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EU new rules for cleaner cars. The European Commission has tabled legislative proposals to ensure car manufacturers comply strictly with all EU safety, environmental and production requirements.

The Commission is proposing a major overhaul of the so-called EU type approval framework. Under current rules, national authorities are solely responsible for certifying that a vehicle meets all requirements to be placed on the market and for policing manufacturers’ compliance with EU law. Today’s proposals will make vehicle testing more independent and increase surveillance of cars already in circulation. Greater European oversight will strengthen the system as a whole.
The Commission was already reviewing the EU type approval framework for motor vehicles prior to the Volkswagen revelations. It has since concluded on the need for more far-reaching reform to prevent cases of non-compliance from happening again. Today’s proposal for a Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles complements efforts to introduce more robust emissions testing (Real Driving Emissions testing).

Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, said: “In a Single Market where goods circulate freely, everyone must play by the rules. The Volkswagen revelations have highlighted that the system which allows cars to be placed on the market needs further improvement. To regain customers’ trust in this important industry, we need to tighten the rules but also ensure they are effectively observed. It is essential to restore a level playing field and fair competition in the market.”

Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska, responsible for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, said: “The Single Market requires rigorous enforcement across sectors, including the car industry. With our proposals today we will raise the quality and independence of vehicle testing and improve the oversight of cars already in circulation. This complements our efforts to introduce the most robust emissions testing procedures in the world, which we will keep refining and reviewing to ensure the strictest emissions limits are really met.”

The current type approval system is based on mutual trust: once a car is certified in one Member State, it can circulate freely throughout the EU. While the EU sets the legal framework, national authorities are fully responsible for checking car manufacturers’ compliance. The draft Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles maintains the principle of mutual recognition, which is at the core of the EU Single Market, but seeks to correct the flaws in the system.

The proposal for a Regulation will help to achieve three objectives:

Reinforce the independence and quality of testing that allows a car to be placed on the market: The majority of Member States designate technical services, which are paid directly by car manufacturers, for the testing and inspection of the vehicle’s compliance with EU type approval requirements. The Commission proposes to modify the remuneration system to avoid financial links between technical services and manufacturers, which could lead to conflicts of interest and compromise the independence of testing. The proposal also foresees more stringent performance criteria for these technical services, which should be regularly and independently audited to obtain and maintain their designation. National type approval authorities will be subject to peer reviews to ensure that the relevant rules are implemented and enforced rigorously across the EU.

Introduce an effective market surveillance system to control the conformity of cars already in circulation: While the current rules deal mainly with ex ante controls, in the future Member States and the Commission will carry out spot-checks on vehicles already on the market. This will make it possible to detect non-compliance at an early stage, and ensure that immediate and robust remedial action is taken against vehicles that are found to be non-compliant and/or to present a serious safety risk or harm to the environment. All Member States should be able to take safeguard measures against non-compliant vehicles on their territory without waiting for the authority that issued the type approval to take action. Member States will have to review regularly the functioning of their market surveillance activities and make the results publicly available.

Reinforce the type approval system with greater European oversight: The Commission will have the power to suspend, restrict or withdraw the designation of technical services that are underperforming and too lax in applying the rules. In the future the Commission will be able to carry out ex-post verification testing (through its Joint Research Centre) and, if needed, initiate recalls. By allowing the Commission to impose financial penalties, the proposal will deter manufacturers and technical services from allowing non-compliant vehicles onto the market. The Commission will also chair an Enforcement Forum which will develop common compliance verification strategies with Member States and organise joint audits of technical services and peer reviews of type-approval authorities.

The Commission’s proposal maintains the current ban on defeat devices, which national authorities have a standing obligation to police and enforce, but goes a step further. Under the draft Regulation, the manufacturer will have to provide access to the car’s software protocols. This measure complements the Real Driving Emissions package, which will make it very difficult to circumvent emission requirements and includes an obligation for manufacturers to disclose their emissions reduction strategy, as is the case in the US.

Next steps
The draft Regulation will now be sent to the European Parliament and Council for adoption. Once adopted, it will be directly applicable. It will repeal and replace Directive 2007/46/EC (the ‘Framework Directive’).

Obbligatorie dal 1° settembre prove nuove e più efficaci delle emissioni degli autoveicoli.

A partire dal 1º settembre 2017, prima di poter circolare sulle strade europee i nuovi modelli di autoveicoli dovranno superare prove aggiornate più affidabili delle emissioni in condizioni di guida reali (“emissioni reali di guida”, Real Driving Emissions – RDE) nonché una prova di laboratorio migliorata (“procedura di prova per i veicoli leggeri armonizzata a livello mondiale”, World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure – WLTP).

