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Increase asset value
Institutional real estate investors that
embrace building efficiency keep
building assets attractive to premium
tenants and buyers, which increases
net operating income and profitability
over the life of the assets.
Our Performance and Advisory Services
support a portfolio approach that
maximizes the cost effectiveness of
energy efficiency improvements –
backed by performance guarantees
and financing options.
Compliance and beyond
Our green building expertise is built
on a long track record of successful
certification projects worldwide.
This enables us to advise on and
implement best practices that keep
buildings compliant with local,
regional and international require-
ments. With
assets operating at maxi-
mum efficiency levels, obsolescence
risk against competing buildings is
reduced – at the asset and portfolio
levels.
Foster market trust
Our customers trust our expertise and
market reputation to improve their
real estate portfolio’s marketability.
We help them leverage building asset
performance to positively impact
sustainability credentials and market
trust. Our audit and analytics capability
ensures that assets perform and comply
over their lifecycle and reduces brown
risk, enabling investors to consistently
deliver on their promises.
Greener buildings command up
to  percent higher rent and deliver
 percent higher occupancy rates.
Photo source: © Losinger Marazzi
Good to know:
A coalition of  institutional
investors has committed to the
decarbonization of assets worth
over $ billion.
A responsible approach to real estate investment
As one of Europe’s largest providers
of real estate investment products,
Credit Suisse Asset Management
Global Real Estate was seeking to
maximize the profitability and com-
petitiveness of some , properties
in Switzerland.
Based on a clear strategy of increasing
the value of assets, fostering the
customer’s market reputation and
meeting or exceeding environmental
regulations, a comprehensive solution
was implemented to improve the
energy efficiency of the building
portfolio and reduce its carbon foot-
print by at least  percent, or about
, tons of CO

across all buildings.
As a result of extensive operational
optimization and energy controlling
measures, the Foyer office building
in Zug, Switzerland, has been awarded
the greenproperty®, Minergie-Eco
and Leadership in Energy and Environ-
mental Design (LEED) Platinum
cer tificates – with a significant impact
on the sustainability credentials and
added value of Credit Suisse Asset
Management Global Real Estate’s real
estate assets.
Setting the course for an ambitious
five-year plan:
• Definition and implementation of
a five-year building performance
optimization action plan for
 large properties, including
online connection to the Siemens
Operation Center in Steinhausen,
Switzerland
• Remote energy monitoring and
control of the  properties
( including all greenproperty®
and LEED-certified buildings)
• “Quick check” operational and
energy management optimization
of about  additional properties
over five years
• Carbon due diligence audits of
buildings being considered for
acquisition
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