Making low-carbon and resilient buildings a reality
On May 9th 2018, the California Energy Commission announced that it had unanimously approved the plan to mandate solar panels on new homes and apartment buildings built after January 1st, 2020. This supports the State’s goal of increasing renewable resources to 50 percent of its electricity consumption by 2030, and to reduce its emissions to […]
Three Potential Gaps in the Typical Assessment of Social and Environmental Stressors
Investors are expressing an increased interest in understanding the resilience of property and infrastructure assets and owners. The GRESB Resilience Module, launched across GRESB assessments this year, provides an exceptional vehicle for investors to evaluate the capacity of organizations to manage emerging social and environmental shocks and stressors. For many diverse, well-capitalized companies with mature […]
In late August of 2017, the United States was bracing for another destructive force of nature. Hurricane Harvey made landfall and brought flooding that had never been seen before in Texas, causing catastrophic conditions in Houston and totalling over $125 million in damage – the second most costly natural disaster in United States history behind […]
Deep Dive into Resilience: Three Highlights from the DC Sustainable Real Asset Conference
Over the last several years, resilience has emerged a material issue for GRESB investor members and participating companies and funds. Influential recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) have increased awareness about resilience among investors and provided a framework for systematic engagement with investments. Simultaneously, property and infrastructure companies have recognized new challenges […]
The value of considering the resilience of real estate assets
Stockland is committed to developing and maintaining resilient assets that are equipped to adapt and thrive in the face of climate change. To achieve resilience across our portfolio, we have developed an approach to assess and manage the physical risks posed by climate change at our assets and their surrounding communities. Strategic application of this […]
Efficient Resilience (or how I learnt to love modelling and my FM)
Hot on the heels of wellbeing, resilience is the latest issue to, rightly, grab the attention of the property industry. As with wellbeing, resilience covers a complex range of issues, but a core one is resilience in the face of more extreme whether events. And while these issues are getting more coverage, reduced energy use […]
Stop what you are doing and look around. The working environment you find yourself in is most likely hindering your productivity rather than enhancing it. It is still kind of a drag to pull yourself out of bed and make the commute to work. You like your work, but something isn’t quite right.
Getting to the heart of “Resilience” at the London SRAC
I was listening to an episode of The Compass Podcast on BBC World Service called My Perfect Country. The episode was about Cuba and its policy for surviving hurricanes: “It has been a cornerstone of their government for decades – at the heart of the model is the promotion of local level decision-making that relies […]
