BPF launches energy benchmark for existing buildings

The Landlord’s Energy Statement (LES) has been developed by the BPF and the Usable Buildings Trust to help landlords understand where the energy is being used by the landlord’s services.

The LES will also allow landlords to benchmark their building’s energy use and carbon emissions against sector benchmarks, to see how an individual building’s performance compares to similar developments. The BPF claim the LES will also identify where improvements can be made and will track changes over the years.

The Federation intend the tool to become the industry standard method for recording and reporting energy efficiency and also as a corporate social responsibility reporting tool.

The LES is accompanied by a guide that outlines a five step process to help landlords understand and improve their energy consumption and to begin to involve their tenants.