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Why Sept-a North South became

In the ongoing quest for a greener lifestyle, one day you realize that your personal efforts to minimize waste, conserve energy and consume consciously are in stark contrast to the immense waste streams, energy consumption and carbon emissions that your professional activities generate. Despite your longstanding belief that renovating existing buildings is the key and that we should focus on what we already have, you begin to realize that this is no longer enough.
A different approach
You become convinced that it is time to have a broader impact. Client after client, you try to convince all stakeholders to embrace a different approach, to try new approaches that can reduce negative impacts. You put energy into this mission for three years, but unfortunately without the desired success.

"It's time to have a broader impact."

Until that one day, during a site meeting, when you are faced with a decision that unnecessarily results in an avalanche of waste, unexpected energy consumption and unnecessary CO2 emissions, simply by choosing new materials instead of reuse. In this moment, you realize that you can no longer continue your work in the same way.
Time is of the essence
You take control by continuing to educate and inform yourself. As the world came to a standstill because of the Covid pandemic, the Vesdre tragedy occurred, and extremes of heat waves and natural disasters followed one another, it became unmistakably clear that we need to shift up a gear. Time is of the essence and there is no room for waste.
Good job
You understand that just improving your own projects is no longer enough. It is time to make a difference beyond individual efforts; Inform, inspire and enthuse become the watchwords. The meaning of "doing a good job" is shifting to a new context. "Doing a good job" now also stands for minimal impact, intensive reuse of local materials and attention to energy consumption, energy sources and carbon storage. The goal is to give back more than you take.

"Let's try to give back more than we take."