The real estate sector is facing a critical challenge: maintaining transparency and data integrity has become a business imperative, not a choice. Investors, regulators, and tenants demand verifiable proof, not just promises. To meet these growing expectations, sustainability data must be as rigorous and audit-ready as financial reporting. However, many real estate firms struggle with […]
Energy mixes refer to the distribution of the total amount of energy consumed by a given entity by energy source. This can be for an asset, a company, or a country. Although the percentages differ notably across countries, fossil fuels overwhelmingly constitute the global energy mix, accounting for over 80% of the total worldwide. A […]
Various policies and initiatives, such as the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, have established and standardized net zero goals, aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 2030 and 2050 to mitigate the impact of climate change. Real estate companies play a crucial role in this transition. To achieve these targets efficiently, they can turn […]
Definition Carbon accounting is a necessary step for companies that aim to manage, align, and control their emissions. It refers to the processes required to measure the amount of carbon emitted, avoided, or removed by an entity (e.g., an asset or business) over time. It allows companies or entities to monitor and report these emissions […]
What is the “Bilan Carbone”? How often should it be carried out, and what does it entail? Deepki’s Blog gives you the details… What is the Bilan Carbone? Developed in 2011 by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the Bilan Carbone is a tool for measuring direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, […]
Due to the enormous rise in greenhouse gas emissions, the low energy efficiency of the real estate sector, and the insufficient renovation rate of existing buildings, the European Union has set itself the challenge of decarbonizing the building sector by 2050. Faced with ever-more stringent environmental regulations and growing market expectations, Member States must drastically […]
Energy Management Energy management involves the planning and operation of energy production and consumption units. This function is carried out by energy managers whose main task is to reduce the energy bill of their company or client. Main objectives of energy management Data & Energy Management Existing data may be very useful in the context […]
First revised in 2010, the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) was revised again in 2018. The goal was then to accelerate the cost-effective renovation of existing buildings and promote intelligent technologies. On March 14th, 2023, the European Parliament adopted with a large majority a new revision of the directive, proposed in 2021 by the Commission. […]
Energy savings: Definition Efforts are made to control energy consumption; specifically to protect non-renewable natural resources such as oil, gas, coal, and wood. Energy saving became a major issue at the end of the 20th century when two important observations were made: fossil energy sources are not renewable on a human time scale, and the […]
What are ESG criteria? When it comes to assessing a company’s extra-financial performance, three factors come into play: Environmental criteria, which measure the company’s direct and indirect impact on the environment based on greenhouse gas emissions, environmental risk forecasts and waste management Social criteria, which evaluate the company’s impact on its stakeholders in different areas: […]
General definition of Green Premium Green Premium refers to the additional costs of a sustainable strategy in terms of green energy compared to the use of standard tools and methods that are not sustainable. It refers to the dilemma of being net zero while performing activities. Green Premia allow real estate players to measure how […]
What is GRESB? GRESB is a private, for-profit organization promoting sustainable real asset investments, with the aim of meeting today’s needs while respecting those of future generations. Created in 2009, GRESB offers an annual assessment that evaluates and compares real estate companies based on their extra-financial performance. Also read: Real Estate – enhance your extra-financial […]
What is resilience? Resilience is the capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from challenges. In the context of real estate, and its relationship with climate change, this extends to an asset’s ability to adapt to transition in a fair and sustainable way. As climate change influences weather patterns around the world, environmental and […]
In 2015, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) created the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to provide uniform information on climate-related financial risks that companies, banks, and investors can use to communicate with stakeholders. In 2017, the TCFD published its final report on climate-related financial disclosure recommendations, designed to help companies provide better information […]
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