The objective of the project is to make as many homes as possible more sustainable by means of (heat) insulation measures against the background of the energy and heat transition.
In the quest to help residents save energy from the energy transition, a number of municipalities have ended up with heat insulation (hereinafter: 'insulation') of homes for the sake of brevity. To this end, the project De Groene Zone Isolatie (hereinafter: DGZ-I) has been started. The route is exclusively intended for private owner-occupiers with the exception of HOAs or private landlords. The house of the private owner, has a year of construction before the year 2000. ADs are looking for one Service Provider with one administration, who can serve all residents and provide them with energy advice. The work can be carried out by the SP itself, or by local parties that have joined.
All municipalities involved agree with the objective of implementing insulation measures on 1.5 million of the total 4.5 million existing owner-occupied homes in the Netherlands. The aim is to achieve 30 percent of the target within the participating municipalities with DGZI. This concerns about 20,000 homes out of the available 65,000 in the affiliated municipalities.
In this project, the supplier provides integral energy advice. This means that an advisor performs a broad scan of the house and provides advice for the entire home, including sustainability measures that do not fall within this project, such as a heat pump. The participant receives understandable and concise advice. The underlying report is complete and presents the arguments for the delivered advice.
The energy advice must offer action perspective to the participant. Therefore, it includes the steps that the participant can take to make the home more sustainable, including the associated costs.
In addition to advice on energy-saving measures, the consultant will inspect whether building-related species are present. Post-isolation measures can disrupt nesting sites of bird and bat species. They are protected by the Nature Conservation Act, which means that the habitats of all species of bats and nesting sites of birds must be protected and/or moved. The advisor takes this into account in the planning and advice.
The project focuses exclusively on insulation measures and small ventilation applications. Products such as solar panels, (hybrid) heat pumps, solar water heater, ventilation and a consumption manager are not included in this project.
The energy advice must offer action perspectives to the resident. That is why it includes the steps that the resident can take to make the home more sustainable (towards natural gas-free), including the associated costs and payback period of the measures.
The resident can have the proposed measures implemented within the project by the SP itself, or by the parties that the SP engages for this purpose. The coordination for this lies with the SP. The resident only has to indicate what measures he wants.