GRESB and BREEAM announce winners for the GRESB BREEAM Asia Awards recognising responsible real estate investments in Asia
On the afternoon of Mar 3, 2021, at the BRE China Awards and BREEAM 30th Anniversary held at The Langham Shanghai, GRESB and BREEAM announced the winners for the inaugural GRESB BREEAM Asia Awards recognizing responsible investments in real estate in Asia. There were three award categories this year. The Best Performing Entity award recognized […]
We’re pleased to be starting a new year at GRESB energized and ready to go. With the formation of the GRESB Foundation now well underway, new appointments to our Management Board and the expertise and dedication of our growing network of Members and Partners, we’re ready to work with industry to accelerate progress on the transition to sustainable real assets at the scale and speed that is now required.
A basic premise of building water systems is that water should flow as much as possible, avoiding water stagnation. Water left to age inside pipes and fixtures loses its disinfectant abilities, allowing microbes to flourish, and reacts with pipe walls to leach compounds. So what happens after the unexpected building shutdowns due to COVID-19? As these pandemic times stretch on, we are beginning to better understand the answers.
The Future ready business of water SECURITY: preparing for the next drought
Australia began 2020 in the grip of a brutal drought and fighting unprecedented bushfires. As communities looked to desalination as the answer for water supply problems, it began to rain and then the pandemic hit. In this article, Grant Gabriel, an Associate Water Supply Engineer with WSP, discusses the imperative for making water security a […]
Using existing data to find water-saving potential: three concrete examples
Water is a rare and precious resource and the fight against wasting it is a key issue. Running a building produces a large amount of data on water consumption. All of this valuable data can be used to review your water consumption, make comparisons with your peers or even detect possible leaks. In this article, […]
Post-covid-19 Era: Buildings’ Health and Well-being
While creating healthier buildings has been an ongoing trend in the real estate industry, the outbreak of Covid-19 reemphasized the urgency and importance of building health and safety. Originally discovered in Wuhan, China, the highly infectious, deadly coronavirus shocked the world. Economies were disrupted, and ways of life were changed. More people started working from […]
Hydrogen Batteries Driving UK Railways Towards Net Zero Targets
Pragmatism and ambition will be key to tackling the pressing challenge posed by climate change. In its 2019 report ‘The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming’, the Committee on Climate Change recommended that the UK Government should progress its delivery of Net Zero with far greater urgency whilst also ensuring the fair distribution of costs[1]. […]
Massive wildfires in California, the worst flooding in China since the beginning of this new millennium, and the second most active Atlantic hurricane season on record – this is a snapshot of what a 1 °C warmer world looks like. Such extreme weather events have become more unpredictable in intensity and frequency year after year, […]
