Delivering Net Zero Carbon warehouse space
- Investment StrategyLow-carbon logistics, Property
- Date of Initial InvestmentFebruary 2025
- Bridges ExecutivesHenry Pepper
Thesis
The built environment is responsible for about 37% of all carbon emissions globally. So improving energy efficiency is of the most important factors in achieving Net Zero carbon emissions.
Meanwhile the rise in e-commerce – accelerated by the pandemic – has driven greater investment in urban and last-mile logistics; and factors such as use diversification and re-shoring are helping to sustain demand.
So low-carbon logistics facilities are becoming increasingly attractive to organisations as a way to meet consumer demand, cut operating costs, accelerate their own Net Zero journey by reducing emissions, and future-proof their real estate portfolio against incoming regulation.
Investment
Bridges completed the purchase in 2025 of a seven-acre redundant brownfield sit, with plans to redevelop the site and deliver 130,000 sq. ft. of highly sustainable industrial/logistics warehousing.
Outcomes
The scheme is designed to BREEAM “Excellent” and EPC A+ in a site with a large power supply and strong transport links. By utilising onsite renewable energy technologies, a 100% reduction in operational carbon over a standard new-build property of the same specifications is targeted.