Green Quadrant: Building Decarbonization Consulting 2024
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Executive Summary
This report provides an independent, fact-based benchmark of 10 of the most prominent building decarbonization consulting providers in the market. Based on the proprietary Verdantix Green Quadrant methodology, our analysis included live briefings, customer interviews and vendor responses to a detailed 89-point questionnaire, covering six capability and three momentum categories. As a major contributor to global emissions, organizations have set their sights on decarbonizing their built environment assets to achieve emission performance goals. Consequently, consulting providers from a variety of backgrounds are developing offerings and business models to gain traction in a rapidly changing market. Amongst the providers featured in the Leaders’ Quadrant, five firms – CBRE, JLL, Schneider Electric, Siemens and WSP – demonstrated the most comprehensive and evolved services for building decarbonization.
Table of contents
The state of the building decarbonization consulting marketBuilding decarbonization is driven by both voluntary action and regulatory pressure
Cost and business continuity slow building decarbonization progress
A variety of consulting services support building decarbonization
Organizations are prioritizing scalable and efficient decarbonization initiatives
Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting
Green Quadrant methodology
Evaluated firms and selection criteria
Evaluation criteria for building decarbonization consulting providers
Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024: strategy-focused providers
Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024: performance optimization and light retrofit-focused providers
Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024: deep retrofit-focused providers
Arcadis overview
Arcadis’s offering blends technical building advisory with sustainability consulting expertise
Arup overview
Arup offers cutting-edge design solutions to decarbonize building systems
Buro Happold overview
Buro Happold designs and delivers deep decarbonization retrofits grounded in engineering expertise
CBRE overview
CBRE adopts a partnership-led services strategy to broaden delivery capabilities
Hoare Lea overview
Hoare Lea delivers industry-leading decarbonization projects powered by engineering expertise
JLL overview
JLL champions digitally enabled service delivery to empower decarbonization at scale
Johnson Controls overview
Johnson Controls innovates the building decarbonization market through ‘as-a-service’ offerings
Schneider Electric overview
Schneider Electric deploys end-to-end energy efficiency services to scale decarbonization efforts globally
Siemens overview
Siemens provides digitally enabled retrofits for maximized energy efficiency
WSP overview
WSP delivers multidisciplinary building decarbonization projects globally
Table of figures
Figure 1. Real estate decarbonization strategies face significant financial challengesFigure 2. Mature consulting capabilities support end-to-end building decarbonization
Figure 3. Real estate professionals prioritize low-cost retrofit strategies for decarbonization
Figure 4. Capability criteria for building decarbonization consulting
Figure 5. Momentum criteria for building decarbonization consulting
Figure 6. Vendor category scores (Capabilities)
Figure 7. Vendor category scores (Momentum)
Figure 8a. Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024
Figure 8b. Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024: strategy-focused providers
Figure 8c. Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024: performance optimization and light retrofit-focused providers
Figure 8d. Green Quadrant for building decarbonization consulting 2024: deep retrofit-focused providers
Organisations mentioned
Accenture, Altus Power, Arcadis, Arup, Aspiria, Barbican Centre, BCG (Boston Consulting Group), BREEAM, Brightly Software, British Land, British Property Federation (BPF), BT Group, Buro Happold, CBRE, City of Chicago, City of Louisville, City of Manchester Stadium (now the Etihad Stadium), City of New York, City of Sydney, Climate Impact X, Coherent, Corporate Knights, Deepki, Derwent London, Drax, Emitwise, Empire State Building, Empire State Realty Trust, Energy Star, Faurecia, GIC, Golder, Grab, HB Reavis, Heineken, Highways England, Hoare Lea, Honeywell, Interface, J. B. Hunt, JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle), JLL Spark, Johnson & Johnson, Johnson Controls, KPMG, Legal & General, Legal & General Investment Management, NABERS, PIMCO Prime Real Estate, Ramboll, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), Redaptive, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Schneider Electric, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), SE Ventures, Siemens, SoCalGas (Southern California Gas Company), St. Edward’s University, Standard Chartered, Sydney Opera House, Tetra Tech, The Crown Estate, Tishman Speyer, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, Under Armour, University of Birmingham, US Department of Energy, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Walmart, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Wind Prospect, Wood (John Wood Group), World Green Building Council, WSP, Wyandotte Public SchoolsAbout the authors
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