Jyrki Katainen, vicepresidente responsabile per l’Occupazione, la crescita, gli investimenti e la competitività, ha affermato: “Le nuove prove delle emissioni costituiscono una tappa fondamentale nel lavoro che stiamo realizzando per disporre, nei prossimi anni, di veicoli più puliti e più sostenibili, ma molto rimane ancora da fare. Lo scandalo delle emissioni ha rivelato la necessità di una maggiore indipendenza delle prove a cui vanno soggetti gli autoveicoli e di una più attenta vigilanza del mercato. La Commissione deve inoltre avere la facoltà di intervenire in caso di irregolarità ed è proprio a tal fine che ha presentato una proposta nel gennaio 2016, rimasta sul tavolo sino ad oggi. È giunto ormai il momento che il Parlamento europeo e il Consiglio procedano alla sua adozione. Vanno inoltre profusi sforzi a livello di UE per incoraggiare con decisione la mobilità a basse emissioni.”

Elzbieta Bienkowska, Commissaria responsabile per il Mercato interno, l’industria, l’imprenditoria e le PMI, ha aggiunto: “Un passaggio rapido a veicoli ad emissioni zero è nel nostro interesse, se consideriamo i rischi per la salute pubblica e l’ambiente, ed è essenziale per l’industria automobilistica, se intende rimanere competitiva a livello internazionale. Per il momento, però, i veicoli diesel fanno ancora parte della nostra vita e dobbiamo ripristinare la fiducia in questa tecnologia: ecco perché è fondamentale disporre di prove aggiornate e più affidabili per gli autoveicoli nuovi mentre, per quelli già in circolazione, gli Stati membri devono assolvere i loro compiti, ossia dare esecuzione alle norme e adottare nuovi provvedimenti, insieme a tutte le parti interessate, al fine di ridurre le emissioni del parco veicoli esistente.

Le nuove prove delle emissioni garantiranno risultati più attendibili e contribuiranno a ripristinare la fiducia relativamente alle prestazioni dei nuovi autoveicoli. Le prove rappresentano una delle diverse importanti attività che la Commissione porta avanti per un’industria automobilistica pulita, sostenibile e competitiva.

Prove delle emissioni più severe e precise: le emissioni di NOx e di particolato, che sono una delle principali cause dell’inquinamento atmosferico, saranno misurate in maniera più affidabile in condizioni di guida reali (prova RDE). Questa prova andrà ad integrare una procedura di prova in laboratorio nuova e più realistica (prova WLTP) per tutte le emissioni, comprese quelle di CO2, e il consumo di carburante, nonché le emissioni di NOx e di altri inquinanti atmosferici. Entrambe le prove diventeranno obbligatorie dal settembre 2017 per tutti i nuovi modelli di autoveicoli e saranno introdotte gradualmente per tutti gli autoveicoli nuovi tra il 2018 e il 2019 (per ulteriori informazioni cfr. MEMO/17/2821).

Revisione completa del sistema di omologazione: una volta adottata, la proposta di regolamento che la Commissione ha presentato nel gennaio 2016 garantirà una maggiore qualità e indipendenza delle prove sui veicoli e un controllo più attento sugli autoveicoli già in circolazione e introdurrà la vigilanza dell’UE nell’intero sistema.

Norme sulla qualità dell’aria: gli Stati membri sono tenuti a rispettare i valori limite dell’UE per una serie di inquinanti, tra cui l’NO2, e a stabilire piani per la qualità dell’aria nelle zone o negli agglomerati in cui tali valori limite sono superati.

Mobilità a basse emissioni: la strategia europea per una mobilità a basse emissioni mira ad aumentare l’efficienza del sistema dei trasporti e ad accelerare la diffusione delle energie alternative a basse emissioni per i trasporti e la transizione verso veicoli a emissioni zero. Detta strategia si basa su una gamma di alternative energetiche a basse emissioni per le autovetture e gli autobus e pone l’accento sull’elettrificazione dei trasporti ferroviari e sull’impiego dei biocarburanti nei settori del trasporto aereo e del trasporto su gomma di merci e passeggeri. La Commissione prevede altresì di adottare entro novembre 2017 un piano d’azione riguardante un’infrastruttura per i combustibili alternativi allo scopo di diffondere maggiormente l’uso dei carburanti alternativi in Europa.
Al tempo stesso la Commissione segue con attenzione i provvedimenti adottati dagli Stati membri relativamente ai veicoli inquinanti già in circolazione.

A seguito delle rivelazioni del settembre 2015, con cui era stato reso noto l’uso da parte del gruppo Volkswagen di software di manipolazione per eludere le norme in materia di emissione per alcuni inquinanti atmosferici, la Commissione ha invitato tutti gli Stati membri, in qualità di autorità responsabili della vigilanza del mercato e dell’applicazione della normativa in materia di omologazione, a effettuare le necessarie indagini al fine di verificare i livelli di emissioni reali dei veicoli circolanti sui rispettivi territori e di garantire la conformità al diritto dell’UE.

