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The UK is losing its edge. How do we get it back?
Delivery & retrofit18 September 2026Companion to E20Read on LinkedIn ↗
Right Data. Wrong Question.
Standards & policy11 September 2026Companion to E19Read on LinkedIn ↗
The Endpoint: What It Looks Like When Sustainability and Innovation Isn't an Add-On
Capital & value4 September 2026Companion to E18Read on LinkedIn ↗
Your Decarbonisation Plan Expired. Nobody Told You
Delivery & retrofit28 August 2026Companion to E17Read on LinkedIn ↗
Innovation Is Not a Pilot. It's Preparing Success For The Next Decade.
Innovation & scaling21 August 2026Companion to E16Read on LinkedIn ↗
Your Data Is Good Enough to Report. It Is Nowhere Near Good Enough to Decide.
AI & data14 August 2026Companion to E15Read on LinkedIn ↗
Innovating in Commercial Real Estate Is a Governance Problem, Not a Technology One.
Delivery & retrofit7 August 2026Companion to E14Read on LinkedIn ↗
Your Portfolio Is NZC-Aligned. Your Buildings Aren't
Standards & policy31 July 2026Companion to E13Read on LinkedIn ↗
Energy Efficiency Was the Starting Line. Most of the Industry Thinks It's the Finish.
Capital & value17 July 2026Companion to E12Read on LinkedIn ↗
There Is No Green Premium. There Is Only the Discount....with a 1,000sqm caveat.
Capital & value10 July 2026Companion to E11Read on LinkedIn ↗
Ten Episodes. One Uncomfortable Picture
Innovation & scaling7 May 2026Read on LinkedIn ↗
AI is eating real estate. Is it also eating the planet?
AI & data26 April 2026Companion to E09, E10Read on LinkedIn ↗
Your Real Estate Supply Chain Is Not Delivering. It's Probably Your Fault
Delivery & retrofit17 April 2026Companion to E08Read on LinkedIn ↗
The Sustainability Team Is Being Rebuilt. Here’s What It Should Look Like.
Capital & value10 April 2026Companion to E07Read on LinkedIn ↗
Real Estate has a hardware problem.
Capital & value7 April 2026Companion to E06Read on LinkedIn ↗
The Retrofit Process Is Inefficient. And Most Portfolios Are Running Out of Time.
Delivery & retrofit27 March 2026Companion to E05Read on LinkedIn ↗
You Want AI. You Can't Have It. Yet.
AI & data20 March 2026Companion to E04Read on LinkedIn ↗
Have we lost the sustainability challenger?
The sustainability function13 March 2026Companion to E03Read on LinkedIn ↗
Are single-asset investments a resilient strategy?
The sustainability function5 March 2026Companion to E02Read on LinkedIn ↗
Real Estate is relatively easy to decarbonise... so why is it so slow?
Capital & value27 February 2026Companion to E01Read on LinkedIn ↗
Nothing matches that yet.
Series
The sustainability tech stack
A three-part series on how real estate firms end up with the systems they have, and how to build the ones they need.
The Blueprint — How to Actually Build Your Sustainability Tech Stack
AI & data10 February 2026Read on LinkedIn ↗
Turning sustainability data into Alpha - what good looks like.
AI & data3 February 2026Read on LinkedIn ↗
The Accidental Sustainability Tech Stack — and Why AI Won’t Save You
AI & data21 January 2026Read on LinkedIn ↗
Sustainability is Moving from the Boardroom to the Boiler Room. What does this mean for Real Estate?
The sustainability function8 January 2026Read on LinkedIn ↗
Archive
Earlier writing on PropTech, smart cities and innovation, 2015 to 2019.
- What not to do if you’re a PropTech · 4 January 2019
- To realise the vision of smart cities, we must work together · 15 October 2018
- Property industry. It’s time to innovate. · 20 September 2017
- Sustainia100 - my favs · 8 June 2016
- What did I learn from Proptech Europe 2016? · 3 June 2016
- Redefining the business case for creating sustainable buildings · 6 October 2015
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