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The Better Buildings Partnership regularly publishes blog pieces, news articles, toolkits and case studies that highlight the latest sustainability developments in the UK commercial real estate industry. The resources can be filtered hereunder by topic, type and member.

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The Big Energy Race: Powering Change Across London’s Workspaces

25 March 2025

The Big Energy Race is a Workspace portfolio wide energy reduction campaign. The campaign was first delivered in February 2024 and after a successful month of tenant engagement and energy reduction is was repeated in November 2024. In the latest campaign, Each site was given an energy saving target, dependent on its previous energy consumption. The sites were categorised in four clusters and the site in each cluster that surpassed its energy-saving target by most won trees planted in the UK.

Topic: Occupier Engagement

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workspace Group

Managing for Performance: reducing energy intensity at Edinburgh House

12 March 2024

Around 30% of the UK’s total energy-use goes to heating and powering buildings. Managing this energy effectively is critical to achieving Net Zero goals in the built environment. Situated in Kennington, London, Workspace’s Edinburgh House provides a modern, high quality and flexible work space for 78 small and medium sized businesses. Last year, an unusually high energy intensity was detected at the site. As a BBP Climate Commitment signatory and an organisation committed to achieving Net Zero carbon by 2030, this prompted investigation and the implementation of cost-effective measures to drive the energy consumption down. These measures included tenant engagement and optimising controls within the building.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workspace Group

Workspace Publishes Net Zero Carbon Pathway and Commits to Net Zero by 2030

28 January 2021

Workspace Group PLC ("Workspace") is pleased to announce the publication of its Net Zero Carbon Pathway, outlining its plans to become a Net Zero Carbon Business by 2030.

Topic: Net Zero

Type: News

Member: Workspace Group

Workspace Collaborates on Soft Landings at Brickfields

02 June 2020

As part of its dedication to giving customers perfect working environments, Workspace trialled a bespoke Soft Landings approach at one of its newest developments, Brickfields in Hoxton.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workspace Group

Workspace Occupiers Welcome Recycling Opportunities

14 September 2018

By engaging with occupiers, Workspace has significantly improved recycling rates across its network of business centres...

Topic: Waste

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workspace Group

Workspace’s Sustainable Refurbishment at The Record Hall

16 August 2017

Workspace Group's refurbishment and redevelopment of The Record Hall, set BREEAM Excellent as a priority from the outset, exceeding planning requirements. The whole project team worked collaboratively to successfully embed sustainability into every aspect of the scheme and create a location of choice for occupiers.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workspace Group

Chester House Whole Lifecycle Carbon Analysis

23 June 2017

Workspace Group have undertaken a carbon analysis study for Chester House refurbished in 2011, which cut the whole lifecycle carbon emissions of the building by almost 25%, compared to a new regional office building...

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workspace Group