La Commissione ha appoggiato le attività a livello nazionale mediante l’elaborazione di una metodologia comune di prova che riveli la presenza di dispositivi di manipolazione che alterano i risultati delle prove di laboratorio e garantisca la coerenza dell’esito delle indagini nazionali. Ha inoltre pubblicato un documento orientativo per aiutare le autorità degli Stati membri a valutare se i costruttori automobilistici utilizzino dispositivi di manipolazione o mettano in atto altre strategie risultanti in un aumento delle emissioni del veicolo al di fuori del ciclo di prova e ad analizzare se ciò sia tecnicamente giustificato.

Nel dicembre 2016 e nel maggio 2017 la Commissione ha avviato procedure di infrazione nei confronti di otto Stati membri per violazione della normativa UE in materia di omologazione e continua a controllare se il diritto dell’Unione in materia sia correttamente applicato.

Inoltre la Commissione garantirà il rispetto delle norme sulla concorrenza e continuerà a lavorare affinché ai consumatori sia assicurato un trattamento equo.

La Commissione continua infine ad adoperarsi per assicurare l’applicazione delle norme UE in materia di qualità dell’aria tramite procedure di infrazione nei confronti dei 16 Stati membri che violano i valori limite dell’NO2 ambiente.

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Fotosintesi artificiale produce energia. Il progetto Horizon2020 PHOEBUS del Politecnico di Milano. L’obiettivo del progetto PHOEBUS, coordinato dal Politecnico di Milano, è quello di studiare il ruolo di ‘antenna solare’ di piante e batteri fotosintetici e di riprodurlo in sistemi molecolari artificiali.
Così la comprensione della capacità di raccogliere energia solare degli organismi fotosintetici naturali si tradurrà in regole per il progetto di sistemi artificiali: produrremo energia chimica pulita e saremo in grado di immagazzinarla facilmente e in modo efficiente per le nostre necessità presenti e future!

L’assorbimento della luce da parte delle molecole contenute in tutte le proteine degli organismi fotosintetici (pigmenti fotosintetici), dai batteri monocellulari alle piante più complesse, avviene in frazioni infinitesimali di secondo. L’iniziale foto-eccitazione causata dalla luce solare viene dispersa istantaneamente su tutte le molecole foto-eccitate ed è trasmessa alla ‘centrale elettrica’ dell’organismo fotosintetico attraverso una catena di pigmenti.

Per raggiungere i suoi risultati PHOEBUS ha fotografato questi meccanismi grazie a sofisticati strumenti che hanno permesso di generare flash luminosi dalle durate infinitesimali. Le tecniche di generazione e sviluppo di sorgenti laser a femtosecondi (1 femtosecondo corrisponde a un milionesimo di miliardesimo di secondo!), disponibili presso i laboratori del Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico di Milano, hanno permesso di osservare in tempo reale i primi istanti temporali che si susseguono all’eccitazione solare in organismi batterici elementari.

Dopo due anni di studi, il progetto PHOEBUS suggerisce che il trasporto energetico nei sistemi naturali viene governato dalle leggi della meccanica quantistica, tramite una sofisticata architettura molecolare che incanala in modo estremamente efficiente l’energia solare verso la centrale elettrica molecolare, dove viene utilizzata per convertire l’anidride carbonica in zuccheri, che servono da “carburante” delle molecole.

PHOEBUS ha studiato organismi naturali complessi, come le alghe, e nuovi sistemi artificiali, mai sintetizzati prima. In questi sistemi artificiali le molecole foto-attive vengono connesse attraverso legami chimici per imitare la struttura dei pigmenti nelle proteine fotosintetiche e quindi riprodurre gli effetti del processo di fotosintesi in laboratorio. L’obiettivo finale è la produzione di una “foglia artificiale” che converta l’acqua in combustibili quali idrogeno e ossigeno e allo stesso tempo pulisca l’atmosfera riducendo la concentrazione di anidride carbonica.

PHOEBUS (PHOto-induced Energy flow in Bio-inspired molecular circuits probed with Ultrafast two-dimensional electronic Spectroscopy), che fa parte del Programma Horizon2020 della Comunità Europea, è stato assegnato a Margherita Maiuri nell’ambito delle Marie-Sklovdowska Curie Action – Global Fellowships (MSCA-GF) ed è Coordinato dal Professor Giulio Cerullo del Politecnico di Milano.
I primi due anni di ricerche sono stati svolti presso i laboratori del Prof. Gregory Scholes del Dipartimento di Chimica della prestigiosa Princeton University (USA). Il terzo e ultimo anno si svolgerà presso il Politecnico di Milano.

