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LaSalle develops TRI, Munich’s first timber office building
28 February 2023
LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) and Accumulata Real Estate Group (Accumulata) are developing Munich’s first hybrid timber office building, TRI.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Case Studies
Member: LaSalle Investment Management
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Brookfield Properties upgrades 1930s building to 21st century standards
14 February 2023
At The Gilbert in London, Brookfield Properties has brought energy performance up to modern standards while retaining 90% of the original structure
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Case Studies
Member: Brookfield Properties
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Royal London Asset Management launches fully electric hotel and minimises whole life carbon
06 February 2023
The Leonardo Royal Hotel in Bristol is Royal London Asset Management’s first fully electric hotel, with all heating, cooling and hot water provided by air source heat pumps and mains electricity. A whole life carbon study in line with the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) Advancing Net Zero guidance evidences that the project outperforms best practice standards for both embodied and operational carbon. All space has been designed for the wellbeing of guests and staff.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Case Studies
Member: Royal London Asset Management
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abrdn pioneers nature-based solutions in the UK
14 December 2022
The abrdn Property Income Trust (aPIT), one of abrdn’s real assets investment strategies, has launched one of the largest native woodland and peatland restoration projects in the UK, at Far Ralia Estate in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. This pioneering project will maximise environmental and social co-benefits, alongside climate impact. The land extends across more than 1,400 hectares – the size of nearly 2,000 football pitches. Works will include planting at least 1.5 million trees, focusing on native species such as Scots Pine, Oak and Birch.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Case Studies
Member: abrdn
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Orchard Street Investment Management Transforms Energy Performance Across Industrial Portfolio
12 July 2022
Improving existing building stock is critical to delivering a net zero carbon future for the UK. To accelerate progress towards a net zero portfolio, Orchard Street Investment Management has successfully upgraded an additional 35 industrial units to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings of B or above, largely through refurbishment, in just two and a half years. Nine units achieved the highest rating A+, predicted to be operationally carbon neutral for regulated building energy. Plans are in place for remaining assets lower than EPC D to be raised to B or above.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Case Studies
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GPE Accelerates Progress to Net Zero Through Industry-Leading Internal Carbon Price
12 January 2022
GPE’s internal carbon price of £95 per tonne, which originally launched in 2020, is transforming behaviour and driving innovation in the race to net zero. Covering both embodied carbon and operational emissions, this internal carbon price goes further than others in the UK real estate sector. All contributions feed into a Decarbonisation Fund, created to support the deep retrofitting of the existing portfolio, further accelerating the transition to net zero and building in climate resilience for the future of London.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Case Studies
Member: GPE
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Consultation Response: Non-domestic Private Rented Sector minimum energy efficiency standards: EPC B implementation
09 June 2021
The Better Buildings Partnership has published its Consultation Response to the proposed Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, which suggest that the non-domestic private rented centre be required to obtain an EPC rating of B or above by 2030.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Publications
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NABERS UK Presentation Slides and Webinar Recording
27 November 2020
Access the slides and recording from the NABERS UK launch here.
Topic: Energy/Carbon
Type: Events