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At Lendlease, electrification isn’t a one-time project—it’s an ongoing process. Each year, they reassess every asset’s electrification pathway, ensuring it remains commercially viable and ahead of regulatory changes. This proactive approach assumes that the market will shift in favor of lower carbon solutions. With heat pump costs decreasing and gas prices expected to rise, LendLease is positioning its assets to avoid future penalties and stay compliant with evolving regulations. Sara Neff shares how this strategy keeps LendLease at the forefront of sustainable development in our on-demand recording! 📺 Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/ep4A4FH3 #Electrification #SustainableDevelopment #FuturePlanning

Decarbonization and the "Next Owner" Problem: Are You Prepared? Most commercial real estate assets change hands every 7-12 years. That means the next owner is likely to face stricter carbon regulations, and they won’t want to inherit assets that aren’t compliant. This puts pressure on current owners to future-proof their investments now. The next buyer will be looking for properties that won’t come with fines, penalties, or costly retrofits. The good news? Taking action today can protect your asset’s value tomorrow. Jonathan Flaherty from Tishman Speyer dives deeper into this critical issue in our on-demand recording! https://lnkd.in/ep4A4FH3 #Decarbonization #CommercialRealEstate #Sustainability

🔧 Future-Proofing Your Building: The Importance of Strategic Asset Planning 🔧 To keep your building on the cutting edge, it's crucial to have a strategy for every asset. Understanding the age and replacement timeline of your equipment ensures you're not just reacting to failures but proactively planning for them. But there’s more—having a roadmap in place means you’re not simply replacing old equipment with more of the same. Instead, you’re upgrading to future-ready technology that aligns with the needs of tomorrow’s building. This forward-thinking approach prepares you for the unexpected, ensuring your assets are always aligned with the future. Jonathan Flaherty from Tishman Speyer explains how this strategy can save you time, money, and stress in our on-demand recording! 📺 https://lnkd.in/ep4A4FH3 #AssetManagement #FutureReady #SustainableBuildings

🔧 Hear how Michael C. from Host Hotels & Resorts breaks down the opportunities for CRREM to improve their methodology for the US and Canada: 1. More granular segmentation by building type 2. Bottoms-up pressure-testing of EUI curves to consider the physical building limitations 3. Alignment with existing frameworks and BPS in the US 4. Planned regular updates given the rapidly-changing landscape Learn more about these improvements in our on-demand recording. https://lnkd.in/eaHDJck2 #CRREM #RealEstate #Sustainability #Innovation

At Audette, we recently attended IMN's Decarbonizing Real Estate Forum, and the shift in perspective was palpable. Sustainability is no longer viewed as a cost center—it's now recognized as a key driver and protector of asset value. Key takeaways: • Sustainability has evolved from a nice-to-have to table stakes for attracting investors and competing in capital markets. • Decarbonization significantly impacts asset values by improving NOI and mitigating cap rate compression. • The industry needs actionable, asset-level transition plans that align with portfolio-level goals. • It's time to prioritize reduction over excessive reporting, focusing on what truly matters to clients and investors. • Innovation in real estate decarbonization is crucial, matching the scale of our ambition to the scale of the problem. As carbon emissions and performance become increasingly integrated into the global economy, those who leverage decarbonization as a competitive advantage will gain a significant edge. At Audette, we're committed to making decarbonization planning easier, faster, and widely available. We believe now is the time to unlock decarbonization at scale. Want to dive deeper into these insights? Read our full newsletter and subscribe for future updates: https://lnkd.in/eN9ZtWyu What are your thoughts on the future of decarbonization in real estate? Let's continue this important conversation in the comments below. #Decarbonization #RealEstate #Sustainability #ClimateAction

