"Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and Commercial Property"

RICS CPD Foundation

Charles will be speaking alongside Peter Williams of Falco Legal Training at this evening event to be held at University College London, at 18.15 on 26 March 2015 in an event organised by the RICS CPD Foundation.

The talk will cover:

- How MEES will work
- The Green Deal, simple payback and the “Golden Rule”
- Timescales and the effect of MEES on properties that are currently let
- Properties and transactions that are exempt from MEES
- What actions landlords should be taking now
- Possible impacts of MEES on property values.

For more information, please follow this link to the RICS CPD Foundation's website.

"Minimum Energy Peformance Standards ("MEPS")

Ecobuild 2015

Charles is delighted to have been invited to make a presentation at this year's Ecobuild conference at London Excel starting at 16.30 on 4 March 2015.

Charles' presentation is part of a session chaired by Adam MacTavish of Sweett Group and includes speakers from the Department of Energy & Climate Change, JLL and Legal & General Property.

For more information, this link will take you straight to Ecobuild's website.

Investment Property Focus

Investment Property Forum (January 2015)

In conjunction with Sarah Sayce, Emeritus Professor at Kingston University and Adam MacTavish, Sweett Group, SIAM was invited to submit an article to be published in IPF's "Focus" magazine in January 2015.

The article, entitled "MEPS - What will be their impact?", drew on research caried out on behalf of the Green Construction Board ("GCB") during 2013 and 2014 and is available only to members of the Investment Property Forum.

Please contact us if you would like to see a copy or see below for a link to the full GCB report.

"Sustainability and Property Values"

RICS CPD Foundation

Charles made a presentation to a packed audience at an eveing event held by the RICS CPD Foundation on 14 October 2014.

The 90 minute session looked at ways that a wide range of sustainability-related issues might come to affect property investment values and you can download the slideshow here:

"Mapping the impacts of minimum energy efficiency standards for commercial real estate"

The Green Construction Baord - Valuation and Demand Working Group (August 2014)

SIAM, Sweett Group and Kingston University were selected to undertake research on behalf of the Green Contruction Board to identify the geographic and sector spread of buildings with sub-standard Energy Performance Certificates ("EPCs") and to model the potential impacts on property investment values.

The report, which analysed nearly 400,000 EPCs, was the culmination of nearly two years' work. This link will take you to the Green Construction Board's website where you can download either the full report or a handy Executive Summary.