The Halo Effect: your weekly round-up of EG’s tech news and trends

Another week of Covid-19-related reactions, responses and strategies in the world of tech and innovation but thankfully some signs of green shoots, too. Literally. This week on Halo, EG’s new tech and innovation platform, one of our most popular stories was around Dutch developer EDGE’s newly released plans for London’s most sustainable office tower. EDGE London Bridge at 60 St Thomas Street, SE1, is set to be the greenest building of its kind in the UK capital. Click here to find out more about the 26-storey tower’s green credentials. And if it’s sustainability you want, check out EG’s Sustainability Live event today too . Also this week, we spoke to PiLabs founder and chief executive Faisal Butt about the realities of launching an accelerator programme in the midst of a global pandemic and found out why he believes Covid-19 will see proptech adoption happen within two years rather than 10. Read more >> More pandemic-related tech news, this time from Altus group, as the firm’s managing director of data and software Guillaume Fiastre comments on whether Covid-19 will accelerate proptech consolidation. Read more >> And it was a good week for tech at CBRE following the announcement that Mike Gedye will head the agent’s newly created technology sector group. Read more >> Also this week, why investment in proptech is set to accelerate and why the current increased use of technology in public consultation in planning should be viewed positively and retained once the lockdown is lifted. Read more >> For more tech and innovation news, trends and analysis visit www.egi.co.uk/halo  To send feedback, e-mail emily.wright@egi.co.uk or tweet @EmilyW_9 or @estatesgazette