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EPCs alone won’t help us achieve Net Zero Carbon
31st May, 2022As the real estate industry manoeuvres to meet stiff carbon reduction targets, our Managing Director and founder, Simon Crowe, has been speaking to investor relations agency Tavistock, on delivering commercial property net-zero ambitions
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Taiyo Power & Storage Website goes Live
1st March, 2022Renewable energy joint venture Taiyo Power and Storage brand and website launched to deliver quality-driven renewable energy projects that have a positive impact for both people and planet
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Joint Venture with Kajima Europe Announced
5th October, 2021Kajima Europe has launched a renewable energy platform to develop solar and battery storage projects across the UK in a joint venture with specialist renewable energy developer, Low Carbon Alliance…
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Valuing Actual Building Performance in an EPC World
15th September, 2021Energy Performance of buildings has been on the agenda for over 13 years, since the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates in 2007. But, does an EPC value equate to acutal building value?!
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Net Zero has significant challenges and policy needs significant teeth to tackle it
8th June, 2021Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards were introduced on 1 April 2018. Buildings cannot be leased with an EPC worse than an E rating since this date…
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Built Environment Virtual Pavilion @ COP26
27th May, 2021We have joined forces with UK Green Buildings Council to give the built environment sector a strong voice at 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)…
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*WEBINAR RECORDING* Net Zero Buildings : Is your data good enough?
8th October, 2020How do you start to transform commercial buildings into net zero carbon ones? The starting point is getting good energy data…
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Use Real Data and See the Truth
25th August, 2020The wrongness of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES). When it comes to energy efficiency, there is another way to capitalise on making us all use buildings more efficiently…
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Building Regs: Busted
29th July, 2020“We are Part L compliant” should really read “We design to the bare minimum.” Part L is busted. There it is, I have said it. And I am annoyed at this missed opportunity…
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Net Zero for Real Estate … why bother?
5th July, 2020I started Low Carbon Alliance in January 2010. I had just spent the previous 5 years at HBG/BAM Properties speculatively developing BREEAM Excellent “future-proofed” offices before the credit crunch curtailed my development career…
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