Increase the value of your property or home
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For property manager, investor, real estate agent
Reduces energy consumption
The carbon footprint report for housing is also an excellent sales tool
We produce carbon footprint reports for housing for individual homes, housing associations and properties. The Dwelling Carbon Footprint Report is a lightweight performance-based report on the electricity and heating emissions of a dwelling and covers the carbon footprint of 95% dwellings. The report provides a more in-depth analysis of the building and builds targets towards sustainable solutions and serves as an excellent strategy support for decision making. The Property Report is a comprehensive carbon footprint report for housing. The building company and property carbon footprint report also covers scope 3 emissions and 99% of the housing carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint of the dwelling
- report increasing the value of the dwelling
- Based on GHG protocol and Green Building Council Finland's indicators
- Calculate Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions
- Supporting the sale and marketing of your home
- Electricity and heating emissions from the user and the property
- covers more than 95% of the carbon footprint of housing
- Data collected from the landlord's certificate and the landlord
- Report result and short explanation to email
- Comparable and based on actual consumption
- To support sales and valuation
The carbon footprint of a housing company
- report increasing the value of the housing company
- Based on GHG protocol and Green Building Council Finland's indicators
- As Oy's carbon footprint is affected by its own activities and projects and energy renovations, but also by the activities of other value chain producers (subcontractors, property managers).
- Owner's electricity and heating contracts and local operators' emission factors affect the calculation
- Data collected from the landlord's certificate and the landlord
- information in advance on the form
- Together we go through the result of the report
- Comparable and based on actual consumption
- To support sales and valuation
Carbon footprint of buildings
- A value driver, a pioneer report
- Based on the GHG protocol and Green Building Council Finland's indicators.
- The carbon footprint report for housing in a private house, cottage or other property is calculated from actual consumption
- Owner's electricity and heating contracts and local operators' emission factors affect the calculation
- The carbon footprint of a property is affected by its own activities and energy solutions, but also by the activities of other producers in the value chain (waste management).
- Information is collected in advance using a form
- Together we go through the result of the report
- Comparable and based on actual consumption
- To support sales and valuation
The carbon footprint report requires:
Energy certificates
To calculate the carbon footprint of a housing company, properties must have valid energy performance certificates (a landlord's certificate is sufficient for an individual apartment).
Electricity and heating costs
To calculate the carbon footprint, both the general electricity and heating consumption data of the housing company and the more detailed electricity consumption data of the residents are needed. The carbon footprint is calculated using the standardised GHG (Greenhouse Gas Protocol) way of measuring and calculating emissions.
Stakeholder activities
When calculating the emissions of a housing company, we also take into account Scope 3 emissions such as waste management and the emissions generated by the management office and property maintenance for that housing company. In the carbon footprint report for the dwelling, we only calculate Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
The carbon footprint is a starting point
Once the carbon footprint has been calculated, it is easy to set targets and measures to reduce the footprint. The report can also be used for sales and marketing. A carbon footprint report is one of the basic documents for a sustainability report.
Why calculate the carbon footprint of your housing company?
Without knowing where to start, it is also difficult to set targets or measures.
The carbon footprint is calculated for the selected baseline year, which is used to calculate emissions for both direct (scope 1) and indirect (scope 2 and 3) emissions.
The report, which provides clear conclusions, supports and builds on the energy certificate, but is much more accurate and calculates the emissions from energy, heating and water used according to the emission factors in force. The carbon footprint report calculated by Polarfox also takes into account scope 3 emissions such as waste management, the emissions generated by the management office for the building company in question.
Once the carbon footprint has been calculated for a housing association, it is put on a par with the rest of the housing association's documentation. A carbon footprint or emissions report allows a housing association or real estate company to be a pioneer and tie all decision-making more and more strongly to minimising emissions.
It is also much easier for the property manager to guide the decision-making process of the housing company when the PTS and the renovation projects are also supported by the carbon footprint report and its proposed measures or renovation proposals (in addition to the renovation proposals in the energy certificate).
Responsible housing companies also attract responsible investors and residents.
At its best, a housing company with an excellent carbon footprint also acts as an excellent sales and marketing driver for real estate agents and home sellers.
Housing companies with a carbon footprint and also a sustainability report have a strong grip and vision for the future and also the possibility of better bank financing and sustainable development projects to be financed.
The carbon footprint report summarises the individual aspects of a housing company and provides clear conclusions on the use of different energy sources and alternatives, both in terms of emissions and energy savings.
Typically, energy solutions can reduce the carbon footprint, which also reduces the cost of living. A typical example of this is the installation of charging points for electric cars in the yard of a housing association.
