ESG news – Page 39

  • News

    EC pursues UK and Belgium over EPC status

    2008-03-03T16:34:00Z

    EUROPE – The Belgian and UK governments are being taken to task by the European Commission for their failure to implement EU requirements stating how energy performance in buildings is measured.

  • News

    Environment code to calculate property’s carbon emissions

    2008-02-28T16:00:00Z

    GLOBAL - The Investment Property Databank (IPD) has launched a majorglobal initiative to help real estate owners measure and understand theenvironmental impact their buildings have, as officials believe suchdata will become a component of future real estate pricing andlegislation.

  • News

    Morgan Stanley forms solar project fund

    2008-01-14T17:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Morgan Stanley has put together a $200m (€135.9m) solar project fund to invest with Recurrent Energy and provide solar power to institutionally-owned real estate across the country.

  • News

    Green building ‘will define class A’

    2007-12-03T16:59:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Tenant demand will eliminate non-green new-build real estate in the US, according to a report published by Prudential US’ subsidiary Pramerica Real Estate Investors.

  • News

    Thomas Properties goes green

    2007-09-27T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Thomas Properties Group has formed its first green investment fund as pension funds are now turning their attentions to sustainable real estate investments.

  • News

    Sustainability to split real estate pricing - DTZ

    2007-09-18T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Real estate manager DTZ is predicting Europe will eventually develop into a two-tier property market which prices less energy-efficient real estate at a discount.