Grosvenor office in Leeds gets UK’s first NABERS rating

Grosvenor’s 87,500 sq ft building on Toronto Square in Leeds has become the first existing development to secure a NABERS UK Energy rating. The building was refurbished in 2009 and has grade-A offices across eight storeys in the heart of the city’s commercial business district. The 4.5-star rating was confirmed after 12 months of data from the building was collated and analysed by NABERS UK licensed assessor EP&T Global and independently certified by Building Research Establishment. Grosvenor aims to secure a NABERS UK rating above 4.5 stars for all of its office buildings larger than 10,800 sq ft by the end of 2025. Launched in 1999, NABERS is considered to be an environmental performance tool for commercial buildings. It helps to bridge the performance gap between the design and actual in-use energy performance of offices and creates transparency for the market. Rachel Dickie, executive director of investment at Grosvenor, said: “By undergoing this process we are now well placed to undertake further improvements to Toronto Square and have developed our understanding of where else we can use NABERS UK as we push to net zero across our entire property portfolio.” To send feedback, e-mail evelina.grecenko@eg.co.uk or tweet @Gre_Eve or @EGPropertyNews Compare details of recent deals in Leeds’ office market >> Deal data reveals the top five agents in Leeds >>