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Media Partner Smart Retail Shanghai 2017. SmartEfficiency and BYinnovation are media Partners of the event on 20-21 September in Shanghai: two days with a format of business forum, exhibition, networking and social evenings. Over 300 senior level industrial elites from worldwide retailers, brands, solution and technology providers will gather in Shanghai to share the most disruptive insights on the future of a smart NEW retail.
It will be the best platform for you to connect and build business relationships with major retailers and brands from both China and the globe.

Meet the new retail leaders from the most powerful retailers in China:
Jiangxu Xiang, EVP – IT Headquarters & Chairman of Suning Technology Research Institute, Suning Corporation
0940 KEYNOTE: Disruptive Interactive Store Technologies Enable Business Transformation
— How customers are reacting to retailers’ in-store digital initiatives.
— How retailers determine which ones to expand from small-scale pilots to nationwide rollouts.
— What are the most critical technologies that are currently impacting retail and ecommerce or are poised to fundamentally alter the industry going forward

Kefeng Li, Vice President, Head of JD Platform Product R&D Dept., JD.COM
0930 KEYNOTE: Future of eCommerce – A Smart Retail with Multiple Accesses, Scenarios and Interactive Forms
— With smaller difference and higher competitive pressure of traditional ecommerce platform, digging individual user vale, raising customer unite price or improving consumption frequency will become alternative growth point, and experiencing consumption will be important driving forces
— Offering real-time personalized experience for customers and overall creative solutions for brands
— AR/VR computing will expand users’ imagination in the post-mobile era of Internet of Everything
— Build the platform where developers can design their own ecommerce models

Partial Retailers & Brands Who Have Confirmed to Present
– Costco Wholesale (Taiwan), General Merchandise Manager-Director
– Starbucks China, Director – Sourcing & Supplier Relation
– COSTA, Retail Commercial Director
– Mars, Director, Global Strategic Initiatives
– Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition, China Strategy & Insight Head
– Danone, Chief Digital Officer
– Food Union, COO
– Food Union, Marketing Director
– Underarmour, Retail Director
– Coca-Cola China, General Manager, China Customer Management Group
– Coca-Cola China, Director-KA Commercial Planning
– Harley-Davidson China, Retailer Director
– Mondelez, Marketing Director of China
– Perfetti Van Melle, Market Director
– Lbrands, Head of Ecommerce, International
– Swatch Group, President, China
– Swatch Group, Vice President, Blancpain, China
– Swatch Group, Vice President, Omega, China
– Swatch Group, Vice President, Swatch, China
– Swatch Group, Head of Retail, Swatch, China
– Swatch Group, Head of Group Architect, Swatch Group, China
– Swatch Group, Head of Retail Development, Swatch Group, China
– Cardinal Health China, Director, BD and Ecommerce
– VF China, General Manager, Kipling China
– Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, General Manager, Head of Consumer Market Insight
– Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, General Manager of Key Account Department
– Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Regional Director
– Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Ecommerce Director|Gcrues, Chairman
– Gcrues, VP of Marketing
– Cartier, President of China
– Etam, CMO
– Laiyifen, CIO
– Hershey, Vice President, General Manager Greater China
– Hershey, Director, Global Procurement AEMEA
– Hershey, Senior Director, Strategy & China Business Transformation
– President Enterprises (China) Investment Co., Ltd., General Manager of Food Business Unit
– Birkenstock, Managing Director APAC
– Lululemon Athletica, Director, Digital and Ecommerce
– C&A (CHINA), Head of Marketing & VM
– Luzhoulaojiao, Deputy General Manager of Sales

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RICS – IFMA landmark facilities management collaboration. RICS and the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) are pleased to announce a landmark collaboration that promises to transform the US$1 trillion global facility management (FM) industry.

Strategic Facilities Management
By joining strategic resources, they will create an unprecedented level of industry support to meet growing demands from the 25 million FM practitioners around the world, as well as launch a single and compelling career pathway into the profession.

Harnessing the power of strategic FM services
“Over recent years, the FM industry has advanced in stature and evolved into an increasingly strategic discipline. IFMA and RICS research has empirically demonstrated the tangible advantages of effective facility management, ranging from improved productivity and cost savings to energy efficiency and employee well-being. As established leaders offering extensive resources to practitioners across the built environment, IFMA and RICS have come together in collaboration to further develop and professionalise the field of facility management.
Even as the industry has attained increased status and prominence, the global professional community, which has pioneered much of this advance, has suffered through fragmented support, according to an RICS survey of professionals across six continents. The RICS and IFMA collaboration will seek to address this by providing strong, global leadership and the tools needed to harness the power of strategic FM services.
As global thought leaders dedicated to the professionals who support the built environment, IFMA and RICS identified a unique opportunity to team up and fortify existing resources to enhance the outstanding level of service they already provide to professionals and built environment industry. The framework of this collaboration will create a less fragmented, more inclusive and highly regarded global facility management community.”
IFMA President and CEO Tony Keane

