Our committment
Asia Green Real Estate is committed to certifying every building with the appropriate green building standards. In close collaboration with our local partners, we optimize the performance of our investments in terms of sustainability to assure that we create environmentally, economically and socially sound buildings in order to provide superior returns to investors in the short and long term.
We are proud to be one of the first investment firms to have signed a cooperation agreement with the IFC World Bank Group on its sustainable building certification program EDGE. Furthermore, we have achieved the following green building certifications:
Asia Green Real Estate is also committed to the following calls for action:
Benefits of green building
We spend 90% of our time indoors and buildings have a huge impact on our quality of life. Sustainable construction results in a win-win situation for buyers, tenants, investors, and consequently for society as a whole.
Buildings account for 25% of the worlds water consumption and more than a third of energy consumption as well as CO2 emissions. With the current global efforts undertaken against climate change, awareness for sustainable construction is steadily growing and the adoption of modern standards is rapidly gaining momentum.
With about 60% of the world’s population living in Asia, there is enormous potential in saving CO2 emissions, combatting climate change and improving living standards. It is estimated that 22% of the worldwide CO2 savings potential lies in China: 8.4 million tons of CO2 per year. This equates to flying from Zurich to New York over 3.2 million times or driving an average car for 37’000 years non-stop.
Benefits for real estate property users
- Higher comfort
- Fewer sick days
- Higher productivity
- Better learning conditions
- Improved well-being
Benefits for developers and investors
- Higher sales prices
- Higher rental rates
- Lower vacancy
- Lower operating cost
- Lower life-cycle cost
- Lower policy risks
Benefits for governments and society
- Improved air quality
- Lower CO2 emissions
- Reduced health cost
- Reduced environmental cost
- Reduced water consumption
- Reduced waste production
Sustainable buildings provide high quality space for humans to live and work in a healthy and comfortable environment. At the same time, they deliver higher returns to investors and reduce the health and environmental cost for society.
Green buildings in Asia
Sustainability in Asia means more than just energy efficiency since air pollution, clean water or the usage of unhealthy materials are additional challenges within the real estate sector. Asia Green Real Estate has implemented green building aspects in the investment process to enhance the properties in respect to sustainability.
In addition to regional and international certifications, Asia Green Real Estate applies its proprietary green building tool, EcoTool, to evaluate the performance of properties over three dimensions: resources, health and comfort. Each investment project is assessed in its local context by city and use-type. After assessing the initial strengths and weaknesses for resource efficiency, health conditions and comfort level, improvement solutions with the highest benefit-to-cost ratio are developed. By focusing on reducing resource consumption, promoting a healthy indoor and outdoor environment and increasing comfort for users, we achieve above market sustainability standards for our buildings.
Our EcoTool assessment of an investment before (left) and after (right) green building improvements have been implemented.
The combination of the expertise of our in-house green building team, our proprietary green building tool “EcoTool” and our network of trusted external specialists allows us to develop practical sustainability solutions with a high benefit-to-cost ratio.
