Around 90 percent of older office buildings need retrofitting
The world’s real estate industry is facing the challenge of reducing carbon emissions as part of achieving the global goal of limiting the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above...
Category: Green Building
ESG is the New Value Driver for Business and Real Estate
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) represent important challenges and opportunities of our time. ESG is a value driver, as investors increasingly apply these factors to identify future risks and...
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe focuses on sustainability with comprehensive ESG strategy
Leonardo Hotels Central Europe, one of the fastest-growing hotel chains in Europe, is bringing awareness of corporate and social responsibility into sharper focus with an enhanced ESG strategy. In...
Three Czech CPIPG buildings gain LEED certification
The buildings Na Příkopě, myhive Jungmannova and myhive Jindřišská in Prague have successfully obtained the international environmental certification LEED v4.1 in the category EB: OM (Existing Building: Operations and...
ULI sets out standard disclosure method to deflate ‘carbon bubble’ in current real estate values
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has warned of a ‘carbon bubble’ in the pricing of European real estate and urged the industry to work together to preserve values across...
Euro Tower becomes the first LEED ZERO CARBON certified building in Romania
Euro Tower, the landmark office building owned by Cascade Group in the Central – North of Bucharest, officially becomes the first LEED Zero Carbon certified building in Romania. LEED...
SES Spar uses TÜV AUSTRIA Certified Energy Management System in Three Countries
SES Spar European Shopping Centers has been working with an ISO 50001:2018 energy management system at all of its centres since 2019, and the system was successfully re-certified by...
Helaba and Altaal sign green building deal to increase loan to €128 million
At this year’s EXPO Real, Helaba and its customer Altaal closed a deal to acquire an office building with the financing of €40 million. This transaction brings the total...
MPC PROPERTIES TO TURN OFF EXTERNAL LIGHTING ON THE ENTIRE FACADE AT NIGHT
As a company that is responsible for the management of more than 12 office and retail assets in the territory of Belgrade, MPC Properties has made a decision to...
EBRD lends PLN 350 million to Santander for greener homes in Poland
The EBRD is providing a senior loan of up to PLN 350 million (€75 million equivalent) to Santander Consumer Bank S.A. (SCB) to help homeowners in Poland improve the energy...
S IMMO’s concrete sustainability efforts are paying off
S IMMO received both the Bronze Award and the Most Improved Award for its non-financial reporting in the 2021 Annual Report at the EPRA sBPR Awards 2022. In addition,...
NREP launches Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods programme
C40 is joining forces with NREP to launch the Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods programme and support interdisciplinary approaches that make urban areas more sustainable, equitable and liveable. The programme...
