Stichting Bo-Ex ’91 is a housing corporation under Dutch Law, the Housing Act, established in 1907. Their main task is to provide low income households with sound quality and affordable housing. Bo- Ex cannot be selective in admitting households to its dwellings, except for income (there is a maximum).
Bo-Ex is the owner of more than 9,000 dwellings in the city of Utrecht. Bo-Ex has a very ambitious refurbishment programme. In the period 2020– 2025 more than 1,000 dwellings will be refurbished. And also Bo- Ex works on the realization of several new-build projects: in the period 2020-2025 more than 500 newbuild houses will be realized.

Bos Installatiewerken B.V. is a Building Services contractor / Technical contractor established in 1939.
Their main task is to provide clean water, sufficient ventilation and sustainable building services. The past couple years Bos has had a major role in the renovation concept Inside Out. The renovation concept focusses on creating energy sufficient / zeroenergy apartments buildings.

Gemeente Utrecht (Municipality Utrecht) is the fourth largest municipality in the Netherlands. The city’s population is growing from 339,000 today to 400,000 in 2028. Utrecht is home to the largest university in the Netherlands (Utrecht University), as well as many other renowned (applied) research institutes, such as the University of Applied Sciences HU. The municipality highly values multistakeholder collaboration, combining technical and social innovation. Due to the city’s natural role as transportation hub, the municipality of Utrecht for decades already prioritizes sustainable mobility, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The first Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) was submitted in 2008. Gemeente Utrecht is committed to be a climate neutral city in 2030. By 2020, they will have reduced CO2 emissions by 30% compared with 2010 and increased the share of renewable energy to 20%.

Energie‑U is a residents’ energy cooperative in Utrecht that drives neighbourhood-led efforts in sustainable energy. It helps homeowners and local communities to retrofit their homes, form collective procurement groups and develop renewable-energy projects such as solar parks. At the same time, the cooperative monitors the energy system by promoting knowledge-sharing, advocating for affordability and reliability, and resisting dependency on large providers.

iWELL is a private company supplying smart energy storage solutions. They are responsible for providing smart batteries and smart energy management clouds for the Utrecht demonstrator in the ARV project.

Through its practice-based research, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht contributes to solutions for a wide range of societal issues. Issues submitted by our partners working in the field – at the regional, national and international level.UAS Utrechthas around 36,000 degree seeking students enrolled and offers over 70 different degree courses (bachelor and master level, full-time and part-time, summer school and professional courses). Education and research are closely related at HU. 

The research group Applied Urban Energy Transition has the following expertise: construction, engineering,
renovation, operations & maintenance, building physics, monitoring & real estate finance, customer journey,
supply chain innovation, product development. The research unit is part of CoE Smart Sustainable Cities.

Utrecht University (UU), founded in 1636, is an internationally renowned research university. The quality of research at the University is demonstrated by positive research evaluations and a high position in international league tables. The research group Energy & Resources (E&R) is the major group in the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, with about 60 staff and researchers. One of its research focus areas is smart grid development, large-scale penetration of photovoltaics and the need of flexibility in our energy grids. The research activities address integration of photovoltaics and other intermittent renewable sources in the energy system, predominantly applied in urban environments. Research includes data management platforms for smart energy and mobility solutions in cities, as well as monitoring, evaluating and optimizing these solutions in practice. Four senior and twelve junior researchers are specialists in this area.

Woonin is a Dutch housing corporation. We provide housing for low-income households in the Utrecht region. Woonin owns 30.000 dwellings, have done so for the last 100 years and will continue to do so. We aim to grow in order to keep up with the growth of te city. We build new projects and renovate older ones. We also sell some of our real-estate and even demolish some in order to build more and better new houses.