All Climate crisis articles – Page 15
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Professional
Act now to meet EPC deadlines
Homeowners and residential landlords remain unprepared to meet the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) deadlines. The big date is 2035, when all homes must meet an EPC rating of ‘C’, but this is sooner for newly rented properties (2025).
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Aviva to invest up to £110m in kerbside EV charging network
Aviva Investors is set to invest up to £110m in Connected Kerb, the electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure specialist.
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Property podcast: AustralianSuper says climate change will have greatest influence on real estate values for the rest of our lifetime
AustralianSuper’s Head of European Property, Paul Clark, spoke to Blackstock Consulting’s founder, Andrew Teacher about establishing the Fund’s real estate presence in London and why working for organisations with purpose lends itself to long-term investment.
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Government must facilitate net zero workplace developments
We are in a state of climate emergency. Sea levels are rising, weather patterns are becoming more extreme, with 2021 one of the warmest years on record according to a government report in June titled ‘Climate Change: Global Temperature’. The need for net zero has never been greater.
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Plan now for net zero deadlines
The government has committed to a 78% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, with stringent new domestic and commercial energy efficiency standards introduced to meet those targets.
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Energy bills and net zero goals to drive heat network uptake
Experts predict that expansion of heat networks across the UK will provide consumers with cheaper energy.
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David Partridge to oversee UK’s first net zero carbon building standard
Related Argent chairman David Partridge has been appointed to oversee the development of the UK’s first net zero carbon building standard.
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Energy strategy overhaul under way
We welcomed the recent news of the government’s measures to alleviate the immediate cost of energy on people and businesses. Inflated gas prices driving up costs across the country while the largest energy producers deliver super-profits is outrageous and nonsensical.
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Live data can keep assets green
Landlords and occupiers are perennially searching for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and mitigate the impacts of climate change on their assets.
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ESG moves up the agenda to become a cost-saving measure
Ongoing energy crisis has heightened the importance of energy efficiency and sustainability measures.
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Half of resi developers believe biodiversity regulations will be ‘very challenging’
Fewer than one in seven residential developers believe mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements are ‘comfortably achievable’ and three quarters believe it will hurt their profits, according to a survey by the Land Trust, Property Week can reveal.
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Prioritising renewable energy
As an industry, we should all be alarmed that the built environment generates nearly 37% of all annual global carbon dioxide emissions, according to the UN’s Global ABC Status Report 2021.
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Race for eco-energy hots up
Energy crisis could lead to green revolution in how property is powered. Adam Branson reports
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The debate around demolition
The challenge for humanity is to urgently and dramatically reduce global carbon emissions.
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Industry must embrace BMS tech amid climate crisis
I echo the concern expressed by Jamie Bennett-Ness in his recent article ‘Buildings fail to handle the heat’ over the failure of UK buildings to cope with the recent slew of heatwaves. However, the real estate industry should not resign itself to outdated air-conditioning systems but should instead embrace building ...
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We all deserve a smarter office
Working from home is great and offers much-needed flexibility, but as many found in the summer, it is less enjoyable when a pool of sweat forms around the bottom of your chair.
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Climate-wreckers will be out of business in 10 years, says KPMG boss
In an uplifting episode of PropCast, Richard Threlfall sets out the pressures that will force businesses to act on the climate crisis, as well as the opportunities and challenges created by the infrastructure of the future.
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Professional
PRS must meet new EPC ratings
Proposed amendments to the PRS Regulations brought into force in 2015, which established the existing Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for privately rented property in England and Wales, are a clear example of the important role that the real estate sector must play in helping the government achieve its net ...
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What should landlords consider when negotiating green leases?
Green lease is a term often bandied about. However, many people are still unaware of what it really means.
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Heatwave and rail strikes hit London office occupancy, says essensys
Office occupancy in the capital fell by around a third during the Summer’s heatwave and rail strikes, according to research by commercial real estate-focused technology firm essensys.