Insulate

The subsidy applies to residents of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel with an owner-occupied house with a maximum WOZ value of €429,300 (reference date January 1, 2022) and energy label D, E, F or G (or 2 building parts yet to be insulated). You must be the owner and occupant of the owner-occupied home.

Doesn't your home have an energy label?

Then you can make an appointment with an energy coach, they will give you information. The energy coach checks whether at least 2 building parts of the house are not or poorly insulated. These are the floor, floor, facade, cavity wall, roof, attic, windows and doors.

Where can you find the energy label?

Have no idea if your home has an energy label and if so, what label it is? Look it up using the Environment Center webpage external icon.

To claim the grant, you must meet certain conditions. Enter your zip code and house number and find out if you meet the conditions. If you do, the available offer will appear.

Have you applied for the subsidy? An energy coach always reviews the options with you and informs you about the building parts of your home that can still be insulated. After this conversation, the energy coach (when possible) opens up the next step.

Once the energy coach has opened up the next step for you, you have three choices:

1. You will receive one or more (no-obligation) quotes from affiliated who can insulate your home. You decide whether and with which performer you will make an agreement. The subsidy is deducted from the invoice you receive later. So you yourself only pay any remaining amount.
2. Would you like to request a quote from another performer? If so, please indicate that on the website. We check this executor against certain . Does the contractor meet these conditions? Then you can also request a quote from this contractor. The subsidy will eventually be deducted from the invoice you receive later. So you don't have to advance the subsidy amount.
3. You go to the hardware store and start insulating your home yourself. When you choose this option, you have to purchase materials yourself. The costs for this must therefore be 'advanced'. If you meet the criteria, you will receive the subsidy amount.

Have you made a choice? Then you can start insulating! Make sure you always take photos of the work (without people) before, during and after. These serve as justification later. Sample checks may also be done by a neutral party.

Have you chosen to have an (affiliated) contractor perform the work? Then you will receive an invoice on which the subsidy has already been deducted. You will have to pay any remaining amount yourself.

Have you chosen to work on your own? Then you must provide an accounting consisting of an evidence form, photos and invoices and/or receipts of the materials purchased. This justification will be checked. If everything is approved, you will be paid the subsidy.

In either case, you will receive notification afterwards that the final grant has been awarded.

Considering local animals

To protect wildlife, new national rules have been in place since May 2024 when insulating a home. If you plan to insulate, you are required to hire a company that takes local animals into account when insulating. We call this nature-friendly insulation.

Nature-friendly insulation

Companies that specialize in nature-friendly insulation take extra care to preserve sparrows, swifts and bat species, among others. They can advise what solutions are available and what that entails in terms of measures. This may mean additional research and preparation before you can start work.

Working with a company that provides nature-friendly insulation means:

• That the company takes into account breeding seasons of birds and maternity and wintering periods of bats. This may mean that the insulation company will have to wait a while before they can start work. Make sure you have already made all the arrangements so you can start as soon as possible;
• that the company places caps over openings such as holes in the facade. These "exclusion flaps" allow bats to fly away, but not back;
• That the company arranges replacement habitats for protected animals by leaving space in the cavity;
• That the company file a notification of the work with the county.

Maximum number of dwellings per core

There is a limit set by the government on the number of homes per core that can have nature-friendly insulation without an ecological study or permit. Has the maximum been reached in your core? Then the work shifts to the next available moment. Your insulation company will know more about this.

Want to know more about nature-friendly insulation? Then take a look at the website of Verbeterjehuis.