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Vaanster is an independent investor in collective sustainable projects and has been actively led since its inception by its founder and general director Jeroen Krebbers.

Vaanster was founded in 2000. It all started with a simple question “If you know it all so well, why don’t you buy a TES installation yourself? “After a long monologue during which I explicitly explained that this was really not for me, the person I was talking to said “I think that you can do it”. To be honest, I was rather dumbfounded. With no real experience I bought my first installation. Not really something I would recommend again to others, but this led to the foundation of Vaanster. After that, things moved quickly. In retrospect, I cannot always explain why we were able to invest in such beautiful projects. I think we were just incredibly lucky. A large customer recently summed it up simply: “Well, Jeroen, at that time you were the only provider”. That was certainly true. Now, many years later we have grown to become the market leader in management and exploitation of collective TES installations. This independence is important to us.

We want to grow autonomously without numerous acquisitions. Since our foundation, we have reinvested the money we were able to free up into new projects. In this way, we grow continually every year, and we are not dependent on external investors or shareholders. In doing so, we can continue to be ourselves and we don’ t have to make any concessions as to the way we want to deal with each other and our customers. Vaanster is profitable and has a sound equity position. In this way, you know that we fulfil our commitments.
From the beginning, I believed in sustainability. Even when it wasn’ t very common within real estate to think sustainably. When I attended a lecture by André Kuipers, everything fell into place. It seemed that astronauts had a totally different perspective of the earth. From a spaceship, you see the dark and black emptiness behind the earth. You realise that there is no second earth. There is no way out! We have to manage with one earth. We all have to cherish it. - Jeroen Krebbers (General Director)

How do we work?

Our mission is to develop, fund and exploit sustainable energy supplies for appealing real estate projects. With our projects, we have a positive impact on making the Netherlands more sustainable and actively contribute towards reducing CO2 emissions.

Our core values, reliable, independent and quite distinctive, are embedded in our organisation and outline what we stand for. We can be recognised for our committed way of working. Personal and transparent, whether we engage with a business or private client. We are independent and operate autonomously in the market. We are reliable, we do what we say and we say what we do. These are the principles for our way of working, how we interact with our clients and employees and how we position ourselves in society.

Our way of working also means that we are flexible and able to engage quickly. This is, amongst others, the result of the short communication lines within our organisation. We listen to the wishes and needs, and respond to them. Our enthusiastic and professional team has the knowledge and experience to make this possible. In addition, we have an extensive network of partners which enables us to develop appealing projects in co-makership.

The strength of our working method lies in a flexible process, the way we work is subordinate to the client's demand. And all this happens quickly and efficiently. We consider the demand of the individual client to be more important than standardisation.We go for high quality and appealing projects which people feel at home with. Projects we will still be proud of in 10 years' time and of which we can say: "We have also contributed to this".

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We only have the best technicians and TES specialists who work for us. We build long-term relationships with our customers and that only works when the customer is key. We call it sustainable entrepreneurship.

Jeroen Krebbers

Algemeen Directeur

What makes Vaanster unique

"No day is the same at Vaanster. We are committed to giving 100% to our customers and note that it is highly appreciated. We do this independently but together with enthusiastic colleagues in an informal and inspiring work environment, in green Bilthoven."

- Karin van den Hooff en Stephanie Bosman

"We are growing fast in a few years time. From 8 employees to 20 employees. What makes Vaanster unique is the open culture, room for individual input and flat organisation. We are all autonomous professionals and can count on each other. "

- Anton Westerhof

"At Vaanster, you work on all aspects within your projects, from technology to the finances. That makes the work very varied and challenging. We are creative and think out -of the box."

- Evert van de Braak

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Personal approach and short lines of communication

Vaanster stands for a personal approach. We are, I think, a little unconventional. More focused on details. The size of our company allows us to work flexibly and decisively. What you call a flat organisation, where everyone is given the space to take the right decisions for our company and our clients. Our focus is sustainability, just like our product. We believe in “long term above short term” That means that when making our decisions, we are always aware that we must deliver to deliver heating and cooling in a reliable and client friendly way. If there is a problem, then we don’t take any half measures. We always aim for quality and the best solution. That is good for our clients but also for our employees. It is great if you are given the space to take decisions yourself and to do what’s necessary.

Jeroen Krebbers (Managing Director)

WORKING AT VAANSTER

Working at Vaanster means that you do what you are good at. We are an organisation of individual experts that can work as a team together and have the same goals; we want to be the best. Within Vaanster, we are proud of our personal and informal culture. We form a close-knit team and get on well with each other. By working hard, we make a difference every day. We have a flat organisation with short communication lines in which we stimulate personal entrepreneurship and development. Our people, the client and the organisation are key for us.

Working at Vaanster also means a lot of fun. Every year we all go away together for a weekend to a foreign city, we have BBQs and go sailing together.

Apply for a job? We are always looking for talented and fun people to join our team. Would you like to work with us? Let us know at jobs@vaanster.nl

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