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What are the opportunities for Smart enabled buildings for building owners and managers?

20 July 2022

The BBP’s Building Innovation & Technology Working Group, chaired by Neil Pennell of Landsec, recently brought together industry experts to share their knowledge and facilitate discussions with BBP members on the opportunities presented by Smart technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). During the meeting we heard a range of perspectives and benefitted from a thought-provoking discussion on how technology might present opportunities for building owners and managers.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: Blogs

abrdn pioneers nature-based solutions in the UK

14 December 2022

The abrdn Property Income Trust (aPIT), one of abrdn’s real assets investment strategies, has launched one of the largest native woodland and peatland restoration projects in the UK, at Far Ralia Estate in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. This pioneering project will maximise environmental and social co-benefits, alongside climate impact. The land extends across more than 1,400 hectares – the size of nearly 2,000 football pitches. Works will include planting at least 1.5 million trees, focusing on native species such as Scots Pine, Oak and Birch.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: abrdn

Lendlease Europe slashes emissions by half in one year

07 December 2022

Lendlease Europe today announced it has reduced its Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by more than half over the past year, and the business also unveiled its social value approach, focusing on creating thriving and economically prosperous communities, which support and enhance people’s physical and mental wellbeing.

Topic: Net Zero

Type: News

Member: Lendlease Investment Management

Better Buildings Partnership members collaborate to develop market-first commercial real estate guidance for TNFD strategy and reporting

07 December 2022

As the UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP 15) commences, real estate investors have come together with the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) and sustainability consultancy Greengage to collaborate on the creation of a commercial real estate framework to implement the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

Topic: Biodiversity

Type: News

Fiera Real Estate joins BBP and signs up to ground-breaking Climate Commitment

01 December 2022

It has been announced today that Fiera Real Estate has joined the Better Buildings Partnership and signed up to the BBP’s Climate Commitment. In doing so, Fiera become the 37th Commitment signatory, and the eighth organisation to join the commitment this year.

Type: News

Member: Fiera Real Estate

Bruntwood Named as 36th Signatory to BBP’s ground-breaking Climate Commitment

17 November 2022

Bruntwood has become the latest organisation to join the Better Building Partnership’s industry leading Climate Commitment. Bruntwood is the seventh organisation to join the commitment in 2022, which now represents 36 organisations with over £400Bn AUM globally.

Type: News

Member: Bruntwood

Better Buildings Partnership expands ESG Training Course with launch of new elective modules

27 October 2022

The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) has today launched a series of new modules to supplement the core learning in its ground-breaking ESG Training Course for Real Estate Professionals, which has upskilled more than 600 real estate professionals since launching in 2021.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: News

Smart-Enabled for a Truly Sustainable Future – The JJ Mack Building

17 October 2022

The JJ Mack Building in London is Helical’s smartest and most sustainable development to date.

Topic: Market Transformation

Type: Case Studies

Member: Helical