Properties such as The Broadgate Tower, 20 Triton Street and Ropemaker Place have all had new energy management systems installed, allowing operators to keep a very close eye on how much energy these office spaces consume.
All three properties are owned by the real estate investment trust British Land, and the energy systems, supplied by EP&T Global, have already been trialled at the commercial property giant’s head office at York House in West London.
“Where appropriate, we provide the initial capital investment, recovering this through utility cost savings generated through energy use reductions,” explained Justin Snoxall, British Land’s head of business.
A range of multi-let managed offices in London and a number of shopping centres owned by British Land around the UK are also in line to have an EP&T Global energy management system installed over the next 12 months.
The UK Green Building Council is backing the use of smart energy management systems, which should enable relevant operators to cut their base-building energy use by more than a quarter while saving thousands of pounds annually.
Editor’s notes: In 2023, the company, which was established in 1993, had systems in place covering over 60 million square feet of lettable space across over 25 countries, and continues to build on its experience drawn from the 40 billion data sets it has collected.
Developers and landlords were increasingly installing smart energy systems to provide office space with green credentials, as recognised by assessment methods such as BREEAM, LEED and NABERS.
As of June 2026, EP&T Global monitored over 75 million square feet of net lettable area across 26 countries. It stated that it reduced energy consumption by an average of 21 per cent across its client base.
As office landlords, developers, investors and property managers become increasingly aware of the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) launched its 2nd edition of the Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) standard to provide guidance on measuring whole-life carbon emissions, managing carbon budgets, reducing life-cycle emissions, and delivering a net-zero future for the built environment, in July 2024.
The BREEAM ‘Version 7’ assessment model was released in 2025.