Property management

Tenants increasingly attach importance to sustainability and now also take initiatives themselves. Wereldhave is pleased with these developments and encourages sustainability suggestions from its tenants. Active shopping centre management provides opportunities to improve the sustainability of the retail portfolio.

In 2011, Wereldhave connected energy meters to an energy management system for a substantial part of the portfolio. ‘Measuring is knowledge’ and therewith the start of active energy management. The platform registers 15 minute energy-use values, which are used to distinguish the various energy consumption profiles and to analyse energy consumption during the course of the day.

Central energy procurement
Of the 75 properties, Wereldhave procures (a part of) the energy for about 60. Of these 60 properties, circa 65% is connected to the platform per January 1, 2012 (in as far as Wereldhave procures the energy). During the first quarter of 2012 this percentage will rise to 75%, since part of the portfolio could not be connected earlier, e.g. the Ealing Broadway shopping centre was acquired in December 2011.

Waste management
In 2011 Wereldhave made a first step in the field of waste management of shopping centres. Staring on January 1, 2012, the Eggert shopping centre in Purmerend applies a new waste separation system. Tenants will separate waste in 5 flows: paper, glass, folio, plastics and other. Consumers will also be involved in the waste segregation. New bins were placed in the centre for the separation of waste in three flows.

Greenleases
Retailers will be confronted actively with the analysis of energy consumption, aiming for cooperation. Greenleases will be applied, including a sustainable fitting out. All the new tenants of the 12.000 m² newly developed extension of the Nivelles shopping centre signed a (light) greenlease in 2011. Wereldhave Netherlands finalised a greenlease appendix to its lease agreements in 2011, which appendix will become part of the new standard lease agreement from the first quarter of 2012 onwards.

Although over the last few years a lot of progress has been achieved, further improvement will always remain possible. ‘Value for tomorrow’ starts with taking responsibility today.