What is a Smart Building?
A Smart Building is defined in many ways depending on the internet source, vendor offering or conversation at hand. However, the intelligence of a building primarily depends on the operators’ and tenants’ perspectives and goals and the technology available to meet them.
Read more Leveraging Stakeholder Engagement to Develop Sustainability Strategies
As organizations begin to develop more nuanced sustainability programs that require the involvement of key stakeholders, such as tenants and employees, the challenge of how to engage these groups becomes more relevant. Whether implementing a short-term initiative, an event at a building, or a more comprehensive program across the entire organization, engaging stakeholders can help […]
Read more Crossing the Landlord / Tenant divide
Back in the mists of time when GRESB was a spreadsheet-based survey, the idea of full consumption data was proposed. Imagine the screams as the suggestion was made that even single tenant, or FRI leaseholders might, one day, give their private consumption data to their Landlord. It assumed, to start with, that the Tenant even knew […]
Read more What’s in a lease?
An often-heard comment from GRESB participants is that the structure of landlord and tenant relationships makes it impossible for them as landlord to engage with tenants, particularly on energy, water and waste data sharing. I would like to shed some light on this sometimes-contentious issue. It is true that in many jurisdictions lease structures hand […]
Read more Three steps to heaven: marginal gains make a difference
The doctrine of marginal gains, the simple idea that the way to outperform in sport is to target small incremental improvements, is now taking the business world by storm. Dave Brailsford, the performance director of British Cycling, has demonstrated that by making a 1% improvement in a whole host of areas, the cumulative gains end […]
Read more Community Engagement at Regent’s Place
Purpose of the project: British Land’s 30-year involvement at Regent’s Place in London’s West End has seen the campus double in size, providing accommodation and amenities for around 15,000 workers and residents, as well as the local community. It is a great example of how we are able to create outstanding work environments by […]
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