{"type":"document","data":{"id":"4dc6fef3-6ad7-499d-bdb4-304ebc1ff63e","localeString":"en-GB","publishDate":"2023-06-09T15:34:06.889+02:00","contentType":"onecms:editorialPage","hasMacro":false,"flexPageMetadata":{"afmBanner":false,"robotInstruction":{"noIndex":false,"noFollow":false},"description":"With this call for projects, the ING Green Building Fund wants to create buildings that make a positive contribution to our environment."},"mainHeaderZone":{"componentType":"editorialHeader","coreHeader":{"title":"ING Sustainable Buildings Fund","body":"Imagine the city of tomorrow. A place where almost all urban infrastructure is covered by plants and trees. Where the air is no longer polluted and where noise and temperature extremes are considerably reduced.... What if the first step to this ideal city was to green the facades of our public buildings?"},"backLink":{"textLink":{"url":"/en/individuals/news/sustainability","text":"Sustainability"}},"date":"2023-06-09","readingTime":4},"flexZone":{"flexComponents":[{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The ING Sustainable Buildings Fund aims to help you implement your project to greenify the facades of public access buildings, for the benefit of everyone. A minimum of €300,000 is available for all the projects, with a maximum of €100,000 per project.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>"}},{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Just a few of the many benefits of green facades!"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The ING Sustainable Buildings Fund wants to make a lasting contribution to cleaner air in cities, reduce urban ‘heat island’ effects and bring nature back into the city to improve the well-being of residents and the positive contribution buildings make to the environment. Capture of fine particles and CO2, improved building thermal and sound insulation and increased biodiversity...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>"},"textLinks":[{"url":"https://assets.ing.com/m/55063bdff399e6ab/original/Appel-a-projet-green-wall-03-2022-EN.pdf","text":"Find out all the advantages of green facades."}]},{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Call for projects"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Call for projects closed on the 8th of June 2023.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Are you planning to greenify the facades of a museum, a railway station or a community centre to give inhabitants, users and your building the benefits of greening? Are you looking to take advantage of the large exterior walls of a hospital or sports centre to create vertical hanging green spaces? Would you like to turn your school campus in the city into a green oasis with all kinds of plants adorning the walls of your site’s buildings and use them as instruments of sustainability and well-being?<strong> </strong>The ING Fund for Sustainable Buildings can help you make your façade greening project a reality.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><ul><li><span><span><span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Who is this call intended for?: </span></span></strong><span><span>A project can be submitted by any organisation, public or private, occupying a building frequently visited by the public or accessible to the public, such as municipal houses, town halls, railway stations, hospitals, rest and care homes, rehabilitation centres, nursing homes, crèches, schools, training establishments, sports centres, swimming pools, museums, theatres, cultural centres, libraries, media libraries, community centres, etc. This call for projects is not intended for companies or commercial initiatives, nor is it for the projects of individuals.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span><span><span> <span><span><span><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Aid proposed</span></span></strong><span><span>: A minimum of €300,000 is available for all the projects, with a maximum of €100,000 per project.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul>"}},{"componentType":"highlight","title":"Call for projects 2023","richBody":{"value":"<ul><li><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Call for projects closed on the 8th of June 2023.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Visit </span></span></span><a href=\"http://media.kbs-frb.be/fr/media/10304/ING%20Fonds%20voor%20duurzame%20gebouwen_selectiecriteria_FR_2023\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>eligibility and selection criteria here</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></li></ul>"}},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p></p>"},"alignedImage":{"position":"top","transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/f8816aa7-0e68-495d-b1c0-686bbf4f3d89/KBF-Sustainable-buildings-funds-1","original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/5f81c3ec169e308a/original/KBF-Sustainable-buildings-funds-1.jpg","extension":"jpg"}},{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"ING is committed to meeting the challenge of climate change"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Today, climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our society. ING wants to make an important contribution to this, in particular by facilitating initiatives for more sustainability. This is why the ING Sustainable Buildings Fund was created. The bank is going to renovate its own Marnix building in an environmentally friendly way, including a green roof. After the renovation, the Marnix building will be carbon neutral with a BREEAM Outstanding certificate, one of the most important sustainability certificates for buildings and a first in Belgium. Other ING buildings in several cities will follow suit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>"},"textLinks":[{"url":"/en/individuals/news/sustainability/climate-action","text":"Find out more about ING role in Climate adaptation"}]}]},"complementaryZone":{"flexComponents":[{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Also interesting!"},{"componentType":"cards","cards":[{"componentType":"productCard","cardType":"product","cardSize":"small","title":"Sustainable Buildings Guide","intro":"Improve the energy performance of your buildings","image":{"transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/8a34edd0-5b47-4598-b3cd-43fa67c4534b/houseenergylabel1","type":"image","width":0,"original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/5e21728928954868/original/houseenergylabel1.svg","extension":"svg"},"link":{"url":"/en/business/sustainable-business/sustainable-buildings-guide-en"}},{"componentType":"articleCard","cardType":"article","cardSize":"medium","title":"Our sustainability direction","body":"Article | ING has the responsibility to define new ways of doing business where planet and people are just as important as economic growth.","image":{"transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/e1298544-8133-4a72-8c66-f6adc25f6d3d/Sustainability-clients-1920","type":"image","width":1920,"original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/6b27540d02d408a6/original/Sustainability-clients-1920.jpg","extension":"jpg"},"date":"2023-06-09","link":{"url":"/en/individuals/news/sustainability/ing-solutions-sustainability"}}]}]}}}