Duurzaam Bouwloket

What Duurzaam Bouwloket does

Duurzaam Bouwloket B.V. is a Dutch private limited company headquartered in Stompetoren (municipality of Alkmaar) that operates as a municipal energy advice portal, known in Dutch as a "gemeentelijk energieloket." The company provides free advisory services to private homeowners on sustainable building measures, energy conservation, energy generation (solar panels), heating transitions (heat pumps, hybrid systems), and the navigation of subsidies and financing. It serves multiple customer segments including private homeowners (primary), homeowner associations (VvE), new construction projects, owners of protected historic monuments, and low-income households. Geographically it covers municipalities across at least nine Dutch provinces — North Holland, Friesland, Zeeland, South Holland, Overijssel, Limburg, Gelderland, Utrecht, and North Brabant.

The service is delivered through a website where users select their municipality to receive localized subsidy and measure information, supported by trained energy advisors (Energie Adviseurs) conducting home visits, information evenings, webinars, neighborhood-based programs (wijkaanpak), collective purchasing actions (inkoopacties) for insulation and solar panels, and a mobile showroom. The underlying technology is a conventional content and form-driven web platform rather than a proprietary product; no AI/ML capabilities, APIs, mobile apps, or patented technology are disclosed. Service offerings include a step-by-step plan (stappenplan) for achieving a gas-free home, a subsidy check tool, energy coaching, and access to certified installation companies.

Duurzaam Bouwloket's business model is professional services revenue earned from municipal and provincial government contracts and subsidies, not from direct fees paid by homeowners. Advisory services to residents are free, monetized indirectly through public-sector funding tied to the Dutch national mandate that all homes must be gas-free by 2050. The company has no disclosed external investors, parent company, or subsidiaries, and operates with 11–50 employees. It has built partnerships with multiple municipal governments, the Province of Friesland, DiBo (Borne), TerraTechnica, and Alfa-college to extend its subsidy and outreach infrastructure.

Name

Duurzaam Bouwloket

Legal name

Duurzaam Bouwloket B.V.

Website

https://duurzaambouwloket.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stompetoren

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government-funded advisory services: Duurzaam Bouwloket operates as a municipal energy advice center (gemeentelijk energieloket) funded by municipal government partnerships. The organization provides free or subsidized advice to homeowners on sustainable renovation, energy savings, and financing options. Revenue appears to come from municipal contracts and government subsidies rather than direct customer fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Duurzaam Bouwloket is a Dutch municipal energy advice center that provides free, independent advisory services to homeowners on sustainable building, energy conservation, energy generation (such as solar panels), and financing options including subsidies. Its core deliverable is hands-on guidance (personal advice, step-by-step stappenplan, subsidy checks, neighborhood programs) to help residents prepare their homes for the transition to natural gas-free living by 2050, with delivery funded through municipal contracts and government/provincial grants.

Product overview

Duurzaam Bouwloket is a municipal energy advisory service ("energieloket") that provides homeowners and residents with free independent advice on sustainable building, energy savings, energy generation, and financing options. The platform operates as a localized information hub, working with municipalities across the Netherlands to help residents prepare their homes for a gas-free future by 2050. Key service offerings include: a step-by-step action plan ("stappenplan") for achieving a gas-free home, subsidy checks for available financial incentives, energy coaching services, neighborhood-based energy-saving initiatives, and access to certified installation companies. The service does not sell a standalone software product but rather acts as an advisory and information intermediary connecting residents with relevant subsidies, measures (such as insulation, heat pumps, solar panels), and local government programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Energy Advice (Energie Advies) Free, one-on-one advisory session (including home visits by Energie Adviseurs) where homeowners receive personalized guidance on sustainable renovation, insulation, heat pumps, solar panels, subsidies, and financing for their specific municipality.
• Stappenplan (Step-by-Step Plan to a Gas-Free Home) Structured step-by-step roadmap service that walks Dutch homeowners through the actions, measures, and subsidies required to transition their home to natural gas-free living by 2050.
• Subsidiecheck (Subsidy Check) Free subsidy eligibility check that identifies which municipal, provincial and national subsidies a homeowner qualifies for based on their municipality and planned sustainability measures.
• Inkoopacties (Collective Purchasing Actions) Group purchasing program that aggregates homeowner demand for insulation, solar panels, and similar sustainability measures to negotiate discounted collective pricing with verified contractors.
• Wijkaanpak (Neighborhood-Based Energy Programs) Door-to-door neighborhood outreach programs in specific Dutch neighborhoods that engage residents in collective energy improvement initiatives, including information evenings and follow-up coaching.
• VvE Advisory (Advice for Homeowner Associations) Specialized advisory service for homeowner associations (VvEs), covering coordinated sustainability improvements, group-subsidy access, and multi-year maintenance planning for shared residential buildings.
• Nieuwbouw (New Construction) Advisory Specialized advisory service for homeowners and developers planning new residential construction, covering sustainable building practices, energy performance optimization, and subsidy access from the design stage.
• Monument Sustainability Advisory Specialized advisory service for owners of protected historic (monument) properties, providing guidance on heritage-compatible energy improvements and access to monument-specific subsidy programs.
• Mobile Showroom Traveling physical showroom that visits local markets and community locations across partnered municipalities, displaying working examples of sustainable technologies (heat pumps, solar panels, insulation materials) so homeowners can see them in person.
• Information Evenings and Webinars Scheduled community information evenings and webinars (both in-person and online) hosted by Duurzaam Bouwloket Energie Adviseurs for homeowners to learn about sustainable renovation, subsidies, and ask questions.

