NREP is to build the world’s first net zero logistics facility to reach net zero across operational and embodied carbon – and without external off-setting – in Balsta, 50 kilometers outside Stockholm, Sweden. The project is the first of three ‘earthshot’ projects launched by NREP – the second being a residential development and the third an office retrofit – that will act as learning labs as NREP advances towards its ambitious target of becoming 100% carbon neutral by 2028, without external offsets.Delivering the world’s first logistics building with net zero emissions chimes with the core thesis of this year’s COP27, the UN’s annual global climate summit, which is to move beyond pledges towards implementation and taking action to urgently reduce carbon emissions.
Net zero operational carbon will be achieved by utilising 100% renewable green electricity. During the operational phase, there is a potential to become “energy positive”, using bespoke solar, heat pump and battery storage solutions to return surplus energy back to the grid.
Source: https://europe-re.com/nrep-to-deliver-world-s-first-net-zero-emission-logistics-scheme-se/71077, on 9 November 2022