“The collaboration will also seek to address the current shortage of FM professionals in the workforce. Whilst there is growing market demand for facility management skills around the world, currently there is a shortage of professionally qualified practitioners equipped to deliver this service. Our collaboration will establish a clearly defined, single-career pathway, which will see FM practitioners acquire the leading skills they need to become recognised as preeminent professionals.”
RICS CEO Sean Tompkins

The goals of the IFMA-RICS collaboration include:
– Advancing global knowledge sharing and cohesion within the FM community.
– Expanding the existing informational and networking infrastructure for members of both organisations.
– Unifying the FM career path through both IFMA credentials and RICS qualifications.
– Incorporating FM trends and best practices into a more comprehensive picture of the built environment.
– Encouraging graduates and young professionals to select careers in FM.
– Asserting the strategic value of FM to business in order to further elevate the profession.

The RICS and IFMA collaboration will be shaped over time, but initially will leverage both organisations’ existing resources in education, research, conferences and events, and external relations. They will also work together to align credentials and qualifications to shape a single FM career path with demonstrable professional status which is recognised and respected globally.
RICS professionals who have qualified in FM will automatically receive IFMA member benefits. In turn, IFMA members and credential holders will be able to attain RICS professional qualifications and benefit from RICS’ international standards and global professional network.
International Facility Management Association (IFMA)

IFMA is the world’s largest and most widely recognised international association for facility management professionals, supporting 24,000 members in 105 countries. The association’s members, represented in 134 chapters and 17 councils worldwide, manage more than 37 billion square feet of property and annually purchase more than US$100 billion in products and services.
Formed in 1980, IFMA certifies professionals in facility management, conducts research, provides educational programs and produces World Workplace, the world’s largest facility management conference and exposition.

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Global office forecast: is overbuilding? Across the globe, an unprecedented office building boom is underway with more than 700 million square feet (MSF) of space under construction that will deliver between now and the end of 2019, Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Office Forecast reports.
That’s the equivalent of recreating five cities worth of office inventory – Washington, DC, Dallas, London, Singapore and Shanghai – over the next three years.

The report details economic drivers, supply and demand forecasts and prospects for rent growth in more than 100 cities around the world.

Although demand, as well as job growth, will remain healthy through 2019, totaling approximately 520 MSF, it will fall far short of supply, which will cause vacancy to rise in most cities around the world. From that perspective, the world is overbuilding.

Or, not.
It also has been abundantly clear throughout this global expansion that most occupiers generally favor new, high-quality office space over older, Class B and C product. In the U.S., for example, newly built high-quality space has accounted for 65% of all office absorption since 2012. More often than not, developers have been rewarded throughout this cycle for delivering prime product, even in markets where vacancy is elevated. Additionally, the combination of an accelerating global economy with low interest rates is a recipe for healthy office-demand conditions.

“Developers are certainly placing some big bets on new product, but the bulk of it is concentrated in the major global cities, which is precisely where the greatest appetite is for these shiny new buildings,” said Kevin Thorpe, Cushman & Wakefield Global Chief Economist. “I’m less concerned about the new space leasing up, because in a sense, that is supply rushing to meet demand. It’s giving tenants exactly what they are asking for. I’m more concerned about what this wave of supply means for lower-grade product, which I suspect will have a difficult time competing.”

The development boom will be led by Asia Pacific, particularly Greater China. In fact, nearly 60% of the world’s new construction will be concentrated in the Asia Pacific region. Within the region, new supply is concentrated in a handful of markets: Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Manila and Bangalore. Indeed, those five markets account for 55% of construction taking place in Asia Pacific and over one-third of construction worldwide. Much like the supply side, the demand side of the equation is strongest in Asia Pacific. Beijing will have the distinction of leading the world in both supply and demand growth.

The Americas region is also in the midst of a robust construction cycle, peaking in 2017 and tapering offer somewhat in 2018 and 2019. . Still, the U.S., Canada and Latin America will all build more space than they will absorb over the next few years. Again, it varies greatly from one city to the next, and the bulk of new space is concentrated in the largest cities, many of which arguably need it the most.

The development pipeline also is ramping up throughout Europe, but not nearly to the same degree. Some European cities, such as Paris, Vienna, London and Brussels, will hit a cyclical high in terms of new construction over the next two years, while Madrid will show steady growth amidst global deceleration of rental-rate growth. Then again, those same cities report vacancy rates that are lower than pre-recession levels.

