

• 2004-2005 - preparation, incl. consultation • Sept. 2008 - launch of project• Dec. 2008 - halt of project after complaints

tenants• Sept. 2009 - planned restart • Okt. 2009 - lawsuit • March 2010- adapted plan after consultation

of board of tenants• Ma-apr2010 - new research tenants

• May 2010 - results research

Communication, consultation and participation

• Website Het Breed (public)• News letter (tenants)• Block conferences (tenants)• Individual visits (tenants)• Model dwellings• Press releases• Signs in de neighbourhood• Research• Conference

Dutch regulation on consultation

• Information and consultation of tenants

• Maintenance: no agreement necessary

• Improvement: 70% of tenants must agree with the plan, regardless financial aspects

• Energy measures are improvement

Lessons learned

• Size of project• Work in houses• Tone of communication• Discussion about many aspects• Information about energysaving en reduction of

energy costs• Murphy’s law?