Sustainability Solutions

Sustainable Buildings & Places

Design, build and operate real estate assets that are environmentally friendly and socially responsible.

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Create real estate assets that prioritise environmental sustainability and social responsibility at every stage. From site selection through construction and operation, our holistic approach ensures organisations seamlessly integrate sustainability into their real estate portfolio.

Our Services

Green Building Certifications

Create sustainable buildings and certify their performance to set your assets apart in the market. Specializing in managing environmental risks, reducing carbon output and securing sustainability certification, we improve asset value while helping to create a healthier built environment.

Focus Areas

  • LEED
  • BREEAM
  • WELL
  • Fitwel
  • GRESB
  • TRUE Zero Waste

Green Lease Strategy

Evaluate your existing building leases and craft a strategy to negotiate new clauses the harmonize with your sustainability objectives. By incorporating renewable energy, reducing carbon emissions and minimizing waste and water usage you can address the environmental impact of operations and mitigate financial and reputational risks.

Focus Areas

  • Cross-party cooperation
  • Data sharing & metering
  • Dilapidations
  • Alterations & maintenance
  • Building certifications

Efficiency & Electrification Audits

Discover a clear path to achieving your sustainability goals through our expertise in technical analysis and financial planning. Our efficiency and electrification assessments enable your organization to develop programs to meet your sustainability objectives across your portfolio. With our trusted partners, we deliver a comprehensive program ready for budgeting and implementation.

Focus Areas

  • Energy & water assessment
  • Decarbonization audit
  • Program recommendations
  • Business case preparation
  • Training and awareness
  • Sustainable Principal Project Delivery

Energy Procurement

Structure energy contracts to support corporate budget and renewable energy objectives. Our Energy Procurement services streamlines the identification, contracting and management of traditional electricity and natural gas suppliers, ensuring ongoing risk management. We also facilitate the acquisition of off-site renewable energy solutions such as PPAs and VPPAs, EACs and carbon offsets.

Focus Areas

  • Utility procurement
  • Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
  • Virtual PPAs
  • Energy Renewable Certificates (EACs)
  • Carbon Offsets

Sustainable Building Design & Construction

Build sustainably with our expert team overseeing every aspect from integrating sustainable building principles to managing certification processes. We engage directly with vendors to minimize risks, reduce embodied carbon and drive efficiency, ensuring timely and cost-effective results.

Focus Areas

  • Principal Project Delivery
  • EV charging infrastructure design
  • Retrofit accelerator
  • Refurbishment/upgrade
  • Sustainable design
  • Embodied carbon benchmarking

CBRE Sustainability Solutions

Our Approach

Simplify complexity, accelerate sustainability. No matter where you are on your sustainability journey, we have the strategy to help you achieve your goals. Our solutions are strategic, optimised and scalable – all supported by data-driven insights.

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Strategic Blueprint
Build a strategy to meet goals, regulations and stakeholder expectations worldwide
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Resource Optimisation
Enhance efficiency throughout your organisation to reduce costs and your environmental footprint
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Decarbonisation at Scale
Rapidly deploy solutions to decarbonise portfolios and value chains
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Sustainability Insights
Enable real-time decision making through comprehensive data, analytics and reporting

Why Choose CBRE?

  • Experts in real estate

    We specialise in collaborating with developers, investors, landlords and occupiers to achieve sustainability goals. Our expertise lies in crafting solutions that benefit all stakeholders, meet regulations and enhance the sustainability of the built environment.

  • Maximise efficiency

    Our approach maximises efficiency by developing high level action plans and deploying capable teams to implement changes on-the-ground. This is strategic thinking driven by practical knowledge and application.

  • Scalable solutions

    With our global reach and in-depth knowledge of local regulations, we provide cross-border solutions. Our network links you with experts worldwide from HVAC engineers, building surveyors to renewable energy specialists - we have the people to help you achieve your sustainability objectives.