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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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2015 Real Estate Environmental Benchmarks

08 March 2016

The Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB) is a publicly available operational benchmark of environmental performance for commercial property in the UK.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Publications

Establishing the Ground Rules for Property: Industry-Wide Sustainability Metrics

01 January 2013

The Green Property Alliance identified the need for greater consistency and clarity in the way in which the sustainability performance of buildings and wider property portfolios is measured and reported upon.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: Publications

Design for Performance Feasibility Study

24 May 2016

This is the final report of a feasibility study into the potential for UK implementation of a Design for Performance approach, similar to the NABERS Commitment Agreement used in Australia since 2002 to promise and then achieve high in-use energy efficiency levels in new prime office buildings. It sets out the justification, structure and forward actions for creating a UK Commitment Agreement whereby a developer of a new building or major refurbishment commits to achieving a specific, measured in-use energy target. Its findings result from extensive input by Australian and UK experts and widespread consultation with the many stakeholders from both property and construction industries who are involved in creating and then managing large, new office buildings.

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: Publications

Design for Performance Not Compliance: Making Measured Energy In-Use the Objective for New Office Buildings

24 May 2016

The paper describes the transformation that has taken place over the last 15 years in the energy efficiency of new office buildings constructed in Australia and considers if and how countries across Europe could follow suit. The success in Australia has been greatest for the ‘base building’: the energy used by the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC) and hot water supplies serving the whole building...

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: Publications

NABERS Commitment Agreement Review Report

24 May 2016

This report reviews the operation of the Commitment Agreement in Australia, where the developer of a new building signs up to delivering an agreed level of in-use energy performance, expressed in terms of the NABERS energy star rating, used to benchmark buildings in use.

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: Publications

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

Our Response to Reforming the Business Energy Efficiency Tax Landscape Consultation

09 November 2015

The BBP has officially responded to the HM Treasury Consultation on Reforming the Business Energy Efficiency Tax Landscape launched in October 2015. You can read our response in the document hereunder.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Publications

GRESB 2015 Consultation Response

30 November 2015

Our consultation response to the 2015 GRESB Survey.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: Publications