This is the work we publish to help people think more clearly about retrofit decisions, regulation, and the numbers behind commercial property performance. Pick the route that matches what you are trying to do.
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Lloyds and the National Wealth Fund have put £500m behind university retrofit. The hard part isn't finding the poor performers — it's deciding which buildings to fund first, and proving the case to finance committees and lenders.
From 2031, larger privately rented commercial buildings in England and Wales must reach EPC B where cost effective. Why that phrase decides what owners actually spend — and why five years is tighter than it looks.
Eight Versa used Building Atlas on their own office to compare a compliance-led MEES pathway against a net zero strategy — and to test how the platform stacks up against a consultant-led assessment.
The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards tighten in 2028. Here's what commercial property owners need to do now to avoid letting restrictions and stranded assets.
Eight Versa and Building Atlas have partnered to give portfolio owners the tools and expertise to make smarter, faster decarbonisation decisions across their estates.
Energy-inefficient buildings are beginning to trade at a discount. We explore the evidence and what it means for investment decisions.
Research on the impact of energy efficiency retrofit measures on rental returns and sale prices. UK commercial real estate rewards efficiency in rents — but not yet in sale prices.
What are the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, how do they work, and what do they mean for commercial property owners and lenders?
Buildings fall in the messy middle between one-size-fits-all and one-of-a-kind. Why archetype-based retrofit strategies fail, and what to do instead.
Brown discounts are real, growing, and unevenly distributed across UK markets. Why brown discount avoidance must be a core input in any retrofit cost-benefit case.
Building Atlas connects disparate property datasets using UPRNs where possible, and smart inference where not. Originally published on Geovation.
The retrofit sector is dominated by case studies of flagship projects. Our research shows that the real opportunity is in the 77.8% of UK commercial stock at stranded-asset risk — where IRRs reach as high as 92%.
It would take more than a century for the existing 950 UK building consultants to assess all 1.7 million commercial buildings. Why AI has to do the heavy lifting — and what it should focus on.
Our Data Science Team Lead Cecilia Skarupa shares lessons from the UKGBC Future Leaders programme — on collaboration, leadership, and de-risking innovation in the built environment.
On the need to look beyond hero projects for maximum environmental impact by 2030. Originally published on Property Chronicle.
