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INVESTMENT AND FUNDING
With more demand on refurbishment, retrofitting and energy generation there is a need to
access suitable funding mechanisms and identify investment opportunities. Energy is also
now an alternative asset class for many traditional real estate investors.
DTZ is helping clients to understand and access:
• Alternative assets — energy and infrastructure
• Energy efficiency funding
• Energy performance contracting
• Energy Supply Company (ESCO).
Energy and sustainability —
clarity from confusion
In the global real estate market, energy and sustainability has evolved into factors which can improve
the revenue and value of a building. Increasing EU and UK legislation has compelled companies
to manage their energy and sustainability strategies more effectively. Rising energy costs have
created a focus for reducing cost and increasing efficiency. These factors combined have allowed
companies to enhance asset performance and manage risk through energy and sustainability.
BRAND
Most company websites have growing sections dedicated to outlining their sustainability and
social credentials and large companies without a visible sustainability strategy are rare.
Many occupiers are looking to match the buildings they occupy with their own corporate social
responsibility (CSR) policies and showcase their corporate outlook to the world.
LETTABILITY
Many large corporates are now demanding minimum sustainable and energy certification
levels for buildings they wish to occupy. We can now even tell prospective occupiers how much
they would be saving per square foot compared to the building they are currently in. With the
continual rise in energy costs, this is crucial to whether a building gets rented out or not.
SHAREHOLDERS
A recent study with 10 years’ worth of data suggests that voluntary disclosures of carbon and
environmental data serve shareholders’ best interests and increase shareholder value while
improving environmental sustainability.
MANAGING ENERGY COSTS
Energy costs are increasing and the security of supply is decreasing. Managing energy risk
from supply to consumption is a key business function. Understanding consumption profiles
from accurate data gathering using the best technology can provide insight, cost and efficiency
improvements.
DTZ is helping clients to achieve:
• Historic energy recoveries and forensic service charge analysis
• Buying power
• Correct billing
• Smart metering
• Capturing data consumption and technology roll out
• Cost reduction
• Increasing efficiency.
Click here to listen to DTZ’s Alan Somerville
talking about strategic energy and sustainability
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