The Better Buildings Partnership’s Managing Agents Partnership has launched a framework to help drive optimal in-use energy performance in commercial buildings.
The Managing for Performance Framework will focus on multi-let offices and offer guidance on assessing a building’s current performance versus industry benchmarks, enhancing management and operational aspects of the building for optimal energy performance, and achieving peak in-use performance.
It has been created by a working group comprising MAP, BBP members and technical experts.
BBP chief executive Sarah Ratcliffe said: “By providing a structured approach and actionable steps, we hope this framework will empower property managers to narrow the divide between the expected and actual in-use energy performance of buildings they manage.”
Vicky Cotton, ESG director at Workman and co-chair of the Managing for Performance working group, said: “The launch of the Managing for Performance Framework marks a significant milestone for the Managing Agents Partnership. There has been a growing need for guidance which can support property managers in closing the performance in-use gap, and we are thrilled to have launched a framework designed to meet that demand.”
Carl Brooks, working group co-chair and CBRE’s head of ESG for property management, added: “Property owners are increasingly setting targets for the energy performance of their assets linked to wider ambitions toward net zero. We hope this framework provides property managers with practical guidance on how to assess building performance today, and clarity around where investment is needed to drive energy reduction and efficiency aligned with those ambitions.”
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