The investment platform, which acquires and manages rental homes on behalf of institutional investors, plans to invest £1bn to buy and retrofit at least 3,000 rental homes across the UK by 2024.

Gropyus, a startup that designs, builds and manages prefab homes, doubled its total funding with a Series B fundraise led by German residential giant Vonovia.

The Nordic real estate investor said Spaceflow will “build a digital bridge” between customers and buildings in its residential business, Juli Living, in Denmark.

CarbonQuest, which converts carbon dioxide into a liquid before it can escape buildings, will install its carbon capture technology at five New York multifamily properties owned by Glenwood Management.

Energy savings in homes disappear within four years after insulation is installed, according to a 12-year University of Cambridge study.

The UK Green Building Council has laid out recommendations to put the UK back on track to meet its net zero goals through a more sustainable built environment.

As funding for proptech startups slows to a trickle, ideas that will help the built environment transition to green energy still entice otherwise wary investors.

Warrington, a town in the northwest of England, teamed up with climate tech experts at IES to model the cost of retrofitting the city’s buildings and help it achieve its net zero targets.

Pursue simple ideas that have a tangible and immediate impact on users rather than think about “big grand ideas”, speakers argued on the first day of Propel by MIPIM NYC.