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Four Questions to Louise Ellison

9 September 2020
Etienne Cadestin interviews Louise Ellison – Sustainable Development Director at Hammerson Group, Chairman of the Better Building Partnership (BBP) and EPRA Sustainability Committee :    Do you think the COVID-19 Pandemic will […]

How Green are Green Energy Tariffs? Understanding Green Energy Plans and REGOs

9 September 2020
In today’s market, we often hear of many electricity companies marketing green energy tariffs, backed by 100% renewable power. This seems like a straightforward way to reduce our carbon emissions […]

Energy regulations in France: news and implications

1 June 2020
In the current climate crisis, the real estate sector is a major player of the global energy transition. Residential and tertiary sectors represent 47% of final energy consumptions and 26% […]

Revised EPBD requires Dutch real estate sector to rethink its contribution to net-zero mobility

9 April 2020
A revised version of the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD III or EPBD) recently came into effect. The European-wide Directive requires its member states to implement policies that enhance the […]

Providence and the future of real estate in these uncertain times

3 April 2020
When I first heard about a highly transmissible virus emerging in China that impacts humans’ respiratory systems, I didn’t think for a moment the virus would spread globally to become […]

European Climate & Environment Regulatory Updates

2 April 2020
Government regulations create the rulebook for real estate investors to engage in the real estate market. In recent decades, this rulebook has been changing to incorporate concerns for climate change […]

Working from home… what environmental implications?

1 April 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has forced most of the world population to leave their offices when possible and complete their work online, from home. Working from home usually means no public […]

Entrepreneurial streak: The real estate talent turned founders – featuring Etienne Cadestin

23 March 2020
‘It’s a start-up world out there’ In a recent article, Karl Tomusk talks about the real estate industry’s new challenges and the rising stars of entrepreneurialism featuring Longevity’s Global CEO […]

Onward to the Roaring 20s: This is the decade to do sustainability right

13 January 2020
With the welcoming of a new decade we must reflect on what can be achieved in 10 years. Our predecessors in the 1920s drove wide-spread adoption of such products as […]

Urban trees: so much more than Carbon sequestration

20 November 2019
In July, Science published the article ‘The global tree restoration potential’ which suggested another 0.9 billion hectares of tree canopy cover can be planted in rural areas, which would sequester […]

Longevity Partners Netherlands issues its first BREEAM certificates

19 November 2019
Longevity Partners Netherlands issues its first BREEAM certificates Having opened its doors nearly two months ago, Longevity Partners B.V. has issued its first BREEAM-NL In-Use certificates to Klépierre. As part […]

The real estate sector needs to wake up to the physical risks of climate change

21 August 2019
The impact of climate change is causing an increase in average global temperatures, precipitation irregularities (more intense rainfall, or drought) and sea level rise. These changes are expected to result […]

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