Date: 4th of November 2026
Time: 8:30-10:00am
Venue: The Palm Room 6-14 Underwood Street
2nd floor London N1 7JQ
Electrification is reshaping the economy and redefining what resilient, competitive real estate looks like. As demand rises and grid constraints intensify, access to power is becoming critical to development, occupier requirements and long-term asset performance.
This session will cut through the complexity and show how investors and asset managers can protect value, manage capacity risk and capture new opportunities from generation, storage and flexibility.
The buildings that can intelligently manage when and how they use electricity will increasingly hold an advantage over those that simply consume it. Real estate can reduce peak demand, provide flexibility, incorporate on-site generation and storage, and make better use of constrained network capacity.
During this session, we will explore:
A clearer understanding of power-related risk and opportunity across the asset lifecycle, together with practical actions to support investment, development, refurbishment, leasing and asset-management decisions. The session will help you identify where capacity constraints may threaten value, and where energy infrastructure can strengthen resilience, tenant appeal and market differentiation.
Darren leads the integration of sustainability across all aspects of our work, helping to create resilient assets, healthy environments, and thriving communities.
With 20 years’ experience, Darren has previously led the sustainability consulting teams at both CBRE and JLL. He has supported public sector bodies in shaping some of the UK’s first planning policies supportive of sustainability, worked with developers to deliver ambitious sustainability outcomes, and guided investors on their sustainability journeys, from setting market-leading strategies to achieving net-zero targets and generating meaningful social value.
Don’t miss this opportunity to get ahead of the market.
Register now and put yourself at the forefront of sustainable real estate investing.