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Strategic Facilities Management: RICS Guidance Note
Posted on: 5 November 2013
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This document is aimed at facilities managers and corporate real estate professionals overseeing the running of commercial property worldwide. It provides recommendations on developing, implementing and evaluating a strategic plan for the running and servicing of individual buildings and property portfolios.
UK Hotel Investment
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Savills at published information on investment in the UK hotel market for the fourth quarter of 2013.
Effective carbon prices
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This publication synthesises a number of case studies of effective carbon prices in selected countries and sectors.
Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network
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The Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network exists to accelerate the UK’s transition to a low carbon, resource and energy efficient economy by connecting businesses, universities, other research organisations and government agencies, and catalysing innovation across a wide range of environmental technologies. A number of videos are available online with information on recent workshops and conferences.
What has EU climate and energy policy done for the UK? A review with 20 climate and energy specialists
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Green Alliance interviewed 20 climate and energy specialists for this new report. The report found a consensus among specialists that overall the EU had played a positive role in the UK’s energy outcomes, even among those who had criticisms of individual policies. Among the views expressed was the belief that the EU creates a large market for abatement technologies to be developed and costs reduced through economies of scale and resources can be better pooled to fund new technologies.
The Emissions Gap Report 2013
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This report, involving 44 scientific groups in 17 countries and coordinated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), is released as leaders prepare to meet for the latest Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Warsaw on 11- 22 November 2013. It finds that although pathways exist that could reach the 2oC target with higher emissions, not narrowing the gap will exacerbate mitigation challenges after 2020.
RICS consumer guides
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Almost a third of first time buyers across the country admit that they do not understand the processes involved when purchasing their first home. At a time when schemes such as Help to Buy are seeing demand rapidly increase, RICS has launched a set of free, consumer-friendly guides to help buyers and sellers understand exactly what to do and how to avoid any pitfalls. The guides include: Buying a home; Selling a home; Home surveys; Renting a property; Letting a property; Property auctions; Boundary disputes.
Housing Rights website
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The Housing Rights website aims to provide accurate information to recent arrivals and to advisers about entitlements to housing, based on people’s immigration status.
World Travel Market 2013: Global Trends Report
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BLUE AP (Bologna Local Urban Environment Adaptation Plan for a Resilient City)
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This is a LIFE+ project for the implementation of an Adaptation Plan to Climate Change for the Municipality of Bologna. It has two major aims: to develop an integrated approach to climate and environmental policies working within existing administrative frameworks; and to develop a climate risk assessment and an adaptation plan designed to ensure sustainable and safe urban development.
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