Creating more than financial value.
We are committed to achieving net zero carbon across our portfolio by 2050.
We recognise the role that we must play in reducing the built environment’s carbon footprint. We are dedicated to making our buildings part of the solution.
Our priority is to develop, retrofit and refurbish our assets so that they achieve or exceed the relevant building certification.
By creating and managing efficient places, we can ensure that our properties’ energy, water and waste resources are carefully managed, in turn providing healthy and safe living spaces that support our students and improve environments for our local communities.
An example of where this has been achieved is our development of St Crispin's House in Norwich, UK.
Thsi award-winning development, originally a 1970’s office block, is an example of how buildings can be repurposed, refurbished, extended, and given a new lease of life. With a sustainability-first approach, over 4,700 metric tones of embedded carbon were saved during the development programme.
St. Crispin’s House was subsequently awarded Fitwel three-star accreditation and achieved a BREEAM score of ‘Very Good’, the highest rating a building of this kind could achieve.