Nymex and The Green Exchange, New York energy efficiency companies, have announced plans to open a London-based office as a way to enter the European market.
This news comes after months of searching for the correct property and attempts to receive UK regulatory approval.
Initially the company looked at offices in Brent crude in Dublin, however the company has now decided that offices in the capital would be more appropriate for their plans.
It has been announced that London has been designated as a Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA).
It received the designation for energy efficient building and is the seventh area to be recognised under the scheme, the government strategy for a low carbon economy. It highlights £90 million of invested funding towards more sustainable building projects that have taken place recently by regional development agencies, rather than bringing new investment from the government. (more…)
The recently completed ‘Razor’ tower in Elephant and Castle, London is to generate 8% of its own energy with new wind turbines.
Officially named the Strata tower, it stands at 148 m high and is part of a £1.5 billion project to regenerate the area around Elephant and Castle. It cost £113 million and also includes a smaller building, named the Pavilion. The towers are mainly for residential use, comprising of exclusive apartments ranging from £230,000 to £2.5 million in price. (more…)
The office building of PricewaterhouseCoopers at More London has won the first ‘outstanding’ BREEAM rating in the UK.
BREEAM is the standard for sustainable design and environmental performance. The ratings look at many different criteria and offer an award based on the results. ‘Outstanding’ is the top rating, meaning the site has to meet or exceed 85% across all targets. (more…)
The offices of Transport for London and London Development Agency are now home to the UK’s largest hydrogen fuel cell.
Deputy Mayor of London Kit Malthouse visited the TfL and LDA offices at Palestra on Blackfriar’s Road and officially unveiled the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant. The plant cost a reported £2.4 million and is part of the plan for the building to save £400,000 in energy bills and cut carbon emissions. TfL and LDA recently joined the 10:10 Campaign to join the action in London to reduce their carbon footprint. (more…)
Blackstone Real Estate Group and Prupim are the latest companies to join a new environmental scheme in London.
The Better Buildings Partnership was set up to encourage and improve the environmental performance of commercial property in London.
Following a meeting of 100 representatives at City Hall, the Better Buildings Partnership and Green500 annual brunch, discussing environmental and energy consumption issues in London, Blackstone Real Estate Group and Prupim have joined the scheme. (more…)