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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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  • Commercial Building

    2023 Real Estate Environmental Benchmarks

    03 July 2024

    We’re delighted to share the latest benchmarks from our REEB project. The BBP’s Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB) is based on asset-level environmental data provided by our members. It helps our members and the wider commercial real estate sector understand performance trends and how individual assets compare. The REEB project has been producing annual benchmarks since 2010, but this is the first update since the covid-19 pandemic, and as such the benchmarks show some significant reductions (e.g. 15% reduction for AC Offices). Another new addition to this update shows REEB in the context of other benchmarking initiatives from NABERS UK, CIBSE, CRREM, Deepki, EPRA, GRESB, Urban Land Institute, NABERS, and Energystar so that readers can see the extent to which different initiatives align on what ‘typical’ performance looks like.

    Topic: Measurement & Reporting

    Type: News

  • Office building

    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

  • Federated Hermes

    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

  • URW

    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