Here is an overview of key dates and activities for the 2018 GRESB Assessment Cycle:
| Assessment Consultation and Development | JANUARY | Structured investor and industry consultation |
| GRESB Portal development | ||
| FEBRUARY | February 15: Pre-Release of Real Estate Assessment, Real Estate Developer Assessment, Infrastructure Fund Assessment, Infrastructure Asset Assessment and Debt Assessment | |
| Release of Asset Portal Guide, EPA Portfolio Manager to GRESB Converter Guide and API documentation for the Real Estate Assessment | ||
| GRESB Portal development | ||
| MARCH | March 1: Release of Resilience Module, Health & Well-being Module, and Assessment Reference Guides | |
| GRESB Assessment Training sessions | ||
| March 15: Assessment Portal closes for the GRESB Real Estate Pre-Assessment | ||
| Assessment Reporting Period | APRIL | April 1: Assessment Portal opens. Companies, funds and assets are invited to participate in the 2018 GRESB Assessments by logging into the Assessment Portal |
| Upon completion of all the sections in the Assessment participants are encouraged to request a Response Check | ||
| GRESB Assessment Training sessions | ||
| April 25: GRESB Siemens: Sustainable Real Assets Conference in London | ||
| MAY | Response Checks | |
| May 17: GRESB Siemens: Sustainable Real Assets Conference in Washington, D.C. | ||
| JUNE | June 8: Deadline to request a Response Check is midnight (PST) on June 8 | |
| June 15: Validation starts | ||
| June 26: GRESB Siemens: Sustainable Real Assets Conference in Sydney | ||
| Validation, Scoring and Benchmarking | JULY | July 1: Assessment Portal closes. All submissions must be received by midnight (PST) on July 1, 2018 at the latest. Unfortunately, GRESB cannot accept any submissions received after this date. |
| AUGUST | Validation ends | |
| Scoring and benchmarking | ||
| Assessment Results | SEPTEMBER | September 5: Launch of the Assessment Results |
| Participants have the option to request a Results Review | ||
| Public results events - all regions | ||
| Assessment Consultation | OCTOBER | Public results events - all regions |
| Participants provide feedback on Assessment content, products and services | ||
| Assessment Portal opens for the GRESB Real Estate Pre-Assessment | ||
| Structured investor and industry consultation | ||
| GRESB Data Insights Training sessions | ||
| NOVEMBER | Structured investor and industry consultation | |
| Aggregation and analysis of feedback | ||
| GRESB Data Insights Training sessions | ||
| Start of preparation for the 2019 Assessment cycle | ||
| DECEMBER | Structured investor and industry consultation | |
| GRESB Portal development |