Green Buildings Tool

Green buildings are buildings that take the environment into account. They are built using construction techniques that minimise energy, waste and water consumption. But there are things you can do to make existing buildings into green buildings, too. Green buildings can be found all over: from schools and homes to sports clubs and offices.

Green buildings offer many advantages. They use the latest techniques to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. That means users benefit from lower energy bills and a better living environment. For investors and property managers, green buildings bring higher returns.

A green building starts at the design stage. For example, the use of sustainable building materials, green energy and a good fit with the environment in which the building is located must be considered. Existing buildings can be made more sustainable by using the right insulation materials and additional energy-saving measures.

The Green Buildings Tool (GBT) is a digital energy consulting solution designed to evaluate the energy efficiency of real estate properties. Users can utilize this tool to assess the energy performance of buildings, retrieving current Energy Performance scores or certificates (either actual or proxy, depending on data availability). Additionally, the GBT calculates carbon emissions and offers customized suggestions for energy efficiency enhancements at the building level. Whether evaluating individual buildings or entire portfolios, this tool provides tailored recommendations to promote greener, more sustainable practices.

The tool offers valuable insights to enhance the energy efficiency of your portfolio. It provides sustainable business cases for individual properties as well as at the portfolio level. By evaluating factors such as investment, energy savings, carbon emission reduction, and enhancements in local energy ratings, it enables comprehensive strategic decision-making. Moreover, the tool generates compelling business cases that can assist management in making informed decisions regarding investment and loan portfolios.

The fully licenced Tool is a white-labelled platform with flexibility for customisation, which offers two types of customisation: a comprehensive version and a lite version. In the comprehensive version, clients can personalise text, fonts, colours, images, logos and dedicated landing pages unless otherwise specified in the proposal. For a simpler customisation approach, the lite version allows clients to change the primary and secondary colours and incorporate their logo. This usually goes hand in hand with shared hosting instead of dedicated hosting for environments with comprehensive customisation. Additional customisation possibilities can be explored upon client request, considering the necessary resources and budget.

We offer a high level of customization, allowing full branding and customization of the frontend styling of the tool. Collaboration with marketing and branding teams ensures the styling is accurately implemented, and adjustments to the customization can be made as needed throughout the tool’s usage.

The Green Building Assessment Tool provides rapid insights and tailored recommendations for a client’s retrofitting business case. While the case for retrofitting is unique to each client, these insights serve as valuable guidelines. Clients can utilize this information to discern their business case and establish a roadmap for their ESG strategy, whether it involves energy efficiency, carbon emission reduction towards achieving net-zero goals, or ensuring compliance with government regulations.

The Green Buildings Tool is crafted to be user-friendly and intuitive, eliminating the need for extensive technical knowledge. You can effectively work with it without any specialized technical background. If you encounter challenges or have inquiries, your Relationship Manager (if applicable) is on hand to offer assistance and support, ensuring a seamless experience. Also, please reach out to our Customer Support Team who will be pleased to guide you in the right direction: support@greenbuildingstool.com

CFP maintains the highest standards in information security. The company is certified under the ISO 27001 standard, ensuring stringent measures for information security at both the network/infrastructure level and user level across the entire organization.

While several companies provide ESG data insights for real estate portfolios, the GBT stands out for its personalized approach. We offer customized business cases for both your entire portfolio and individual buildings. Additionally, our tool allows you to update data in later stages, a feature not available on many other platforms. What sets us apart is our simplicity: with just 4 data inputs, the Tool provides actionable, accurate and scalable sustainability insights applicable worldwide.

The number of buildings or assets you can input depends on the type of license you have acquired. If you need to upload large portfolios consisting of thousands or even millions of assets, CFP’s support team can assist you through batch file uploads. This streamlined process reduces your workload and enhances overall efficiency.

Certainly, the Green Buildings Tool is designed to cater to residential properties. It supports various property types, including Community, Conference, and Restaurant, Education, Healthcare, House, Industry, Lodging (hotel), Office, Parking, Retail, Sport, Storage and Distribution, and Tower Block.

Yes, this is possible will the full End-to-End licence. Our end-to-end platform is capable of linking the outcomes of the tool to the bank’s products and services where required through APIs and SSO.

The Tool is accessible globally, allowing users worldwide to utilize its features. Currently, the Tool’s algorithms are operational in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Australia, Sinapore and more. In these countries algorithms are connected to public and private data. The tool integrates information from the EPC register, NABERS, Green Star and plans are in progress for expansion to various countries in Europe, APAC, and North America. In to-be-launched countries, cost levels, carbon emission data, energy benchmarks are the first to be implemented. Then, specific standards per country, legislation and subsidies are a next phase.

Yes, the Green Building Assessment Tool serves as a powerful guide for enhancing energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions at both portfolio and building levels. It offers valuable insights into areas where improvements can be made, which might align with credits for BREEAM and/or WELL certification. It’s important to note, however, that the Tool doesn’t replace BREEAM or WELL certifications. These certifications involve on-site assessments and consider additional factors such as health, wealth, transport, and waste. The Assessment Tool, on the other hand, provides automated, actionable, and scalable insights specifically focused on energy efficiency and carbon emissions.

Absolutely! Here is a video about the Green Buildings Tool: https://vimeo.com/749873738