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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

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

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

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

Industry to Design for Performance in New Pilots

24 May 2016

Pilot studies will test the Commitment Agreement processes used in Australia to achieve world-leading operational energy performance.

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: News

Great Portland Estates Joins the BBP!

20 May 2016

We are thrilled to announce that Great Portland Estates has joined the BBP. Great Portland Estates is a FTSE 250 Central London property investment and development company owning £3.6 billion of real estate, equating to 3.6 million square feet. 100% of their portfolio is within Central London.

Type: News

Member: GPE