Article source: Atelier Kempe Thill

Recently the building process has been started for the new smart grid research laboratory and education centre “energyville” for the Catholic University of Leuven at the campus in Genk-Waterschei. The building has a size of 15.000m2 and is set-up as a generous and super flexible structure based on C2C principles. The new building will be Flanders’ most sustainable building in terms of energy-use, is CO-2 neutral and will achieve a BREEAM Excellent label.

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• Architects:Atelier Kempe Thill
• Project: START BUILDING PROCESS SMART GRID LABORATORY “ENERGYVILLE”
• Location: GENK, BELGIUM
• Client: KU Leuven, Belgium
• Program: laboratory and parking garage
• Co-architect: architecture office Osar Antwerp