Montgomery Square

Address Tervurenlaan, Brussels

Surface 26.767m²

Project description

SuReal acts as a sustainability expert in the supervision of the renovation of the former RIZIV headquarters. In the field of certification, SuReal is responsible for the BREEAM Outstanding certification, the DGNB certification, and for making the design WELL-proof. SuReal also takes care of the EPB reporting.

Budget Confidential

Project Period 2020 – 2024

Delivery phase Q2 2024

Client Kolmont

Designers B2Ai, Defonseca, MDP

MEP engineering B2Ai

Sustainability Management: BREEAM, WELL and EPB reporting

These office spaces located on Montgomery Square in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert offer a pleasant working environment with a unique character, between modernity and tradition. The extensive site located between the Tervurenlaan and the St Michielskollegestraat offers many possibilities.
The former headquarters of the RIZIV was located in this complex of two office buildings connected by a central garden and a basement. Built in the early 1970s, then renovated between 2001 and 2004, the site now deserves a new upgrade.
After a thorough renovation, the European Commission will move into the buildings. The office function will therefore be retained. However, the comfort and sustainability of the site will improve in all areas.

In the field of certification, SuReal is responsible for the BREEAM Excellent certification and for making the design WELL-proof. SuReal also takes care of the EPB reporting.

To feed the different certificates, but even more so to minimize the ecological footprint, SuReal carries out the following studies:

  • Energy concept study: TCO analysis to work out the optimal energy concept that takes into account initial investments, operational costs, replacement investments, and residual value. The CO2 and eq emissions of the different scenarios to be investigated are also taken into account.
  • Facade optimization based on the following sub-studies:

– Dynamic simulations to determine daylight, summer and winter comfort, heating and cooling demand
-Possible integration of PV in the façade (BIPV) and the corresponding energy yield
-Impact of materials based on LCA studies and potential determination of reuse of existing materials

  • Since the site has a large interior area, additional study work will be carried out to determine the water concept. In cooperation with a recognised ecologist, the optimal development of the greenery and biodiversity will also be examined.

SuReal’s role

BREEAM New Construction certification “Excellent”
WELL-proof guidance
EPB advise and reporting

Thermal and daylight comfort analysis
Water concept
Material analysis (LCA) and circular economy advice
Energy concept study