Where we invest

Property

There are compelling reasons to improve the energy profile of Australia’s built environment

– energy efficient buildings using proven clean energy technologies reduce stress on the electricity network, lower electricity consumption and cut our national emissions.

Our property-related investment commitments include ‘demonstration’ projects with the ability to deliver best-in-class performance around energy efficiency, along with the effective integration of renewable energy into new and existing buildings. We are financing projects that extend the benefits of clean energy across the commercial, industrial and residential property sectors. Each of these properties has its own energy demands, requiring an approach that identifies and harnesses the available opportunities.

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$300m Timber Building Program

The CEFC is seeking to transform Australia’s approach to medium and large-scale building construction, with a new $300 million program to encourage mass timber construction across the property sector.

Investing in a better built environment

Clean energy investment delivers greener hotels

Hotels are traditionally high energy consumers and high carbon emitters. Focusing on energy efficiency solutions is helping to cut those emissions, as well as delivering benefits to hotel owners and operators, while offering guests the opportunity to make more sustainable accommodation choices.

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Clean energy and healthcare

How can Australia’s healthcare sector lower emissions while delivering the world class health services our community needs? The CEFC and leading property owner, manager and developer Dexus are working together to identify and implement practical solutions.

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Clean energy and commercial property

How can clean energy technologies make a difference in office developments in Australia’s property sector? This report provides practical insights, drawing on the work of the CEFC and Quintessential Equity, in the clean energy transformation of Geelong’s iconic 1 Malop St office development.

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Hesperia Industrial Burnished Floor Project

Both Boral and Hesperia are taking steps towards achieving a carbon neutral footprint. This project at Roe Highway Logistics Park in Perth WA, is a good example of this. This is the first site completed of this kind using Boral's ENVISIA with a total of 2,500m³ poured.

Case study

Greener lease on life for Brisbane office building

The transition of mid-tier buildings to a lower carbon future is not particularly difficult or costly. More importantly, in our experience once such assets are transitioned we find they actually create additional financial returns through cost savings and valuation improvement.
Adam Murchie
Capital Director, Forza

Stockland chases cleaner, greener property portfolio in bid for net zero emissions by 2028

Improving the energy efficiency of our assets improves environmental outcomes, provides economic advantages for our business, and supports thriving, resilient communities. Australia has promising renewable energy potential and we are working towards a cost efficient and low carbon future in line with the WorldGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings commitment.
Mark Steinert
CEO, Stockland

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The future looks bright with Metro homes

Developing homes like Northcote Place also supports Australia’s transition to a low carbon future. Interest in environmentally conscious housing is growing and we have seen strong demand for these homes. We expect to see appetite for homes that have similar emissions reducing features increase in the future.
Luke Hartman
Managing Director, Metro

CEFC invests in new platform set to deliver green homes for disability sector

Specialist disability accommodation with a green edge

We are delighted to be taking the next step in this journey by working with the CEFC to help even more people with disabilities access housing that is both high quality and energy efficient. CEFC’s investment is a vote of confidence in specialist disability accommodation as a social infrastructure asset class, and we look forward to working with them to further increase the supply of this much-needed accommodation across Australia.
Ben Barry
Executive Director, Macquarie Asset Management

Green power for the price of brown at Frasers Property industrial sites

We are delighted to collaborate with the CEFC. Our work together demonstrates Real Utilities’ commitment to providing innovative and carbon neutral energy solutions for our customers, consistent with our ambition to become an industry leader in sustainability.
Paolo Bevilacqua
General Manager, Real Utilities