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Workspace Transforms Leroy House – Cutting Whole Life Carbon

08 September 2022

At Leroy House in Islington, Workspace has demonstrated the carbon and commercial benefits of reviving existing spaces

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies

NABERS UK Energy for Offices Launch - Slides & Recording

08 July 2022

Access the slides from the NABERS UK Energy for Offices launch event here.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: Events

IM Properties Joins Better Buildings Partnership

09 August 2022

IM Properties is continuing its journey towards a more sustainable future, joining the Better Buildings Partnership.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Member: IM Properties PLC

Grosvenor becomes first European property business to receive approval for both a short-term and long-term science based target

04 August 2022

The company is among the first globally to have approved near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets with the SBTi

Topic: Net Zero

Type: News

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

Member: Orchard Street Investment Management

First NABERS UK Energy for Offices Rating Achieved as the Scheme is extended to cover whole buildings and tenancies

05 July 2022

Toronto Square in Leeds, owned by Grosvenor, is the first office to be verified using the NABERS UK Energy for Offices Scheme, with the building achieving a 4.5 Star Rating. It was also announced today that the NABERS UK scheme is being extended to cover whole buildings and tenancies. These two additional ratings complement the NABERS UK Base Building Ratings launched in November 2020, completing the suite of NABERS ratings for offices in the UK.

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: News

DTZ Investors UK joins Better Buildings Partnership’s Climate Commitment as 34th Signatory

30 June 2022

DTZ Investors UK (DTZI) has become the latest organisation to join the Better Buildings Partnership’s (BBP) groundbreaking Climate Commitment after publishing their Net Zero Pathway. DTZI is the fifth organisation to sign up to the commitment in 2022, and the third signatory outside the BBP membership. The commitment now represents over £380bn combined AUM and over 11,000 properties globally.

Topic: Net Zero

Type: News