“Broadly speaking, supply and demand seem to be the most balanced in Europe relative to the other global regions,” Thorpe said.

Europe Key Facts
Berlin and Munich will have the second- and third-lowest vacancy rates in the world by 2019, at 3.1% and 3.3%, respectively.
Over the next three years, the number of development completions is expected to increase significantly in Istanbul, London, Brussels, Vienna and Dublin. In fact, over 2017-18, Istanbul, Copenhagen and the City of London will see the highest level of completions so far this cycle.
On the other end of the spectrum, in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Helsinki, less than 2.5% of stock is expected to be completed in the near term, offering stronger potential rent growth and lower vacancy.
Budapest, Dublin, Copenhagen and Madrid expect to have the strongest growth rates in the office-reliant information and communications sectors.
Brexit-related uncertainty is expected to inhibit office-based job growth, but vacancy in London is still expected to remain tight, under 5%.

APAC Key Facts
In APAC, 2017 will be a record construction year, with nearly 150 MSF of new office projects slated for completion across 25 major cities.
Beijing will have the distinction of leading the world in both supply and demand growth over the next three years.
Expect a shift towards tenant-favorable conditions in most APAC markets. However, the growing obsolescence of office stock in gateway cities like Singapore, Melbourne and Tokyo means new projects remain attractive to tenants looking for efficiency and modern facilities.
Sydney will have the lowest vacancy rate in the world by 2019, at 2.4%
In the past 12 months through May 2017, the banking and financial services sector was the biggest driver of leasing in APAC. Co-working, meanwhile, continues to gain traction in the region, accounting for 10% of leasing activity over the last 12 months.
Shenzhen and Guangzhou expect impressive job growth due to the rise of fin-tech and eCommerce.
In India, the introduction of the long-awaited goods and services tax (GST), along with other reforms, will continue to enhance the investment climate. Hyderabad will lead the world in office rent growth over the next 3 years.

Americas Key Facts
The top five markets for office-using job growth in the U.S. over the next three years will be New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago. Washington, DC Metro and Phoenix also make notable moves upwards in the job-growth rankings.
The Latin America markets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo make the most dramatic move up in the job growth rankings as the region exits recession.
The top five lowest-vacancy markets in the Americas by 2019 are mostly Canadian markets: Toronto (3.9%), Vancouver (6.3%), Orlando (7.2%), Ottawa (7.3%) and Winnipeg (7.4%).
In the U.S., it is mostly secondary markets that will lead the country in rent growth over the next three years, led by: Seattle (+6.8%), Raleigh-Durham (+4.8%), Oakland (+4.2%), and Portland, OR (+4.2%).

Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services firm that helps clients transform the way people work, shop, and live. Our 45,000 employees in more than 70 countries help occupiers and investors optimize the value of their real estate by combining our global perspective and deep local knowledge with an impressive platform of real estate solutions. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest commercial real estate services firms with revenue of $6 billion across core services of agency leasing, asset services, capital markets, facility services (C&W Services), global occupier services, investment & asset management (DTZ Investors), project & development services, tenant representation, and valuation & advisory. 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Cushman & Wakefield brand. 100 years of taking our clients’ ideas and putting them into action. 

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Certificazioni Logistics, Supply Chain, Project management, Professional Forecaster. L’evoluzione incessante dello scenario di mercato impone ormai un diverso approccio integrato e sistemico per risolvere i problemi più o meno noti di produttività e ritorno degli investimenti.
Particolare attenzione viene data alla competitività basata sul tempo.
Metodologie semplici e concrete, insieme alle giuste strategie, alla preparazione ed alla motivazione delle persone, garantiscono risultati duraturi e sostenibili. Lovecchio Consulting offre questo approccio con la massima trasparenza , efficacia ed efficienza.

APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD).
La nuova certificazione APICS CLTD nasce dopo un lungo lavoro di ricerca e consolidamento delle migliori pratiche internazionali in ambito logistico, e promette di diventare in breve tempo lo standard di riferimento globale per una materia in forte evoluzione come la logistica. Un percorso di assoluto rilievo per chi occupa posizioni di responsbailità nei trasporti e nella logistica.

Eligibility necessaria:
– non laureati: almeno tre anni di esperienza;
– laurea anche triennale: nessun requisito.

APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
La certificazione APICS CSCP costituisce il riferimento assoluto a livello internazionale per chi copre responsabilità in produzione, acquisti, logistica e supply chain in ruoli di responsabilità, e che conta dal 2006 oltre 21.000 professionisti certificati in 94 paesi.

Eligibility necessaria:
– non laureati: almeno tre anni di esperienza;
– laurea anche triennale: nessun requisito.

