PropertyEU
GreenBuilding accreditation for Kungsleden
Date: 3 January 2011
Category: Sustainability
Swedish property company Kungsleden received its first accreditation from the EU GreenBuilding programme on in December 2010. The property is in Sollentuna, near Stockholm, and is mostly let to the Swedish Social Insurance Administration.

Approval for accreditation requires reducing energy consumption by at least 25%. Kungsleden's energy-saving measures have resulted in energy consumption in the property reducing by 29%.

Kungsleden’' environmental work has also been recognised by mutual fund corporation SwedbankRobur, who after an evaluation process for the year, announced that Kungsleden’s shares had been approved for all its sustainability funds.
 
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