News

Canary Wharf Group Identify New Innovators for 'Smarter' Homes

07 July 2015

BlockDox, Puckily and 3D Repo have been announced as winners of the third wave of Canary Wharf Group’s Cognicity Challenge.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Member: Canary Wharf Group

London property owners join forces to launch Wild West End ecology initiative

03 July 2015

BBP Members The Crown Estate, Grosvenor and Shaftesbury announce a unique collaboration to promote green infrastructure in the capital, through an ecology project entitled 'Wild West End.'

Topic: Biodiversity

Type: News

Member: The Crown Estate

Leading agents launch new sustainability partnership

26 June 2015

Ten of the UK’s leading property managers have joined forces to influence and improve the sustainable management of UK commercial property. Through leadership, collaboration and the development of best-practice the partnership will provide practical support for the benefit of the wider industry.

Topic: Property Management

Type: News

Land Securities Cuts Down Number of Environmental Targets in Bid to Become Fully Sustainable Business

22 June 2015

Following an external review by JLL, Land Securities has decided to streamline its sustainability programme by cutting down its long term goals from 15 to 5. This simplification of targets is aimed at helping Land Securities become a truly sustainable business. In its 2015 Sustainability Report, Land Securities outlines the new streamlined 2020 targets. These include a zero waste sent to landfill and a 70% recycling rate, 15 % water and 15% energy consumption reduction in their buildings.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: News

Member: Landsec

Bruntwood Invests in Pedal Power

27 May 2015

Bruntwood has unveiled new dedicated cyclist facilities at Cotton Exchange in Liverpool city centre. The newly developed area features secure bike storage areas and adjacent shower and changing rooms to accommodate customers in Cotton Exchange

Type: News

Member: Bruntwood

Property Companies Highlight “Major Economic Opportunity” Offered by Reducing Carbon Emissions From Buildings

26 May 2015

Backed by their membership, including the BBP, UKGBC have written a public letter to Government to highlight the “major economic opportunity” offered by reducing carbon emissions from buildings. The letter was addressed to Chancellor George Osborne and was published in the Daily Telegraph.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: News

Waste-to-Energy and Intelligent Energy Monitoring Technologies to Pilot Their Innovations at Canary Wharf

15 May 2015

Two smart cities innovators, Demand Logic and SEaB Energy, have been selected to pilot their technologies at Canary Wharf after winning the second phase of the Cognicity Challenge. Cognicity is a smart cities accelerator programme designed and delivered by ENTIQ for Canary Wharf Group (CWG). It was established to discover and support the development of future technologies with positive

Type: News

Member: Canary Wharf Group

intu's Award-Winning Strategy for Reducing Carbon

11 May 2015

Alan Richardson, Group Energy Manager at Intu Group, recently discussed how the company has implemented an award-winning strategy for reducing carbon. In October 2014 Intu received the Best in Continuing Carbon Reduction 2013-14 Award from the Carbon Trust.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: News