APICS Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM)
Il nuovo corso APICS BSCM costituisce il primo passo per conseguire la certificazione APICS CPIM, la più autorevole in materia di gestione della produzione e delle scorte. Essa conta dal 1973 oltre 100.000 certificati nel mondo.

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
La certificazione PMI PMP in project management costituisce lo standard di riferimento internazionale in tale ambito.

IBF Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF)
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Individual Building Renovation Roadmaps as real drivers for deep energy renovation: iBROAD H2020 project kicks-off. 
iBROAD is a new project funded by the Horizon 2020 European programme, aimed at exploring, designing, developing and demonstrating the concept of individual Building Renovation Roadmaps. With 12 partners from 9 countries, it kicked off on 3-4 July 2017 in the Athens metropolitan area, Greece. With the innovative approach proposed, the project aims to become a real driver for deep renovation.

Representing an evolution of the Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and energy audit systems, these building renovation roadmaps will serve as a tool outlining a customised renovation plan with a long-term horizon for deep step-by-step renovation of individual buildings (iBROAD-Plan), combined with a repository of building-related information (logbook, iBROAD-Log).

iBROAD will be a consumer-tailored project as it will strongly support building owners in step-by-step deep renovations, removing barriers and lock-in effects. Energy auditors and end-users will be empowered with knowledge and experience of deep renovation in individual buildings. Public authorities will be provided with real-life studies and analysis supporting deep renovation, both for individual buildings and as a long-term national strategy, thus increasing the renovation rate and depth across the EU.

With a target focus on residential buildings, the project will analyse and build upon relevant examples from Germany, France and Belgium (Flanders), to identify the elements, develop an integrated concept, and produce modular tools, suitable for differing national conditions.

The iBROAD innovative concept and tools will be tested in Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal and Germany, supported by auditor training, and providing feedback as input to the feasibility and replicability analysis of the model to other building typologies and EU Member States. Stakeholder engagement will be sought from the start at the national (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden) and EU level, for maximum impact.

The project is led by Sympraxis Team (Greece) and the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE, Belgium), with a consortium of partners including: ifeu – Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Germany), TU Wien – Technical University of Vienna (Austria), INZEB – Institute of Zero Energy Buildings (Greece), BPAC – Blue Planet Academy & Consulting (Belgium), Eneffect Center for Energy Efficiency (Bulgaria), ADENE Energy Agency (Portugal), VEA – Flemish Energy Agency (Belgium), KAPE – Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (Poland), PHC – Passive House Center (Sweden), INCD URBAN-INCERC – National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development (Romania).
While the project website is being designed, follow the project on Twitter at: @iBROAD_project

The iBROAD project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N. 754045.

www.bpie.eu

The Electrification Alliance: Electricity for an Efficient and Decarbonised Europe. Avere, EURELECTRIC, the European Copper Institute, the European Heat Pump Association, SolarPower Europe and WindEurope have joined forces to launch the Electrification Alliance, calling for electricity to be recognised as the key energy carrier for an efficient and decarbonised European future.

The Electrification Alliance published a Declaration on Electrification which also has the support of a large number of associations, companies and NGOs. The Declaration states that as electricity in Europe decarbonises, it will reveal its true value as it becomes the key vector for achieving a decarbonised, energy efficient and digital European economy.

The Declaration includes a commitment to support reductions in carbon intensity and the scale up of investment in non-emitting technologies like renewables, energy storage and smart grids, while promoting sectoral integration with the heating, cooling and transport sectors.

The Declaration on Electrification calls for reforms under the current legislative review of European climate, energy and transport legislation, to accelerate the advancement of electrification in years to come. These will maximise the potential of decarbonised electricity and enabling efficient technologies to advance Europe’s competitiveness, economic growth, job creation, and the promotion of a sustainable, healthy society for European citizens.

The Declaration calls on European policymakers to recognise that decarbonised electricity becomes a key vehicle for a sustainable European economy, to remove barriers to electrification, to roll-out the much needed widespread electric vehicle charging infrastructure and to enable the deployment of smart and efficient heating and cooling technologies.

