SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT /

Nine priority issues

Mobility has a direct impact on accessibility and therefore buildings’ appeal. The increase in road traffic makes travel-

ling in cities more difficult and is a source of discomfort for local residents due to increased air and noise pollution. The

use of electric vehicles in response to this issue also requires the installation of special facilities such as recharging

points.

Cofinimmo therefore contributes to mobility in cities through the location of its buildings, the number of parking spaces

available and the proximity to public transport.

Mobility

Responses / actions

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Cofinimmo conducts impact studies and maintains a dialogue

with public bodies to assess and reduce a building’s impact in

the construction and operation phases. Special attention was

paid to buildings’ accessibility. In 2002, for example, Cofinimmo

was involved in the creation of a roundabout close to its

Leopold Square site in Diegem.

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Cofinimmo made shared vehicles and parking spaces available

to stakeholders. In 2013, in partnership with Zen Car, a testing

in sharing electric vehicles was conducted in around ten office

buildings. This test led to three tenants signing electric vehicle

leasing contracts. However, the sharing package did not

achieve the expected results.

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In partnership with BePark, Cofinimmo also made its head

office parking spaces available to local residents outside

office hours.

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Travel accounts for 70% of the company’s carbon footprint.

Cofinimmo is therefore very attentive to reducing its vehicle

fleet’s average CO

emissions. It raises awareness among

employees by publishing fuel consumption, offering use of

shared electronic vehicles and supporting carpooling and

alternative means of transport.

In 2015, Cofinimmo will study various innovative solutions in order

to respond to the gradual reduction in the number of parking

spaces authorised by the public authorities in Brussels. Shared

parking spaces

, public parking spaces and other solutions will be

added to the agenda. It will also study the roll-out of new electric

recharging points in its buildings.

Shared car park: car park made available to local residents/the public outside

office hours subject to prior affiliation.