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1. Electric car of Cofinimmo’s fleet
2. Bicycle parking – Office building Loi/Wet 227 –
Brussels Leopold district (BE)
3. Parkbrug – Office building Avenue Building –
Antwerp Periphery (BE)
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OUR 2017 ACHIEVEMENTS
FOR OUR EMPLOYEES
We implement innovative actions to
facilitate the transition from cars to
alternative mobility options and journeys
by ‘cleaner’ vehicles.
At the end of 2016, our Mobility Team
introduced
a new mobility policy
which
is ahead of current legislation. It includes
the ecoscore concept and promotes
alternative mobility methods. A company
car combined with sustainable
mobility, in the form of a bicycle and/or
a public transport pass is now possible.
We encourage our personnel to use
alternative transport modes.
The first vehicles ordered as part of
this new mobility policy have been in
circulation since January 2017. 30% of
new orders already combine a company
car with a sustainable mobility method
and we noticed an increase in the
number of hybrid cars. The result is a 5 %
reduction of CO
2
emissions compared
with 2016 (-27 % compared with 2010)
and a 62.1
1
average ecoscore of our vehicle
fleet.
Shared equipment
were provided to
all members of our personnel as part of
the transition. Our fleet comprises now
an electric car and a recently acquired
electric bicycle. Their use has encouraged
some of our employees to give preference
to the electric bicycle for commuting.
Others are planning to do so soon.
Furthermore, we have provided IT
solutions (high-end portables, suitable
telephone equipment) to all of our
employees in order
to facilitate
teleworking
for those interested. In 2017,
about ten employees chose to work
from home one day a week. This has had
a positive impact both in terms of travel
and well-being of those involved.
FOR OUR CLIENT-TENANTS
Our role in our portfolio consists primarily
in raising our clients-tenants’ awareness.
By implementing a range of
facilities
in
our office buildings our impact becomes
measurable.
Nowadays, bicycles, and especially electric
bicycles, have become a real competitor
for the car for 10 to 20 km journeys
between home and workplace. Improved
facilities in our office buildings are
therefore essential. For cyclists, this means
bicycle parking spaces
, preferably indoor,
and
showers
with or without lockers.
Growing vehicle traffic is making
city travel more difficult and creates
discomfort for residents through
increased air pollution and noise. The use
of electric vehicles in response to these
issues also requires specific equipment
such as
charging stations
.
Our company has a
carpooling platform
since several years. Given the importance
of critical mass in carpooling, this platform
was opened to the tenants of three office
sites.
A final incentive to reduce travel by car
is to decrease the number of available
parking spaces on arrival. Following the
introduction of the Cobrace legislation
2
,
we have ordered a mobility assessment
of two buildings in our portfolio. The goal
of this assessment is to estimate the need
in number of parking spaces according
to the different purposes (visitors,
deliveries, charging stations). The Brussels’
authorities currently offer two options for
spaces which will no longer be allowed at
the environmental permit expiry: paying
an environmental tax or transitioning
to shared/public parking spaces. We
believe that the second option is more
sustainable over the long term and will
increase the occupancy of parking spaces
by rotation.
1
In absolute value. The average 2016 ecoscore of the entire fleet of leased vehicles in Belgium was 63.6 thanks to their
high replacement rate. Source:
http://ecoscore.be.
2
Brussels air, climate and energy control Code.