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Northern Horizon invested in Villa Särkiniemi, a purpose-built care home in Kuopio, Finland, designed specifically to meet the sensory and environmental needs of people on the autism spectrum. Operated by Autism Foundation Finland, the 2,000 sqm facility provides 24-hour and supported living services for 34 residents across two buildings constructed from domestic wood — a material chosen for both its sustainability credentials and its acoustic properties.

SBF Fonder transformed Safiren, a five-building residential complex in Kalmar, Sweden, into the country's first microgrid for older residential buildings. By installing 727 rooftop solar panels, heat pumps, thermal energy storage and smart control systems, the project enables locally produced solar power to be shared across the property and used where demand is highest. Beyond the asset itself, the project influenced Swedish legislation, raising permitted installed capacity and enabling microgrids between older buildings nationwide, establishing Safiren as a replicable model for the energy transition in older housing stock.

Slättö tested an AI-driven heat curve optimisation on a new-build residential asset in Uppsala, Sweden, partnering with provider Nrlyze to deploy apartment-level temperature sensors and reduce energy waste in real time. The pilot delivered a 13% reduction in heating energy consumption and a yield on cost above 30%, with no impact on tenant comfort. The approach is now standard across 12 assets in Slättö's residential portfolio.

COIMA SGR developed Milan's Olympic Village for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games with a legacy-first approach, designing the asset from the outset as permanent student housing. The 1,700-bed facility accommodated athletes during the Games before converting to affordable student accommodation within four months, directly addressing Milan's structural deficit of 30,000 student beds. Built on a former railway yard in the Porta Romana district, the development combines new construction with adaptive reuse, a fully electric energy strategy and 1 MW of photovoltaic capacity.

Wüest Partner applied its AI-driven Optimizer Technology to help a Swiss pension foundation revise the capital allocation strategy for a 35-property real estate portfolio. The technology simulated thousands of investment and refurbishment scenarios, balancing financial performance, CO₂ reduction targets, capex limits and time horizon. The optimised portfolio achieved a 19% reduction in cumulative CO₂ emissions, an 8% increase in portfolio value and a 3% reduction in required investment volume.

The CubeHouse is Amsterdam's first hybrid-timber office building, developed on the last available plot in the South-Axis CBD. Designed as the future Dutch headquarters for BNP Paribas and Arcadis, the project combines structural innovation with ambitious ESG goals. Using 13,000 m³ of sustainable timber storing 9,000 tonnes of CO₂, the building minimises embodied carbon while targeting Paris-proof performance and achieving BREEAM Excellent certification, with WELL Gold in progress.

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