Uit de nationale oproep om mee te doen aan de Best

Practice Belgische Competitie, hadden we 4 projecten

geselecteerd om te laten beoordelen door onze

‘water’experten jury. Kasteelhoeve Wange werd door de

jury verkozen als nationale winnaar en voorgedragen aan

de internationale jury. Hieronder een kort overzicht van de

4 projecten:

• Kasteelhoeve Wange – Integrated Watermanagement

• Hotel Fevery – Rim Free toilets

• Hotel Navarra – Goede Huisvader Praktijken

• Hilton Brussels Grand Place – Reverse Osmosis for

Dishwasser

Water Expert Jury Compositie - België

Good Planet water expert: murray.biedler@dbluec.com (Director and Senior Consultant at Deep Blue Consultants)

VMM (Flemish environmental administration) water quality expert : Steven van den Broeck s.vandenbroeck@vmm.be

VMM operational expert: Adelheid Vanhille a.vanhille@vmm.be

VMM watercleaning expert: Ingeborg Barrez i.barrez@vmm.be

Walloon environmental adminstration: Isabelle Delgoffe du Contrat de rivière Dyle-Gette (CRDG) (Wallonie)

• Guest house and meeting location

• 25 beds

• 4 meeting rooms

• located in the beautiful undulating

Hageland and surrounded by hundreds

of acres of orchards and fields: an almost

hidden place in Flanders, on the borders

of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and

Wallonia.

‘Kasteelhoeve Wange is a site where lots of people

meet. We want to be a pioneer in sustainable

practices. Lots of people are inspired and filled with

enthusiasm by our ideas on sustainability when they

leave.’ Philip Van Kelst, manager Kasteelhoeve Wange.

“Water & Energy & Awareness raising Integrated management” project

All the ’dirty’ water that leaves the farm is cleaned in two

underground water cleaning installations (60.000 liters). It’s an

natural cleaning system, that works on bacteriological bases.

After passing this water cleaning installation, all the water that

leaves the farm is clean and drinkable. It enters the ’GETE’, a

small river that passes the farm.

All the people who stay, live and work at the Kasteelhoeve (

+/- 35 persons a day) do not impact anymore the quality of

the water in a negative, polluting way.

Natural swimming

pond with water

captured from the

roof of the

farm(600 m²). The

water in the

swimming pond is

partly cleaned by

special plants in

the pond

In March 2016 a

system will be

installed to clean

this water to use it

for the toilets,

garden and

animals

Japanese irises

are used to

clean the water.

In 2017 another

another roof

(600 m²) will be

connected to the

swimming pond.

At that moment

the water supply

for toilets will be

covered for 90

%.

Water is heated

by the use of

woodchips

Within 5 years

the wood chips

will be

produced by

ourselves on a

place

nearby.The

wood we have

planted will

take out the

amount of CO2

that we still

produce, of the

air. At that

moment we will

be 100% CO²

neutral .

The electricity

needed for the

pumps (heating

sanitary water,

pumping up the

water for the

toilets...) is

produced by

solar panels.

The solar system

provides 80 % of

the electricity

needs of the

farm.

All pumps are low energy pumps

(50% less energy use than

standard pumps).

‘Companies and tourists choose the

Kasteelhoeve for its sustainability. It

has a massive impact on our

marketing. After 4 years the

Kasteelhoeve is constantly fully

booked. It is impossible to calculate

the financial return at this level.’ Philip Van Kelst, manager Kasteelhoeve Wange.

Contactgegevens

• Adres: Collaert Mansionstraat 3, Brugge

• Paul Asselman - paul@hotelfevery.be

Project - Rim-Free Toilets

• Toiletpotten dienden vervangen te worden

• Advies ingewonnen over betere systemen

• Rand-vrije toiletten (rim - free)

• In alle gastenkamers geïnstalleerd

• Informatie aan gasten via Facebook & Website

Concept / voordelen:

• Slimme waterverdeler

• Geen (minder) plaats voor bacteriën

• Verbruikt minder water: tijdens de schoonmaak, door de betere

waterverdeling

• Ander voordeel: vermindering van poetsuren

Slimme waterverdeling:

rondom &

dun verspreid, daardoor

grotere kracht

en beter

wegspoeleffect

• 4-star hotel

• 224 rooms and suites

• 17 meeting rooms

• Restaurant, bar and fitness center

• Prime location right at the heart of the

Brussels’ historic city center, near the

Grand Place

Reverse osmosis

A reverse osmosis unit has been set up to supply the

dishwashing machine.

This system improves the quality of the water in the

machines by reducing its hardness.

This prevents the staff to polish the cutlery and glasses

before setting the tables for the guests.

This enhancement impacts the entire catering service.

Benefits of the good practice:

This practice offers a quicker and better result while

washing the cutlery.

It also reduces the use of chemical products,

enables an energy saving in water heating and

prevents damaging the heating resistor.

More information:

JOHANNA GROSJEAN

Personal Assistant to General Manager

HILTON BRUSSELS GRAND PLACE

t: +32 (0)2 548 41 75

email: johanna.grosjean@hilton.com

Contactgegevens

• Adres: St. Jakobsstraat 41 – B-8000 Brugge

• Michel Maertens: michel.maertens@hotelnavarra.com

Project - “Goede Huisvader praktijken van Green Key”

• Hoge kwaliteits perlatoren op alle kranen (type Neoperl) voor

constant verminderd waterdebiet (<6l/min)

• Douchekoppen vervangen door nieuwe waterreductie technologie

van Grohe (betere verdeling, constant verminderd debiet, krachtige

waterstraal bekomen door vermenging /inblazen van lucht) (<7l-

9l/min)

• Installatie nieuwe doorspoelknoppen voor alle toilletten: verminderd

waterverbruik met voldoende spoelkracht (<6l/spoelbeurt)

• Handdoeken: effectief ‘wasbesparingsprogramma’, uitleg aan

gasten & instructies voor personeel

• Auditprocedure voor het opsporen van waterlekkages