Sustainability
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Green loan unlocks Glasgow’s largest new office
HFD Property has secured £88.9m from Bank of Scotland to develop 177 Bothwell Street.
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Gove and Grainger talk rubbish
JLL’s Guy Grainger reflects on a recent meeting with environment secretary Michael Gove
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Look to the skies: incorporating green roofs in developments
MAINLY FOR STUDENTS The merits of green roofs and the benefits they could bring to a development
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The built environment must get green, fast
COMMENT: The backdrop for COP24, the United Nation’s climate change conference, is grim
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Cultivating urban agriculture: the value of food in property
Experts debate the business case for including food production in urban developments.
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Property sector must tackle effects of climate change
There’s a reason climate change is ever-present in our news cycle: globally, it’s the biggest risk we face. We know that it is affecting us now, but the question of…
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How can the property sector help create a sustainable future?
COMMENT: Close to 48 years ago, on 22 April 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative effects of 150 years of industrial development, writes Melanie…
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Great Portland forms sustainability think tank with top REITs
Great Portland Estates has joined forces with five other European REITs to create a new sustainability and innovation think tank.
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BlackRock student digs scheme gets £39.9m Lloyds ‘green’ backing
BlackRock Real Estate’ student digs scheme in Hoxton, N1 has secured the first Lloyds Bank green loan for a student development
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UKGBC chief joins London sustainability commission
The mayor of London has appointed Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), as a commissioner to the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC).
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Inside Bloomberg’s new headquarters
Bloomberg has opened its new £1bn European headquarters, rated the most sustainable commercial building in the world, in the City of London
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BREEAM adds value in the long term
PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT SUMMIT 2017: BREEAM accreditation is beginning to have an impact on the value of properties in the longer term.