Preserving monuments - grants and information

There are several options for financing preservation of monuments. It is wise to check with the various implementing agencies to see if your project is eligible. The main implementing agencies for grant schemes for the preservation of monuments in the Netherlands are:

  • Insulation Action Opsterland (LAI) Municipality of Opsterland
  • RCE: Focus on national monuments and policy.
  • National Restoration Fund: Financial support and guidance.
  • RFO: Sustainability subsidies and tax schemes.
  • Provinces and Municipalities: Regional and Local Support.
  • Heat Fund: Financing for sustainability.
  • Stimuleringsfonds Volkshuisvesting (SVn): sustainable financing solutions to different target groups.

By working with these agencies, monument owners can implement targeted and effective preservation measures.

Advice from energy explorers

In the municipality of Opsterland, Bas Tromp and Lisanne Runhart help homeowners with the Local Approach to Insulation (LAI). This subsidy is for houses with a WOZ value up to €429,300 (reference date 01-01-2022) and a poor energy label.

The energy explorers will help you:

  • To see how to make your home more energy efficient.
  • With forms, advice and quotations.
  • To figure out how to pay for it.

More information can be found at: Energy explorers | Energy in Opsterland

Energy coach tells woman about sustainability

Insulation Action Opsterland (LAI).

Municipality of Opsterland now has an insulation promotion. We offer you € 2,177 to spend on insulation in your home. You may participate in this action when your house is not yet properly insulated and the WOZ value of your house is lower than € 429.300,- (reference date 2022).

KIik here for all Requirements and to apply.

Preservation program for national monuments

You are the owner of a national monument. Your building has a poor energy label and you think it is high time that this is improved. You have looked around on the Internet, but you are already reeling from all the things that can and cannot be done. In order to support owners of national monuments on their way to making their monument more sustainable, the National Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE) has started the Program for the Preservation of Monuments. The program is implemented by the National Restoration Fund (NRF). 

https://zelfscan.duurzaam-monument.nl/

The Green Menu

Owners of pre-war, listed and protected buildings often don't know where to start with sustainability. What are the best steps to take? What regulations and financing apply? There is also a great demand for good examples. This is precisely why there is The Green Menu: one place where the visitor gets insight into opportunities for energy savings and energy generation, regulations, subsidies and financing. Whether for a home, church, fort or farm. The website is also used by professionals, as a way to talk to monument owners about the opportunities for their property. https://www.degroenemenukaart.nl/nl

Sustainability Roadmap for Monuments

The Roadmap for Making Monuments More Sustainable contains the joint strategy of all organizations involved to make monuments more sustainable and thereby achieve the necessary CO₂ reduction. Making monuments more sustainable is central, but just as important is preserving the monumental values and keeping monuments in use.

https://www.duurzaamerfgoed.nl/

Guide monumental living preservation

The Monumental Living Preservation Guide will help you on your way as you get started with preserving your monument. This guide is offered to you free of charge by Nationaal Restauratiefonds and the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.

The guide will give you answers to questions such as:

  • What is involved in sustainability?
  • In what ways can you make your monument more sustainable?
  • Is there a grant or loan available?

Find your specialist in the Specialist Directory https://www.monumenten.nl/gidsverduurzaming

Sustainable heritage toolkit

The Sustainable Heritage Toolkit provides an overview of all technical preservation options within the framework of monumental values.

https://www.toolkitduurzaamerfgoed.nl/

Investment subsidy for renewable energy and energy conservation (ISDE)

Investment subsidy for renewable energy and energy conservation (ISDE)

The Investment Subsidy for Sustainable Energy and Energy Saving (ISDE) is for homeowners and business users. You are eligible for ISDE if you are the owner-occupier of a monument. And if your home has monument status. The home must then be listed independently or as part of a building at one of the registers below:

  • national monument in the national register of monuments
  • municipal monument in a municipal heritage register
  • or provincial monument in a provincial heritage register

https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-financiering/isde/woningeigenaren/isde-voor-monumenteigenaren

Subsidy scheme for sustainability and maintenance of rental housing (SVOH).

Are you a landlord and want to make one or more of your existing rental properties more sustainable? With the Subsidy Scheme for Preservation and Maintenance of Rental Housing (SVOH) you will receive subsidies for energy-saving measures, sustainable heating options, maintenance measures and a customized advice. You are eligible for the SVOH if you are the owner of a rental property. If your home has monument status, modified Requirements and subsidy amounts apply. The property must then be listed independently or as part of a building with one of the registries below:

  • national monument in the national monument registry;
  • municipal monument in a municipal heritage registry;
  • or provincial monument in a provincial heritage registry.

https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-financiering/svoh-monument

Sustainable Monuments Loan (national monuments).

A Sustainable Monument Loan is a low-interest loan provided to an owner of a national monument who wants to make the property more sustainable. Link to the restoration fund.

National Heritage Agency: Sustainability of historic buildings

In order to pass on our heritage to future generations, adaptation to the contemporary requirements and wishes of the user and the living environment is an absolute necessity. Especially now that the Netherlands is faced with the major task of drastically reducing CO₂ emissions and thereby combating global warming. This task also applies to monuments.

https://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/onderwerpen/duurzaamheid