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Bayerische Hausbau Development

Germany

º£½ÇÊÓƵ empowered one of Germany’s leading real estate companies to plan for a sustainable future by understanding the ESG implications of its development portfolio.

We are all becoming increasingly aware of the importance of action in the face of climate change and the biodiversity crisis. A carefully considered built environment can play a critical role in helping communities to lower their carbon impact on the planet and ensuring places are better evolved to meet the challenges of climate change resiliency.

Bayerische Hausbau Development engaged º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s team of asset management experts to assess its development portfolio and create an ESG Framework.

The Framework would support it to continue to drive climate change mitigation and sustainable practices into its investment decisions.

Our experts focused on the reduction of the carbon impact of the development portfolio – both in terms of energy efficiency and embodied emissions.

We delivered a routemap to shift the development portfolio to lower carbon assets, supported by technical guidance for how they can navigate the journey.

Challenge

Bayerische Hausbau Development operates as part of the Schörghuber Group. In addition to new-build projects, the company’s activities also include redeveloping existing properties, often as part of major urban regenerations. The company engaged º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s team of asset management experts to assess its development portfolio and create an ESG Framework to support it to continue to drive climate change mitigation and sustainable practices into its investment decisions. The client wanted our team to focus on reducing the carbon impact of its portfolio – both in terms of energy efficiency and embodied emissions.

The º£½ÇÊÓƵ team faced the challenge of guiding the client through a complex transition towards genuine sustainability. This involves not only reducing the carbon impact of both new and existing properties – addressing energy efficiency and embodied emissions – but also balancing these ambitions with cost considerations and regulatory requirements. The team needed to deliver actionable strategies that empower the client to decarbonise its portfolio, adopt sustainable materials, and future-proof investments, all while supporting the company’s reputation as a leader in sustainable real estate development.

Bayerische Hausbau Development engaged with º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s asset management specialists to evaluate its development portfolio and establish a comprehensive ESG Framework. Image: º£½ÇÊÓƵ.

Solution

We worked closely with the client teams to build an understanding of their baseline and aspirations – creating a detailed picture of how they see themselves evolving around sustainability in the next few years and how this will balance against cost considerations.

Our experts focused on which specific interventions around reducing carbon intensity would deliver the most impactful benefits against cost.

We focused on office buildings and residential buildings to shape a framework approach around ESG. For these two asset classes, we defined the building typologies and assessed the influence and impact of the surroundings, utilities and infrastructure, and how these aspects might influence improvements around carbon emissions.

We created a picture of how the company’s decarbonisation goals could be achieved through a specific focus on key property elements and materiality considerations – such as minimising properties with deep concrete basements and navigating towards developments that use sustainable materials such as timber. We delivered our report alongside presentations and workshops to ensure the client fully understood the implications of the guidance and would be empowered to shape investment decisions with longer term ESG goals in mind.

Value

Our experts delivered clear carbon emission targets for Bayerische Hausbau Development to shift its development portfolio to lower carbon assets, supported by technical measures for how they can navigate the journey.

The measures will deliver both carbon and development cost efficiency for the development projects, as well as helping the organisation to meet its regulatory requirements and continue to build its reputation as a developer of truly sustainable real estate development.