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Certifications and Initiatives
Acquisition of “Green Star” in GRESB Real Estate Assessment
The “GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark)” is a benchmark developed by a group of leading European pension funds. It evaluates the sustainability performance of real estate companies and funds, and is becoming a de facto standard among major European, American and Asian institutional investors and is utilized in their investment decision-making processes.
It is granted to entities which have exhibited excellence in both dimensions of “Management and Policy” and “Implementation and Measurement.”
NIPPON REIT participated in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment in 2019 and has been ranked for the third consecutive year as “Green Star”, the highest in the four available categories.
NIPPON REIT has also received “3 stars” in “GRESB Rating”, which is comprised of 5 grades based on relative evaluation of the total GRESB score.
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Acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification
The DBJ Green Building Certification system (the Certification) is a system established in April 2011 by DBJ to support property that evinces environment and social awareness (“Green Building”). DBJ evaluates and certifies properties that are socially and economically sought through comprehensive assessment of the subject property’s environmental performance and measure taken for various stakeholders including disaster prevention and community-conscious measures.
Tower Court Kitashinagawa
| Location | 11-13, Kita-Shinagawa 3-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo |
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| Site area | 2,879.77㎡ |
| Total floor space | 24,007.74㎡ |
| Completion | February 2009 |
| Structure/Floors | Reinforced concrete structure/flat roof, B1/36F |
Properties with exceptionally high environmental & social awareness
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Acquisition of CASBEE for Real Estate
Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE) is a method for evaluating and rating the environmental performance of buildings and the built environment. It is a comprehensive assessment of the quality of a building, evaluating features such as interior comfort and scenic aesthetics, in consideration of environment practices that include using materials and equipment that save energy or achieve smaller environmental loads.
FORECAST Ichigaya
| Location | 3-29 Ichigaya Honmura-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo |
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| Site area | 809.55㎡ |
| Total floor space | 5,404.86㎡ |
| Completion | August 2009 |
| Structure/Floors | Steel-framed, steel-framed reinforced concrete structure/flat roof, B1/9F |
Assessment System:
Class S (excellent)
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Acquisition of BESL for Real Estate
BELS is a system that third parties evaluate and indicate energy conservation performance of non-residential buildings, based on the Evaluation Guidelines for the Building Energy-efficiency Labeling System for Non-Residential Buildings (2013).
Nihombashi Playa Building
| Location | 9-12, Nihombashi Hamacho 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Site area | 539.32㎡ |
| Total floor space | 2,956.10㎡ |
| Completion | February 2009 |
| Structure/Floors | Steel-framed structure/flat roof, 7F |
Please click here for details of BELS.
Low-Carbon Model Building
The "Low-Carbon Small and Medium-Sized Model Building" is A1 or higher ranked building based on an assessment index for low-carbon buildings (low-carbon building benchmark) announced by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in May 2012, with an aim to create the real estate market in which low-carbon buildings featuring low CO2 emission are valued.
Higashi Ikebukuro Center Building
| Location | 41-24, Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo |
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| Site area | 1,041.25㎡ |
| Total floor space | 5,641.14㎡ |
| Completion | November 1991 |
| Structure/Floors | Steel-framed reinforced concrete, steel-framed structure/flat roof and zinc-coated steel roof, B1/9F |
Please click here for details of Low-Carbon Model Building (Japanese)
Environmental Considerations Rating Obtained from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
“SMBC Environmental Assessment Loan” assesses status of corporate initiatives for environmental considerations, on loan execution and establishment of lending conditions, based on environmental assessment criteria developed independently by SMBC and The Japan Research Institute, Limited.
NIPPON REIT received an “A” grade from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in accordance with “SMBC Environmental Assessment Loan”, in recognition of its commitment to environmental initiatives in asset management.
Please click here for details of SMBC Environmental Assessment Loan.(Japanese)