BIG INTERVIEW | Julie Hirigoyen, CEO of UKGBC

In the Canadian capital of Ottawa, the 100-year-old district heating and district cooling systems need to be renewed. It is an extensive project where FVB is responsible for how the renewal will be implemented in practice.

How does a wiring accessories factory cut all 600 tonnes of CO2 emissions from its operations? The global producer of smart building parts spells out one tonne at a time how it did precisely that at its Nordics plant in Finland.

Dockline, the 80,000 sq ft redeveloped office building in the heart of Dublin’s IFSC, has reached 95% occupancy and has been awarded LEED Platinum for its ESG credentials.

After a year-long programme by energy monitoring partner Deepki, French logistics group Heppner has detailed oversight of electricity and natural gas consumption at more than 4m sq ft in 89 buildings across France.

Bright, beautiful, and energy-saving, the 550,000 sq ft North Wing is the latest extension to Copenhagen’s largest hospital, Rigshospitalet.

Pieter Pot, the Rotterdam scale-up that delivers groceries in reusable glass jars, has signed for a 90,000 sq ft warehouse as it branches out across Europe.

Limerick in Ireland, together with Trondheim in Norway, have since 2018 been running experiments funded by the EU to find ways that cities can become energy positive. Ruth Kerrigan of IES explains.

Industry leaders in shipping and haulage – Coca-Cola European Partners, Tesco, XPO Logistics, Eddie Stobart, DPD – have established a cross-industry action group to decarbonise heavy goods vehicles across Western Europe.

The VC firm’s inaugural climate fund is the world’s largest targeting decarbonisation in real estate.