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The Better Buildings Partnership regularly publishes blog pieces, news articles, toolkits and case studies that highlight the latest sustainability developments in the UK commercial real estate industry. The resources can be filtered hereunder by topic, type and member.

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Workman’s IBOS drives energy savings across 4m sq ft

24 May 2023

Workman has partnered with clients to roll out its Intelligent Building Operating System (IBOS) across more than 4 million sq ft of commercial space. Results prove the power of smart tech to immediately improve building performance. This is particularly pertinent in the context of spiralling energy prices, the climate emergency and hybrid working patterns that have made traditional operating practices deeply inefficient. Clients adopting the technology include Blackrock, Columbia Threadneedle and Federated Hermes.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Workman

Avison Young Advances Brindleyplace Towards Net Zero Carbon

15 July 2021

At Brindleyplace in Birmingham, Avison Young has tested the power of live data intelligence to drive efficiency savings in managed properties.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Avison Young

Harnessing Solar Energy Through a Partnership Approach

25 June 2020

Nuveen Real Estate and Lambert Smith Hampton aim to deliver impressive carbon emission reductions for the Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF (JHUKPPAIF) by partnering with a retail warehouse occupier in Croydon to install a 210 kWp solar array.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Lambert Smith Hampton

Driving Energy Efficiency through Building Management

05 December 2018

TH Real Estate and Lambert Smith Hampton have successfully piloted, refined and rolled out a new energy monitoring solution from 4D Monitoring...

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Lambert Smith Hampton

Savills Achieves BREEAM Outstanding In-Use at Kings Place

04 January 2018

At Kings Place, Savills has achieved the UK’s highest ever BREEAM rating for property management, on behalf of Deka Immobilien GmbH and WestInvest GmbH. To improve the building’s sustainability performance, Savills worked with Deka, occupiers and contractors at Kings Place on a range of initiatives to promote health and wellbeing, encourage biodiversity, enhance energy efficiency and reduce water consumption. Kings Place is part of a wider programme of BREEAM In-Use certification that Savills is rolling out for Deka.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

LaSalle Investment Management and Knight Frank Partner on PV

10 February 2017

LaSalle Investment Management, advised by Knight Frank, has installed a 277 kWp photovoltaic (PV) array at Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, Hartlepool. The project was turned around in a tight timeframe to benefit from the Government’s Feed-in Tariffs before 2016 reductions came into force.

Topic: Energy/Carbon

Type: Case Studies

Member: Knight Frank