This briefing paper, Sustainability and Commercial Real Estate, is the result of a collaboration between the Irish Green Building Council and AIB, and it is the first in a series titled Sustainability, Finance and the Built Environment.
The purpose of this paper is to introduce key concepts to investors and developers, in the context of climate risk impacts on both the financial sector and the built environment.
This paper presents statistics on Ireland’s non-domestic building stock, and on energy ratings and emissions by property type. It draws on local case studies of new and retrofitted buildings that are leading the way in net zero carbon targets.