by Ann Withanee — January 24, 2011—The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), a collaboration of 15 of the largest commercial property owners in the U.K., in partnership with the LDA, has published its latest Toolkit providing guidance to both owners and occupiers on how to work more effectively together to achieve reductions in energy, water and waste in their buildings.
A copy of the Toolkit can be downloaded.
A number of BBP member organizations, including British Land, Canary Wharf Group and Hammerson, have achieved positive results in reducing the environmental impacts of their buildings by engaging with their occupiers through Green Building Management Groups forums comprising the owner, occupiers and building management representatives and established to achieve reductions in resource use and waste generated in their building.
These groups provide a platform from which to review the environmental performance of a building and to share ideas on how to improve its operational and occupational efficiency. They provide owners with an opportunity to explain to occupiers how their building is currently performing and, with appropriate sub-metering in place, allow individual occupiers to compare their performance against one another. This can help stimulate action by occupiers to reduce their own carbon emissions and even result in healthy competition to achieve the greatest reductions.
For more information visit the Better Building Partnership Web site.
