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A Quiet Revolution

09 May 2016

At the end of the business year, Sarah Ratcliffe, Programme Director of the BBP, presents our work programme for 2016/17 and explains why BBP members are at the forefront of a quiet revolution in the field of sustainability in the UK real estate market. Read more

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: Blogs

Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations Update

01 December 2016

The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 implement the requirements in the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) with respect to the supply of distributed heat, cooling, hot water and cold water and came into force on 18 December 2014. The EED promotes energy efficiency in the EU to achieve the Commission’s 2020 20% headline target on energy efficiency. It lays down rules to overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: Publications

REEB Pushes the Power Button with EnergyDeck

25 April 2016

The BBP is delighted to announce the appointment of EnergyDeck as its new platform provider for the REEB. REEB is a publicly available, asset specific, operational benchmark of environmental performance derived from data from over 1,000 commercial properties, the biggest dataset of its kind in the UK.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: News

The Better Buildings Partnership REEBooted

25 April 2016

The BBP has appointed EnergyDeck as its new supplier for REEB. Benjamin Kott, CEO of EnergyDeck, talks about the objectives and history of REEB, and why this appointment is good news for the industry as a whole.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: Blogs

British Land Recognised with 2016 Queen’s Award for Enterprise

21 April 2016

The Award is given to companies which bring major economic, social and environmental benefits through their own business success and has been awarded to British Land for continuous achievement in all these areas over the last five years. The award for Sustainable Development recognises the company’s focus on creating Places People Prefer and the emphasis it places on driving improvement across all business activities and at every stage of its operations.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Member: British Land

intu Properties plc. Publishes 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report

20 April 2016

intu's 2015 corporate responsibility report considers the material social and environmental issues faced by their business and evaluates the outcomes and achievements across their three key pillars.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: News

Hammerson and B&Q Partner on Eco Learning Store

20 April 2016

At Cyfarthfa Retail Park in Merthyr Tydfil, the Eco Learning Store is one of the first projects in the UK to feature a Transpired Solar Collector system, which harvests the sun’s heat to warm the store’s interior, cutting energy bills and CO2 emissions.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Low Carbon Workplace’s Refurbishment of Premier House

07 April 2016

The Low Carbon Workplace explains how they achieved a 64% energy reduction following the refurbishment and increased occupier awareness in Premier House in Twickenham.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies