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ProfessionalWhat legal considerations do sustainability measures entail?
As the global drive towards sustainability continues apace, what legal considerations are arising for property developers and investors?
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Q&A: Assael’s sustainability head on the race to net zero
Katie Cairns reveals how attitudes towards sustainability are changing and what more needs to be done.
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Insight
Mipim 2023: Vive la différence
After a Covid-affected few years, delegates are expected to return in large numbers for this year’s Mipim in Cannes. Event director Nicolas Kozubek outlines to Adam Branson the main topics of the 2023 programme.
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Atenor gets green light for sustainable retrofit of City building
Belgian-based developer Atenor has received planning consent for its first UK development, a sustainable retrofit of Fleet House in the City of London.
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Crest Nicholson is first UK housebuilder to gain SBTi net zero validation
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has become the first UK firm in the sector to have its net zero target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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TFT Consultants achieves B Corp status
Real estate and construction adviser TFT Consultants has gained B Corporation status, a designation recognising high standards of social and environmental performance.
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Landsec reports cities could become unliveable in 10 years without planning reform
UK Urban spaces are at risk of becoming unliveable within 10 years unless “meaningful policy reforms are taken”, according to a report from property giant Landsec.
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Energy and cost crises force Q4 2022 hospitality closures above previous year
A combination of energy and cost crises have driven the number of closures of licensed premises in the fourth quarter of 2022 above the Covid-hit period in the previous year.
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Redrow announces introduction of heat pumps as standard
Housebuilder Redrow has announced that all of its new detached home development will use air source heat pumps and underfloor heating as standard, as part of its plan to achieve net zero carbon by 2050.
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Insight
Blend’s Roxana Mohammadian-Molina on the three property trends to watch for in 2023
We are undoubtably living through times of unprecedented economic uncertainty and financial volatility, the consequences of which are being felt most severely by many in the housing market. As 2023 gets under way, here’s my take on the three property trends to watch for in 2023.
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SEGRO completes its greenest UK development in north London
Development giant SEGRO has completed SEGRO Park Tottenham in north London, its most sustainable scheme in the UK, which has achieved a BREEAM rating of 94%.
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Property sector welcomes Skidmore Review on Net Zero
Leading figures from the UK property sector have broadly welcomed the Net Zero Review by MP Chris Skidmore but demanded greater government support to deliver the opportunities it identifies.
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Insight
In-use metric more valuable than EPCs
With rising energy costs and a recession expected throughout most of next year, we’re all too aware that energy efficiency will be top of the real estate agenda in 2023.
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Professional
Lease drafting can play a key role in raising ESG standards
Landlords may require tenants to meet sustainability standards or share space with community groups
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Professional
ESG set to be a top priority for the industry in the year ahead
Sustainability goals, net-zero targets and energy standards are key issues for investors and developers.
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PCH reveals plans for £33.5m Plymouth eco-friendly quarter
Housing association Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) has submitted plans to build 136 one-, two- and three-bedroom affordable homes in the city centre.
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Savills Earth recruits social value director from Dominvs
Savills has appointed Wesley Ankrah as social value director as part of the continued expansion of its energy and sustainability division, Savills Earth.
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Colliers’ Willem Janssen and Puma’s Paul Frost on sustainable future proofing
Over the past few years, the flight to quality among investors and corporate blue-chip occupiers has seen many moving their capital away from riskier commercial real estate investments to safer ones – which usually include strongly targeted ESG credentials.
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Islington 72-home net-zero project gets greenlight
Architect Levitt Bernstein has secured planning permission on behalf of Islington Council to build 72 homes in a net zero carbon scheme in the north London borough.
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Government scolded for ‘alarming’ scorecard report on progress to net zero
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has criticised the government for an alarming lack of progress in decarbonising the built environment in the past year after a damning scorecard assessment of its new policies.
