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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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  • revo bbp

    Energy Benchmarks for Large Shopping Centres

    Tue 15 Jul 2025

    The BBP has partnered with Revo to develop a reliable ‘whole building’ energy benchmark for large UK Shopping Centres. The project is helping to drive the improvement of energy performance in large shopping centre assets and is supporting shopping centre owners in complying with regulatory requirements. The initial findings from the project can be found in the May 2026 public release, with 70% of the UK's largest shopping centres participating.

    Topic: Measurement & Reporting

    Type: Projects

  • CIRCULAR ECONOMY

    Driving Circularity in the Built Environment

    The Better Buildings Partnership has published a new one-pager highlighting how circular economy principles are being embedded in real estate strategies, operations, and developments by leading BBP members.

    Type: Toolkits

  • Carl Brooks

    The Importance of Tenant Wellbeing in Commercial Real Estate

    Mon 23 Jun 2025

    The promotion of health and wellbeing has become a critical consideration for investors, owners and operators of commercial real estate. Landlords and property managers are increasingly focusing on ways to create healthy, productive, and happy work environments for their tenants. But why does has this grown in importance as a consideration, and how can these objectives be achieved? Here, we explore why tenant wellbeing matters, the current trends in this space, and provides actionable advice on how landlords and property managers can support tenant wellbeing.

    Topic: Occupier Engagement

    Type: Blogs

  • The Big Energy Race

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

    Tue 25 Mar 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

  • 10 Brindley Place

    Workman’s Project Management team and CBRE IM collaborate to showcase how sustainable retrofits meet ESG targets and attract investors

    Mon 24 Feb 2025

    Each year in the UK, 50,000 buildings are demolished, resulting in high carbon emissions and rates of material waste. An increasing number of investors are turning to retrofit strategies to achieve Net Zero targets and create commercial benefits across portfolios. In response to this, the Projects division of MAP Member Workman adopted a retrofit strategy for 10 Brindleyplace, Birmingham, founded on a Net Zero Asset Plan developed by Workman’s ESG team. Commissioned by BBP Member CBRE Investment Management, the resulting building is Net Zero in operation, achieving BREEAM Excellent. 10 Brindleyplace is expected to deliver a 65% annual energy saving compared to a typical office of equal size, alongside quality occupier amenities that support the health and wellbeing of those working there.

    Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

    Type: Case Studies