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Portfolio Carbon Management Beyond Construction Completion

with NZC Solutions

Managing Carbon Across the Entire Building Lifecycle

Portfolio Carbon Management Beyond Construction Completion is a growing area of focus, particularly in the UK, as organisations and asset owners aim to manage the carbon footprint of built assets over their whole life, not just during design and construction.

Key Areas of Post-Construction Carbon Management

Operational Carbon Monitoring and Reduction – carbon emissions resulting from the day-to-day energy use of buildings (heating, cooling, lighting, etc.)

Carbon Accounting and Reporting – tracking emissions in accordance with standards such as:
– GHG Protocol (Scopes 1, 2, 3)
– CRREM, Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Occupant Engagement & Behaviour Change – engaging tenants or building users to reduce energy use and emissions.

Maintenance and Continuous Improvement – ensuring systems continue to operate efficiently.

Portfolio-Level Strategy – looking beyond individual assets to optimize carbon performance across the entire property portfolio.

Why This Matters

Climate Goals: Helps organizations align with global carbon neutrality goals and regulatory standards.

Financial Resilience: Reduces exposure to carbon pricing, improves asset valuation, and mitigates climate risks.

Stakeholder Expectations: Investors, tenants, and regulators are demanding low-carbon assets and transparency.

How NZC Solutions Can Help

Let us help you on your journey to capture the Operational Carbon of your Buildings.

NZC Solutions Ltd have a suite of carbon-specific calculation and reporting tools that, when combined, provide a unique solution for UK construction organisations looking to decarbonise their carbon impact.

NZC LIVE: Unlocking Data-Driven Energy and Carbon Management

Realise your buildings real time carbon impact and energy performance.

Set Building Performance Targets: reduce wasted energy; identify inefficient elements of working systems that fall outside of the targets set.

Reduced carbon impact through accurate reporting and use of the latest UK-specific datapoints.

Help reduce your energy costs through accurate reporting and rectifying energy inefficiencies.

Be able to review and monitor your carbon output and energy use 24/7 with our online platform.

Ability to build benchmark data from a portfolio of buildings within one user dashboard zone to provide a holistic viewpoint on the carbon impact and energy performance.

CLIENT SUCCESS:

Panattoni

Company Profile

Panattoni is the largest logistics real estate developer in Europe for the eighth year in a row, according to Property EU’s annual survey of logistics developers.

The Challenge

To actively capture and report upon company operational carbon impact as part of overall business Net Zero Carbon strategy. Ability to provide real credible reportable data to demonstrate to their stakeholders their decarbonisation journey and attributes.

The Solution

Using NZC LIVE as the centralised system for accurate reporting across the portfolio of asset buildings.

Key benefits

Centralised dashboard displaying portfolio carbon impact indicators for each asset building

Legislative aligned reporting documents outputs

Carbon Hotspots identification & Benchmarking

Ability to review out of target warnings to identify inefficiencies or defects

Key outputs

By monitoring the overall current portfolio of Panattoni building assets, the platform would be monitoring in excess of 6,000,000ft2 of building carbon performance

From the data being captured, informed decisions and continual reduction performance can be reported on; either as a single building asset or as an overall portfolio

All new developments are added to the system

Improved Energy Performance Transparency

Buildings with lower operational energy usage command higher asset value and attract sustainability-conscious tenants or investors

Public or shared reports increases Stakeholder Accountability and Public perception of Panattoni Net Zero credibility

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