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ProfessionalOccupiers can save energy costs
With government guidance continuing to require everyone who can work effectively from home to do so, some office buildings are consuming energy at a rate similar to weekend levels.
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JLL appoints head of net zero design consulting team
JLL has hired David Bownass to lead its new national net zero design consulting team.
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Just under £60bn earmarked for investment in global real estate in 2021
Around €64.6bn (£57.5bn) of new capital is earmarked for deployment in global real estate in 2021, according to a survey published by INREV, ANREV and PREA.
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Aviva Investors to invest £2.5bn in low-carbon and renewable energy by 2025
Aviva Investors will invest £2.5bn in low-carbon and renewable energy infrastructure and buildings over the next four years as part of its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
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UKGBC sees membership soar
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has announced that membership has grown by 16% since January 2020.
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Aviva reveals rationale behind sustainable loan framework
Aviva Investors’ Gregor Bamert hopes green lending initiative will provide a blueprint for other lenders
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Professional
Can planning system deliver the Ten Point Plan for ‘Green Revolution’?
In November 2020, the government published its ‘Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’ (TPP).
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Prologis and Tritax Big Box share best practice for net zero carbon development
UK logistics property companies Prologis and Tritax Big Box have agreed to share best practice for net zero carbon development in the property sector.
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Asset manager appointed chair of Sustainability West Midlands
Andrew Pollard, managing director of Worcester-based property asset manager Place Partnership, has been appointed chair of Sustainability West Midlands.
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World Green Building Council welcomes 18 new net zero carbon commitments
The World Green Building Council has announced 18 new signatories to its net zero carbon buildings commitment on the fifth anniversary of the Paris agreement.
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Thakeham plans first UK zero-carbon town
Housebuilder plans to build community of 25,000 homes in Cambridgeshire.
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Insight
Clock is ticking on sustainability
It is no secret that the built environment is responsible for 40% of the world’s total energy and process-related emissions, and the clock is ticking on achieving net-zero carbon by 2050.
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Insight
We can turn green vision into action
Editor: The prime minister’s ambition to deliver a ‘green industrial revolution’ should be welcomed by all in the property industry.
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Insight
Sensor tech can save space and Co2
Editor: Net-zero or zero-carbon is a bold but necessary ambition for us all if we are going to safeguard our environment for future generations (‘ London office construction plummets 50% ’).
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Canadian pension investment board establishes UK-based green energy platform
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board has established a UK-based platform to invest in solar, onshore wind and battery storage, among other technologies, across Europe.
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Grosvenor ring fences £90m for portfolio emission reduction
Grosvenor will embark on a £90m programme to reduce emissions from its portfolio.
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Thakeham reveals plans for ‘UK’s first zero-carbon community’
Thakeham has revealed plans to build what it described as “the UK’s first zero-carbon community”, comprising 25,000 zero-carbon homes in south west Cambridgeshire.
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Aviva Investors commits to originating £1bn in sustainable debt
Aviva Investors has committed to originating £1bn in sustainable transition real estate debt over the next four years.
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The Crown Estate pledges to become net zero by 2030
The Crown Estate has set out a target to become a net zero carbon business by 2030.
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Non-green schemes will be ‘uninvestible’
The real estate industry will be “fined into oblivion” and find itself “uninvestible” if it does not become low- or zero-carbon.
