The London waste sector is sounding the alarm: battery fires have reached epidemic levels, with incidents rising by over 50% year-on-year across the capital. For commercial property owners and facility managers, this isn't just an environmental concern, it's a direct operational and financial risk. This article explores the scale of the crisis, its impact on business operations, and how modern...

Commercial buildings are designed to perform efficiently. Energy models are calculated. Waste infrastructure is planned. Water systems are optimised. Carbon projections are estimated. On paper, performance looks strong. But what happens after the handover? The reality in commercial real estate is this: Designed performance and operational performance are rarely the same. For property teams,...

An Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) core is the primary heat exchange component of an energy recovery ventilation system. It transfers heat—and, in many designs, moisture—between stale exhaust air leaving a building and fresh outdoor air entering it without allowing the two air streams to mix. This energy exchange helps maintain consistent indoor temperature and humidity while...

An Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) core is the primary heat exchange component of an energy recovery ventilation system. It transfers heat—and, in many designs, moisture—between stale exhaust air leaving a building and fresh outdoor air entering it without allowing the two air streams to mix. This energy exchange helps maintain consistent indoor temperature and humidity while...

For years, ESG performance in commercial buildings was driven mostly by targets, frameworks, and reporting cycles. But today, the real differentiator isn’t how impressive the targets look, it’s how well buildings perform operationally day-to-day. And nothing drives real performance like accurate, accessible, and real-time building data. From waste to energy, water, occupancy...

Operational ESG for commercial buildings is no longer about annual reporting or high-level sustainability commitments. It is about how a building performs every day — how it uses energy, manages waste, handles water, supports occupiers, and turns operational data into measurable action. For property teams, asset managers, landlords, and FM professionals, operational ESG is not a reporting...