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Written by Emily Thomas
Facilities Management (FM) companies need to do more to ensure existing buildings are energy efficient, a real estate investment trust (REIT) has urged.
Land Securities, the largest REIT in the UK, said that climate change and energy efficiency are increasingly significant factors to the building and construction sectors.
Although large organisations are already working towards reducing their carbon footprint, it is still "a problem for the modular masses", the company explained.
Dave Farebrother, environmental director at the organisation, said there are a number of actions FMs could take to become more energy efficient.
"It is about changing behaviours, good habits, better communication, liaison and motivation between the occupiers, letting agents, and the facility companies that control the buildings," he commented.
Land Securities has reduced its average carbon emissions per square meter by 28 per cent during the last four years.
The comment follows the publication of a report by the Met Office, which suggested that climate change is to become an increasingly important issue for the UK in the future.
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