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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]