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Why was it set up?

By 2030 approximately 70 per cent of buildings in London today will still be in use. New buildings are designed to be more energy efficient, but only account for only 1-2% of London’s building stock per year. To continue London’s drive as a leader in transforming to an exemplar low-carbon city, and successfully reach the Mayor of London’s target of a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025, the existing building stock needs to be the focus.

The commercial building stock represents 33% of London’s CO2 emissions, and is an area where significant CO2 savings can be achieved. Commercial landlords have an important role to play in reducing CO2 emissions from their buildings. Landlords get windows of opportunity to improve buildings as part of refurbishment projects, but more often they need to work with occupiers and managing agents to retrofit buildings while they are still in use.

This retrofitting poses a variety of challenges. The Better Buildings Partnership was set up for commercial landlords to collaborate in finding solutions and tools to overcome these challenges.