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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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Grosvenor Britain & Ireland Achieves Passivhaus First at 11 and 19 Passmore Street

27 May 2016

11 and 19 Passmore Street are the first privately rented buildings in London to achieve the EnerPHit Passivhaus standard. Developed by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, the refurbished properties give customers the best of both worlds – the appeal of a period home at a quality above new build. Building on the success of this project, Grosvenor is already upgrading more buildings to the EnerPHit Passivhaus standard.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies

Member: Grosvenor

BREEAM Excellent for Legal & General's Refurbishment of 6 Agar Street

01 January 2013

Legal & General Real Asset's major refurbishment project at 6 Agar Street achieved a BREEAM Excellent sustainability rating. Sustainability features are set to reduce absolute CO2 emissions by 60% compared o the existing building and water use by 39% per person.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies

Member: Legal & General IM Real Assets

Transport for London Installs Fuel Cell in New HQ

01 January 2013

Transport for London carried out a major fit-out of its new flagship Head Office in Southwark, including the installation of a fuel cell, to dramatically reduce running costs and improve its environmental performance.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies

Member: Transport for London

Transport for London Pilots the RE:FIT Programme in 22 Head Office Buildings

01 January 2013

TfL played a key role in the Greater London Authority’s successful pilot of the RE:FIT programme, implementing a range of energy saving measures across 22 of its Head Office buildings. These improvements will yield annual energy savings worth £500,000 and cut 2,400 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Topic: Retrofit & Refurbishment

Type: Case Studies

Member: Transport for London

Aberdeen Asset Management Engages with Biffa on PV

24 May 2016

Aberdeen Asset Management has completed the installation of a 250 kWp solar PV array on an investment property within its UK portfolio. The industrial installation, comprising 1,000 solar panels, will provide renewable energy to occupier Biffa Waste Services, at a discount versus National Grid rates.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: abrdn

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

intu – LED Rollout Cuts Energy Costs and Carbon Emissions

05 April 2016

Over the last three years, intu has installed more than 100,000 LED light bulbs across 12 shopping centres, through an £8 million capital investment project. This is reducing operational costs, improving lighting quality, saving CO2 and contributing towards intu’s corporate responsibility objectives.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies