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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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Responsible Capitalism Survey: Many Institutional Investors Believe ESG is Not Important When Investing in Direct Property

19 October 2015

Responsible Capitalism and Sustainability reveals that of 109 UK and European institutional investors surveyed, 48% of respondents believe ESG factors are not important when assessing direct property investments. Only 19% consider them vitally important.

Topic: Investment

Type: News

Member: Federated Hermes

Design for Performance Workshop Agenda

01 December 2015

BBP is supporting a workshop on 1 December to introduce to all stakeholders a radical new approach to office development which promises to deliver improvements in the energy efficiency of prime office buildings. It is based on the ‘design for performance’ concept pioneered in Australia.

Topic: Design for Performance

Type: Events

Canary Wharf Group – Lighting Upgrade to Retail Areas

17 November 2015

Canary Wharf Group has carried out a major lighting upgrade in retail areas at Cabot Place, Canada Place, Churchill Place and Jubilee Place, installing an energy efficient LED lighting system in the shopping malls and car parks. This upgrade follows a pilot project in 2014, which saw 1.4 km of LED strip lighting installed at Canada Place and monitored for a full year. Informed by the results of this pilot,

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Canary Wharf Group

Can your Business Identify the Risks?

12 November 2015

“Sustainability is about the future” proclaimed one speaker at yesterday’s Corporate Reporting and Communications conference.

Topic: Measurement & Reporting

Type: Blogs

Big Welcome to Our New Member Low Carbon Workplace!

12 November 2015

The BBP is very proud to announce that on 12 November Low Carbon Workplace officially became the BBP’s 27th member! The Low Carbon Workplace is a property development partnership between sustainability experts the Carbon Trust, fund manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments and property developer Stanhope.

Type: News

Aberdeen Asset Management Completes Large Solar PV Installation for Biffa Waste Services

12 November 2015

The installation, comprising c.1,000 Solar Panels will provide c. 225,000 killowat hours (kWh) to Biffa Waste Services saving c.120 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: News

Member: abrdn

BBP, CREFC and GRESB Event - Real Estate Lending and Sustainability: The Case for Better Risk Management

05 November 2015

On 5 November the BBP jointly held the industry-first event on Real Estate Lending and Sustainability: The Case for Better Risk Management, with CREFC Europe and GRESB. The successful event was held at RBS’s office at Bishopsgate from 8.30 to 10 am and was well attended by circa 90 attendees, mostly from the real estate lending community. Aviva Investors, ABN AMRO, AXA Investment Managers, Barclays, BlackRock, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Lloyds Banking, Moody’s, RBS and UBS were all among the participants.

Topic: Investment

Type: Events

Real Estate Lending and Sustainability: The Case for Better Risk Management

05 November 2015

On 5 November 2015 the BBP jointly held the event Real Estate Lending and Sustainability: The Case for Better Risk Management, with CREFC Europe and GRESB. Hereunder are the slides presented at the event.

Topic: Investment

Type: Events