Around 36% of global energy use and 39% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are accountable to the global buildings and construction sector according to the IEA Global Status Report (International Energy Agency). For improving the energy consumption of properties, the real estate industry has to increasingly address the mitigation of direct and indirect emissions resulting from the construction phase of new buildings or refurbishments, and where applicable, from the dismantling at the end of the economic useful life. Due to the low refurbishment rates in the existing European stock and the specific requirements due to climate change, any increase of energy efficiency requires more energetic retrofits in the existing property stock to reduce the carbon footprint.

CRREM Risk Assessment Tool Pilot Version

March 24, 2020
CRREM Risk Assessment Tool Pilot Version

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CRREM Press Release

Public Consultation Confirmed Approach of CRREM-Decarbonisation Pathways for Real Estate Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) would like to thank all market participants who took part in the public consultation phase. Industry experts, investors and scientists provided feedback on the methodology, and gave consolidated statements on the decarbonisation pathways and their usefulness in understanding as […]

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CRREM Press Release

CRREM has released the decarbonisation pathways for the global real estate sector that are now available for public consultation and has finalized the CRREM tool to help identify and manage transition risks for individual assets. CRREM provides the industry with global decarbonisation pathways for 28 countries in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific for the different asset […]

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Google’s tool ‘Environmental Insights Explorer’ is now available in Europe

Google created a tool to help cities to measure their pollution and their emission levels. The tool, which was available in the US, shows now information about Birmingham, Manchester and Dublin. In the future, other European cities like Wolverhampton, Coventry and Copenhagen will appear. The Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) offers data about: building emissions transport […]

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