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![Green Roofs in Central London]( "Green Roofs in Central London")
Green Roofs in Central London
03 July 2015
When British Land first included green roofs in its Sustainability Brief for Developments in 2004, the firm needed to work closely with its design partners and property teams to design, plant and maintain habitats that really enhanced biodiversity. Since then, British Land has created green roofs on 12 new buildings in central London, with more under design, and has successfully retrofitted them to three existing buildings.
Topic: Biodiversity
Type: Case Studies
Member: British Land
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![A New Era for Property Management]( "A New Era for Property Management")
A New Era for Property Management
02 July 2015
Carl Brooks of M J Mapp explains why it is such an exciting time to be a managing agent with the launch of the BBP Managing Agents Partnership.
Topic: Property Management
Type: Blogs
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![GRESB Debt Survey – Why Lenders should engage now...before it’s too late]( "GRESB Debt Survey – Why Lenders should engage now...before it’s too late")
GRESB Debt Survey – Why Lenders should engage now...before it’s too late
26 June 2015
With this years launch of the inaugural GRESB Debt Survey Chris Botten, Programme Manager, argues lenders should be engaging now.....before it's too late.
Topic: Investment
Type: Blogs
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![Leading agents launch new sustainability partnership]( "Leading agents launch new sustainability partnership")
Leading agents launch new sustainability partnership
26 June 2015
Ten of the UK’s leading property managers have joined forces to influence and improve the sustainable management of UK commercial property. Through leadership, collaboration and the development of best-practice the partnership will provide practical support for the benefit of the wider industry.
Topic: Property Management
Type: News
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![Land Securities Cuts Down Number of Environmental Targets in Bid to Become Fully Sustainable Business]( "Land Securities Cuts Down Number of Environmental Targets in Bid to Become Fully Sustainable Business")
Land Securities Cuts Down Number of Environmental Targets in Bid to Become Fully Sustainable Business
22 June 2015
Following an external review by JLL, Land Securities has decided to streamline its sustainability programme by cutting down its long term goals from 15 to 5. This simplification of targets is aimed at helping Land Securities become a truly sustainable business. In its 2015 Sustainability Report, Land Securities outlines the new streamlined 2020 targets. These include a zero waste sent to landfill and a 70% recycling rate, 15 % water and 15% energy consumption reduction in their buildings.
Topic: Measurement & Reporting
Type: News
Member: Landsec
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![Real Estate Debt Finance – the Sleeping Giant of Sustainability?]( "Real Estate Debt Finance – the Sleeping Giant of Sustainability?")
Real Estate Debt Finance – the Sleeping Giant of Sustainability?
18 June 2015
Chris Botten, Programme Manager, talks about why the BBP is looking at sustainability within real estate debt finance and questions how long before policy instruments and market drivers shift their focus towards this form of investment.
Topic: Investment
Type: Blogs
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![Real Estate Environmental Benchmark]( "Real Estate Environmental Benchmark")
Real Estate Environmental Benchmark
14 June 2015
The Real Estate Environmental Benchmark (REEB) is a publicly available operational benchmark of environmental performance for commercial property in the UK. It is one of the only benchmarks based on the performance of buildings ‘in-use’.
Topic: Measurement & Reporting
Type: Projects
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![The BBP – Making Market Transformation a Reality]( "The BBP – Making Market Transformation a Reality")
The BBP – Making Market Transformation a Reality
05 June 2015
The BBP’s objective is to ‘enable market transformation through leadership and knowledge sharing across
Topic: Market Transformation
Type: Blogs
