Sustainability and Circularity What we do

Installation advice

We are specialized in all aspects of installation advice. Our consultants in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, measurement and control technology and transport installations are available to realize an optimal installation concept, from a straightforward one to very complex.

Sustainability and circularity

Sustainability and circularity are important in our installation advice. After all, comfortable, healthy, flexible buildings and installations are necessary for a sustainable future. We also like to think along about the use of raw materials and the reuse of building materials.

Commissioning

Commissioning is a process of quality control: do the building installations meet the predetermined principles and do they function in practice as agreed. We have the experts in-house to guide this process from the preliminary design through to delivery and commissioning.

Smart building

When designing installations in buildings, more and more buildings are made 'smart': we integrate smart, innovative techniques to improve the working and living environment – the well-being and health – of the user.

Healthy buildings

In healthy buildings, the installations are designed in such a way that the user can live, work and recreate optimally. And which therefore benefit health. After all, people spend much of their time in buildings.

Our team

At Valstar Simonis about seventy employees work in all disciplines of installation consultancy. This means we always have the right team at hand for every project.

Our organization

Preserving our earth, that's what we do it for. It is not without reason that our mission is to make maximum use of our knowledge for a healthy and sustainable world.

Vacancies

With about 70 colleagues spread over five locations, we make society healthier and more sustainable. Our smart advisors use their knowledge to devise the best (technical) solutions for healthy, circular, flexible and comfortable buildings.

Vacancies

We are always looking for good, professional but above all nice colleagues who, just like us, feel the urge to leave behind a better world for future generations.

Internships

Valstar Simonis welcomes students (third year or higher) who want to conduct research into a current technical problem as an internship or graduation assignment.

The importance of sustainability and circularity

Sustainability plays a major role in the industry and in our organization. It is not without reason that our mission is to use our knowledge to the maximum for a healthy and sustainable world. The energy transition is of course an important driver, but the origin and reuse of materials also increasingly plays a major role in our advice.

Professionals

1000

Years of joint experience

100+

Projects we are proud of

Vacancies

Sustainability

Comfortable, healthy and flexible buildings are necessary for a sustainable future. The building environment accounts for a large part of the energy consumption, but can therfore also be a large part of the solution. Energy-neutral construction has been in demand for some time in new construction and renovation. We therefore thrive to design as many (almost) energy neutral buildings (NZEB) as possible.

We have experts who are certified to issue a BREEAM certificate for projects. In addition, an internal sustainability tool has been developed based on the BREEAM methodology. This allows us to determine our own ambition and contribution for projects. This tool can also be used to discuss sustainability with clients. We have designed many BREEAM-NL certified projects and also supervised the realization. The latter is important to monitor that the sustainability is actually built.

In this way, we do our utmost to contribute to the realisation of the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Sustainability at Valstar Simonis

Energy transition
BREEAM

Circularity

In addition to sustainability, we also strive more and more include the theme of circularity in our advice and add it to the agenda of the industry. Circularity revolves around the reuse of products and materials, in order to minimize the extraction of new raw materials. This to prevent the depletion of earth, unnecessary energy consumption and pollution. Circular design, construction, management and maintenance are not for granted yet, but fortunately we see the demand increase more and more.

A good example of this is the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences where the old building was sustainably demolished and a large part of the materials could be reused elsewhere. In new construction, it is important to properly map and record the materials used, the so-called materials passport. This makes reuse easier in the future. It is therefore important to adapt the design method and to collaborate in other ways throughout the entire construction chain. We are happy to think along about this.

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Circularity at Valstar Simonis

Reuse materials
Circular design
Materials passport

WHAT MORE WE DO

A healthy and sustainable world cannot be taken for granted and the challenges are great. We try to contribute to this within all aspects of installation advice. The energy transition plays an important role in this, but also the reuse of materials, a healthy indoor climate and a well-functioning building.