Green projects

Green IKEA shops

04 December 2014

Aneta Cichla

POLAND IKEA’s Polish stores have obtained the Green Shop certificate, which is awarded by the Partnership for Environment foundation, achieving the first, top degree under the system.

Wrocław’s Promenady Zita LEED Platinum pre-certified

26 November 2014

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND The first stage of the Promenady ZITA office complex in Wrocław has obtained LEED pre-certificate with the highest possible rating, Platinum, for core and shell development.

Zagreb’s Eurocenter earns BREEAM In-Use certification

26 November 2014

CROATIA Eurocentre, a 11,400 sqm office building in Zagreb, has been awarded BREEAM In-Use certification with Very Good rating, becoming the first Croatian building with such accreditation.

Gold and Platinum for Skanska buildings

17 November 2014

POLAND The Atrium 1 in Warsaw and Green Day in Wrocław office buildings, both developed by Skanska Property Poland, have obtained green certificates.

Bucharest two-tower office project now fully LEED-certified

17 November 2014

ROMANIA City Gate South Tower, a 18-storey building that makes up the two-tower, 44,000 sqm City Gate office project in Bucharest, has earned LEED certification with ‘Silver’ rating. The project’s second tower, City Gate North Tower, obtained LEED certification with ‘Gold’ rating last year.

Kulczyk Silverstein Properties gets greener

06 November 2014

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Starting in January 2015, all office buildings owned and managed by Kulczyk Silverstein Properties (KSP) will consume only renewable energy derived from wind farms.

Warsaw’s Harmony green-certified

31 October 2014

Harmony Office Center, a Commerz Real-owned three-building office complex in Warsaw’s Mokotów district has received BREEAM In-Use certificate with ‘Very Good’ ratings in building management and asset performance.

LEED Gold for Warsaw tower

29 October 2014

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Warsaw Financial Center has been granted LEED Gold certificate in building operations and maintenance of existing buildings.The owners of the office building, Allianz Real Estate and Tristan Capital Partners-managed Curzon Capital Partners III, launched the certification process in January 2014.

SBC excels in BREEAM

20 October 2014

POLAND The Sterlinga Business Center in Łódź, owned by Hines, has obtained a BREEAM In-Use certificate at the ‘Excellent’ level for both the building management and for the asset.

Lithuanian government invests in energy efficiency

14 October 2014

Anna Pakulniewicz

LITHUANIA Lithuanian Ministry of Energy is set to improve energy efficiency of app. 3,500 to 4,000 residential buildings in the country by 2020. Estimated at app. LTL 1.5 bln (EUR 0.4 bln), the project will be partly financed by the EU, reports vz.lt.

Warsaw’s Tulipan House goes green

30 September 2014

POLAND Tulipan House, a Commerz Real-owned office building in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, has earned BREEAM In-Use certificate with “Very Good" rating in Asset Performance and “Excellent” score in Building Management.

Budapest's Office Garden II now LEED ‘Gold’ certified

29 September 2014

HUNGARY Office Garden II, an office building that makes up the Office Garden business complex in Budapest, has received ‘Gold’ certification under LEED rating scheme.

Schneider Electric going greener

15 September 2014

POLAND It seems that Schneider Electric, the French electricity distribution and energy management company, lives up to its green logo and business interests. The company has recently moved its Warsaw headquarters to a new, energy-efficient 32,000 sqm office building, designed to make the best use of Schneider Electric’s building management solutions, where it will ultimately take up 6,500 sqm of space.

Horizon Plaza BREEAM certified

04 August 2014

POLAND The Horizon Plaza office complex in Warsaw’s Mokotów district has been given a BREEAM In-Use certificate.

EIB pours EUR 136.5 mln into Bucharest green housing

28 July 2014

ROMANIA European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend EUR 136.5 mln to help increase energy efficiency in the Bucharest residential buildings.

Another Peakside building BREEAM-certified

21 July 2014

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Poznań Financial Centre, an office building owned by Peakside Polonia Management, has been granted a BREEAM In-Use certificate.

World Cup 2018 stadiums to be BREEAM-certified

16 July 2014

RUSSIA Three out of seven stadiums that will be constructed for the football World Cup 2018 in Russia are currently undergoing the assessment process under the BREEAM-certification system.

Four Wiśniowy office buildings receive BREEAM certificates

15 July 2014

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Four buildings – ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’ – of the Wiśniowy Business Park complex in Warsaw have acquired BREEAM In-Use green certificates at the ‘Very Good’ level.

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

North Gate and Atrium City awarded BREEAM In-Use

26 June 2014

POLAND The North Gate and Atrium City office buildings in central Warsaw, which are both owned by Deka Immobilien, have received BREEAM In-Use certificates.