Quantifiable outcome

• In 2050, all Dutch homes must be disconnected from natural gas — Duurzaam Bouwloket helps homeowners prepare for this transition
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Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Municipal governments (multiple)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuurzaam Bouwloket operates as an official municipal energy advice center (gemeentelijk energieloket) for partnered municipalities. They help municipalities implement their energy transition goals by providing free advice to homeowners. Examples include municipalities in North Holland (Alkmaar, Den Helder, Schagen), South Holland, Friesland (Leeuwarden, various Frisian municipalities), and Zeeland.
• Province of Friesland (Provincie Fryslân)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Province of Friesland to provide insulation subsidies and sustainability programs for residents of Frisian municipalities. Multiple Frisian municipalities participate in these provincial programs through Duurzaam Bouwloket.
• Stichting Duurzame Initiatieven Borne (DiBo)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with DiBo in Borne municipality to support local energy transition initiatives, including the Energiefonds (energy fund) for sustainability loans.
• TerraTechnicaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuurzaam Bouwloket became a new partner of TerraTechnica, a sustainable technology organization.
• Alfa-college (educational institution)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudents from the Alfa-college strengthen the Energy Taskforce (Energie Klusteam), providing hands-on energy improvement assistance to residents.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hoomdossier: Dutch digital platform that guides homeowners through subsidy applications and sustainable renovation, often delivered via municipal partnerships. Closely comparable to Duurzaam Bouwloket on the energieloket-on-behalf-of-municipality model and on homeowner subsidy-navigation workflow.
• NIBE (Nederlands Instituut voor Bouwbiologie en Ecologie): Dutch consultancy and training institute focused on sustainable building, energy performance, and healthy indoor environments. Comparable advisory/training offering for sustainable construction, but B2B-oriented (professionals and developers) rather than residential.
• Milieu Centraal: Dutch non-profit providing independent sustainability and energy-saving advice to households. Highly comparable as a publicly-funded residential sustainability advisory covering measures, subsidies, and energy coaching — overlapping in target customer (Dutch homeowners) and advisory content, though with a national mandate rather than municipal-partner model.
• Enpuls: Subsidiary of Enexis (regional grid operator) that builds digital tools and advisory services for the residential energy transition, including for VvEs and individual homeowners. Comparable municipal/residential energy-advisory model and target customers across the Netherlands.

Regional players

• Verbraucherzentrale NRW: German consumer advice center offering independent energy, heating, and renovation advice to households, often publicly funded. Highly comparable in mission, funding model, and free resident-facing energy advisory.
• Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE): UK non-profit delivering free home energy advice, retrofit coordination, and community programs funded by local authorities and government. Directly comparable model of public-funded resident-facing energy advice on the path to net-zero housing.
• Energy Saving Trust: UK charity providing government-backed energy-efficiency advice to households and small businesses, including subsidy navigation and renewable adoption. Comparable mission and funding mechanism (public-backed residential energy advisor).

Broad incumbents

• Stichting Woonbond: Dutch tenant and housing association providing advice on housing quality, sustainability, and costs. Shares the residential energy-and-housing advisory remit, though focused primarily on tenants rather than owner-occupiers.
• Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH): The largest Dutch homeowners' association, offering members advice on housing, energy savings, and renovation. Comparable consumer base and trust-based advisory role, though it is a membership organization rather than a municipal-contract advisor.

Others

• RVO (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland): Dutch national agency that administers the ISDE subsidy scheme for insulation and heat pumps. It is the upstream subsidy authority Duurzaam Bouwloket channels homeowners into — comparable as part of the same public-advisory ecosystem but not a peer company.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Dubo_Loket

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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