Akropolis Group’s shopping centre Akropole Alfa in Riga has obtained a BREEAM sustainability certificate
05 Octubre 2023 - 12:55AM
Akropolis Group’s shopping centre Akropole Alfa in Riga has
obtained a BREEAM sustainability certificate
Shopping centre Akropole Alfa in Latvia
managed by the market leader in shopping and entertainment centres
in the Baltic States, Akropolis Group, has obtained an
international BREEAM In-Use building sustainability certificate.
This assessment has achieved one of the objectives of the Group’s
sustainability strategy: from now on, all five Akropolis centres
managed by the Group in Lithuania and Latvia meet international
sustainability standards for buildings.
“We are guided by the highest standards
available on the market, and it is gratifying that our focus on
sustainability, with more environmentally and people-friendly
solutions in our managed shopping centres, has been favourably
assessed by sustainability experts. Certification of shopping
centres is a part of the ESG program of the Group, which focuses on
environmental protection, social environment, and corporate
governance; therefore, the certification of Akropole Alfa according
to the sustainability standards is important to the Group’s overall
activities,” comments Dominykas Mertinas, Head of Marketing and
Communications of Akropolis Group.
The Latvian shopping and entertainment centre
Akropole Alfa, which was acquired by the Group at the end of 2021,
has been evaluated according to the BREEAM In-Use sustainability
certification for buildings in service and has been given a rating
of “Very Good”.
BREEAM certification assesses a building’s
sustainability in the following categories: indoor environmental
quality (health and well-being), energy efficiency for heating and
cooling, water use and management, transport, materials used, waste
management, ecology, and pollution.
The shopping centre was audited for BREEAM
certification by Vesta Consulting, a building sustainability
certification and consulting company.
“We are delighted to have a successful
partnership with the curious and ambitious Akropolis Group team,
which purposefully pursues sustainability objectives and is shaping
best practices in the shopping centre market. Shopping centre
Akropole Alfa was one of the larger buildings that our team had to
certify under the BREEAM In-Use scheme. Often it can be quite
challenging for this type of building to achieve higher ratings due
to the large number of different tenants or the age of the
building. The energy-efficient management of the engineering
systems, the excellent location and social infrastructure, and the
water-saving appliances of the building were the main contributors
to the certification level of Very Good,” comments Ugnė
Didžiariekytė, Project Coordinator and Sustainable Development
Consultant at Vesta Consulting.
Shopping centres Akropolis in Vilnius, Klaipėda,
and Šiauliai were certified under the BREEAM In-Use assessment
system two years ago. The shopping centre in Šiauliai was rated
“Very Good”, while Akropolis in Vilnius and Klaipėda as well as the
business centre in Vilnius Akropolis were rated “Good”.
Akropole Riga, a shopping centre and office
building in Riga, was certified to international sustainability
standards in 2019 with a “Very good” rating. It is the first
shopping centre in Latvia to achieve BREEAM New Construction
certification for new buildings.
“We are well aware that sustainability is not a
final result but an ongoing process, that is why we have set
ourselves an ambitious goal that all our managed shopping centres
will have achieved a “Very Good” rating by 2026. To do this, we
have planned investments to improve building infrastructure and
solutions. We aim to provide visitors with an even better shopping
experience and tenants with even more favourable retail
conditions,” says D. Mertinas.
For more information:
Dominykas MertinasHead of Marketing and CommunicationsAKROPOLIS
GROUP, UAB+370 64027001dominykas.mertinas@akropolis.lt
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