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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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Grosvenor achieves the UK's first NABERS Base Building Energy Rating

03 July 2024

Grosvenor's Toronto Square, Leeds, has earned a NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) UK Base Building Energy Rating of 4.5*, marking the first occasion in the UK where an existing office building has received such recognition. This is a landmark achievement for Grosvenor, one that establishes them as leaders within the industry and signals the start of an exciting chapter in which Grosvenor aims to achieve further NABERS UK ratings across their portfolio. NABERS accredited office buildings are making significant strides towards achieving Net Zero goals with Grosvenor benefitting from enhanced transparency and occupier engagement as key methods to guide future decision making.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Grosvenor

Building a community of sustainability advocates at Federated Hermes’ science and technology park, Milton Park

25 June 2024

Federated Hermes (FHL) aims to create value by investing in projects that benefit people, society and the environment. As part of its commitment to ESG, FHL established The Greener Workspace Forum (GWPF) at one of their assets: Milton Park (MP), Oxfordshire. The GWPF addresses a wide range of sustainability issues by working with the assets’ occupiers and local communities to create positive impacts, reduce emissions and waste, increase recycling, and enhance biodiversity. Founded on the belief that collaboration can lead to unique opportunities for both occupier, owner and the local community, the GWPF inspires sustainable action and lobbies for progressive change. Achievements to date include a shift in single-occupancy private car use towards more sustainable modes of travel, with cycling rates up 4% in 2022 and bus use doubling between 2021 and 2022.

Topic: Occupier Engagement

Type: Case Studies

Member: Federated Hermes

BBP Articles of Association

02 March 2023

Type: Publications

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield harnesses the power of technology to build better places

14 May 2024

With an annual 52 million visits, Westfield Stratford City, operated by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), stands as one of the largest retail destinations in the UK. As a visionary developer and operator of sustainability-driven assets, URW strives to find innovative solutions that centre on environmentally responsible practices. With a complex heating and cooling network and ambitious energy reductions targets, URW promptly sought a digital-based solution to future proof the asset. The resulting Digital Twin has not only outperformed expectations in energy and cost reductions, but also established itself as a proactive solution to operational risk management.

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: Case Studies

Member: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Pradera Joins Better Buildings Partnership’s Climate Commitment

17 April 2024

Pradera has become the latest organisation to join the Better Buildings Partnership’s market transformational Climate Commitment after publishing their Net Zero Carbon Pathway.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Sustainable Retrofit lessons, from a Property Owners perspective

11 April 2024

Andrew Creamer, Operations Strategy and Performance Director at Grosvenor Property UK, discusses the recent retrofit of over one million square feet of their London portfolio as part of a £90 million commitment to enhancing energy efficiency.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Blogs

Member: Grosvenor

CIBSE appointed as new NABERS UK scheme administrator

03 April 2024

NABERS has today announced that the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has been appointed as the new NABERS UK scheme administrator.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: News

Transport for London Awarded Grant totalling more than £14m From the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

26 March 2024

Transport for London (TfL) has been awarded a grant totalling more than £14m from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), which is delivered by Salix on behalf of the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, to reduce carbon emissions at six head office sites on TfL's London-wide estate.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: News

Member: Transport for London