🔥 Mark your calendars! 🔥 We're thrilled to announce a not-to-be-missed webinar on August 8th with industry icons Sara Neff of Lendlease and Jonathan Flaherty of Tishman Speyer! 📣 Webinar: Carbon's impact on future asset values: Early market signals & emerging trends 📣 This is your opportunity to gain invaluable insights into how the leading minds expect carbon to influence asset values in commercial real estate over the next decade. Our speakers will cover: 1. Early market signals of brown discounts in the leasing vs. capital markets 2. How to prepare your organization to protect the future value of your portfolio 3. The critical path to securing buy-in with stakeholders and taking meaningful decarbonization action Join us to learn how to better future-proof the value of your portfolio. 🎟️ Register Here: https://lnkd.in/ep4A4FH3 📆 Date: Thursday, August 8th 🕒 Time: 2-3pm EST / 11-12pm PST Let’s push the boundaries of what’s possible together. #Sustainability #CommercialRealEstate #Decarbonization #Webinar #FutureProofing

🏢 How is Host Hotels & Resorts accounting for brown discounts in their underwriting model? 💼 By incorporating the clearly quantifiable impact of building performance standards into their underwriting model, Host Hotels has been able to approve and fund more capital-intensive, deeper decarb projects than would have otherwise been possible. Michael C. shares how CRREM and other tools can help investors quantify these risks in our on-demand recording. 📊 https://lnkd.in/eaHDJck2 #Investment #Sustainability #CRREM #HostHotels

Big brain alert 🧠 Don’t miss Jonathan Flaherty from Tishman Speyer and Sara Neff from Lendlease, who take on one of the hottest topics in decarb - the impact of carbon on asset values. Join us on August 8th from 2-3 PM ET for this exclusive session. 🌍 Webinar: Carbon's impact on future asset values: Early market signals & emerging trends 🌍 While we don’t have a crystal ball to predict how capital markets will behave in the future, we can bring you two of the industry’s most thoughtful leaders on this topic. Few have been at decarbonization longer than industry veterans Sara Neff and Jonathan Flaherty. Listen in as they tackle: 1. Early market signals of brown discounts in the leasing vs. capital markets 2. How to prepare your organization to protect the future value of your portfolio 3. How to secure buy-in with stakeholders and take meaningful decarbonization action Don’t miss this chance to learn from the best! 👉 Register Now: https://lnkd.in/ep4A4FH3 📅 Date: Thursday, August 8th 🕒 Time: 2-3pm EST / 11-12pm PST Save your spot and be part of the conversation that’s driving the future of commercial real estate. #Webinar #Decarbonization #RealEstate #Sustainability #ThoughtLeadership

The term “stranding risk” is too binary. The reality is that carbon risk is more of a spectrum, and CRREM can be useful in understanding how an individual asset is performing along that spectrum based on its proximity to the curve. 💡 Learn more about how this relates to brown discounts, higher operating costs, and lower asset values at exit, especially in markets with building performance standards. Watch Cope Willis's insights in our on-demand recording! 🎥 https://lnkd.in/eaHDJck2

Yet another amazing Decarbonizing Real Estate Forum from the folks at Information Management Network (IMN). Compared to just a few years ago, it’s now undeniable that sustainability plays a central role in responsible real estate investing and is critical to safeguarding the long-term value of assets. Our key takeaways: • 🔍 Focus on Asset Values: Failure to account for the impact of carbon risk in the future = failure to complete in the future. The firms poised to be the winners of tomorrow are actively investing in decarbonization today to protect the future value of their assets. • 📝 Reporting is Not Action: Action is action. Don’t let reporting prevent you from taking action and don’t get trapped in the endless doom spiral of data collection. Instead, take a more iterative approach - start investing a few decarbonization projects, measure them and use them to prove out the value to your organization. • 📈 Think Bigger: Tackling decarb in onesie-twosies, building by building, is no longer adequate. To meet the demands of investors and in order to achieve the targets set, it is now necessary to act on the full portfolio. In order to do that, portfolio-scale analysis needs to become the new norm. • ⏩ No Going Back: The global economy is moving from debating zero carbon to realizing it. Adapt to survive or risk losing out to competitors. The Audette team left inspired and ready to push for a zero carbon future. If you missed the event or want to dive deeper, reach out. Let’s do this together! 💪