Residential & Mixed-use

Residential real estate, especially build-to-rent and multifamily housing, is central to climate and social sustainability agendas. Key challenges include energy poverty, tenant engagement, and retrofit complexity.

Longevity Partners deliver residential ESG strategies that improve performance, enhance regulatory readiness, and increase long-term value. For mixed-use developments, we provide integrated sustainability planning from concept to execution, helping clients deliver low-carbon, community-centred projects that create measurable social and environmental value. 

Why Sustainability Matters in the Residential & Mixed-Use Sector

• Energy affordability and comfort: Efficient design reduces utility bills for residents while improving indoor comfort and health outcomes.
• Policy-driven change: Governments are introducing stricter energy performance requirements, embodied carbon limits, and low-carbon heating mandates.
• Investor value: Sustainable developments typically see higher sale prices, stronger demand, and reduced obsolescence risk.
• Social and community impact: Mixed-use developments can enhance livability, promote active transport, and foster inclusive, resilient communities.
• Tenant retention: through socially conscious asset management.
• Long-term resilience: Climate-responsive design and material choices protect asset value over decades of operation.

Our Services

• Efficiency, Energy & Net-Zero Carbon Audits: Identify cost-effective pathways to net zero for build-to-rent, social housing, and mixed-use developments. Our audits address energy efficiency, carbon intensity, and opportunities for renewable integration.
• Sustainability Due Diligence: Assess ESG risks and opportunities for acquisitions and development projects, with a focus on climate risk for housing developments, social value in real estate, and urban regeneration.
• Renewable Energy: Integrate on-site generation, storage, and procurement strategies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and support low-carbon community development.
• Green Building Certifications: Guide projects through BREEAM, LEED, WELL, and other schemes to demonstrate best practice in residential ESG strategy and mixed-use sustainability planning.
• Climate Resilience: Evaluate exposure to flooding, overheating, and other hazards, and design adaptation measures to safeguard residents and asset value.
• Policy & Regulatory Advisory: Navigate evolving housing performance standards, embodied carbon targets, and ESG disclosure requirements to ensure compliance and future-proof developments.

Projects

• CBRE IM – ERP fund management.
• Urban & Civic – Climate strategy, portfolio screening, asset-level climate risk assessments, and TCFD reporting for housing developments in the UK.
• JPMorgan AM – PMO, LCAs, NZC strategy & audits, climate risk assessments, and TCFD reporting for >20 assets in 5 funds in France.
• Partners Group – ESG strategy development over 500 assets in the US.
• Unite Students – Corporate-level ESG & Climate Risk Strategy for 140 assets in 27 UK cities.