Speaking on the launch of the Electrification Alliance, the heads of the partner associations are quoted below:
– Bert Witkamp (Secretary General, AVERE) – “It is very encouraging to see that electrification of transport is now seen by many as a large part of the answer to the transport decarbonisation challenge. However, to be fully effective we need deep decarbonisation of the power sector and an integration of the electricity generation, its transport, use and storage in a smart and connected way.
– Kristian Ruby (Secretary General, EURELECTRIC) – “Electricity is becoming increasingly decarbonised, more efficient, sustainable and competitive. But the transformation of the electricity sector must go hand in hand with the electrification of other sectors. More electricity means cleaner energy. Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity in industry, transport and heating/cooling will reduce carbon emissions, giving clear climate, environmental and
health benefits already today.”
– Bernard Respaut (Chief Executive, European Copper Institute) – “Electrification is an important gene in copper’s DNA. By helping to build the electricity system of the future, via our DecarbEurope initiative, through innovation, electrification and industrial demand response in our sector, we see many linkages with the Alliance for Electrification.”
– Thomas Nowak (Secretary General, European Heat Pump Association) – “Efficiently connecting the electric and thermal sectors will be essential in the quest to increase the share of renewable electricity in the EU energy mix. It will require storage and demand response potential. Heat pumps are natural allies in this endeavour. Serving as ‘thermal batteries’, they help to balance the grid by shifting load from times of surplus to times of shortage.”
– James Watson (CEO, SolarPower Europe) – “Today almost 30% of our power in Europe comes from renewables and we anticipate that within the next decade more than half of our electricity generation will be renewable-based. A further electrification of the European economy therefore makes sense but should go hand in hand with a dedicated strategy to deploy more renewables in our continent.”
– Giles Dickson (CEO, WindEurope) – “We’re doing a reasonable job of getting renewables into electricity – they’re now 29% of EU power demand. But electricity is only 22% of the EU’s energy consumption. The rest is heating, cooling and transport – and we’re doing less well getting renewables into those sectors. The electrification of these sectors is essential to decarbonise the EU economy. But electrification brings other benefits too. It makes heating and transport more energy efficient. And it enhances the flexibility of the energy system and the range of storage options. We therefore need the EU Clean Energy Package to be strengthened on this front.

SolarPower Europe is a member-led association representing organisations active along the whole value chain. Our aim is to shape the regulatory environment and enhance business opportunities for solar power in Europe.

www.solarpowereurope.org

Green Logistic Expo, Fiera di Padova. World Capital Group sarà partner e referente scientifico per la parte immobiliare dell’evento Green Logistics Expo, in programma alla Fiera di Padova, dal 7 al 9 marzo 2018, con il patrocinio di Assologistica.

Al Real Estate degli immobili logistici e industriali, il Salone Internazionale della Logistica Sostenibile, promosso dalla Fiera di Padova e dall’Interporto di Padova, dedicherà un intero padiglione di 3.000 MQ, che sarà denominato:
Logistic REsolution

Il padiglione dell’immobiliare logistico
“Quando siamo stati contattati dall’organizzazione dell’evento, – dichiara Marco Clerici, Managing Director di World Capital Real Estate – interessata a dare spazio al Real Estate per la logistica, abbiamo subito sposato l’idea mettendo in comune la nostra consolidata esperienza nel settore.
Così, insieme abbiamo costruito un’idea di padiglione che contribuirà a creare un percorso “reale/virtuale” nella filiera dell’immobiliare logistico la cui denominazione Logistic REsolution è la sua naturale espressione. Siamo veramente orgogliosi – conclude Marco Clerici – di essere stati coinvolti in un progetto così importante; raccogliamo dunque la sfida e vi aspettiamo tutti all’evento.

Green Logistic Expo porta in Italia, per la prima volta, una fiera B2B con i leader dell’intermodalità ferroviaria, del trasporto merci, della logistica per l’industria e della portualità, dell’E-Commerce e della governance urbana. Tre giorni a supporto dell’economia, crescita e qualità di vita, nonché piazza di incontro tra efficienza e ambiente. Innovazione tecnologica e opportunità di business si intrecceranno con i nuovi scenari della logistica sostenibile, mentre la supply chain del futuro sarà presentata al mondo delle istituzioni e dell’impresa.

“Crediamo che il padiglione Logistic REsolution – dichiara Luca Griggio, Amministratore Delegato di Geo Spa, la società che gestisce le attività delle Fiera di Padova – possa dare quel valore aggiunto ad un evento già unico ed innovativo nel suo genere. La semplice considerazione che qualsiasi attività si svolga in spazi “reali” ci ha spinti a dare una giusta dimensione alla parte immobiliare della logistica coinvolgendo World Capital in quest’avventura. Sono state identificate tre macro aree – prosegue Luca Griggio – che costituiranno il filo conduttore del padiglione.
All’interno di tali aree troveranno spazio espositori afferenti alle categorie Servizi, Strutturale ed Impiantistica che già oggi vantano l’adesione e l’interesse di molti operatori.”

Il padiglione Logistic REsolution, ospiterà società afferenti ai seguenti settori:

SERVIZI
– Progettisti
– Imprese di costruzione
– Sviluppatori

STRUTTURALE
– Prefabbricati
– Coperture
– Serramenti
– Pavimentazioni
– Scaffali

IMPIANTISTICA
– Antincendio
– Elettrico
– Illuminazione
– Ascensori
– Allarmi e videosorveglianza
– Domotica
– Fotovoltaico
– Energie rinnovabili

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www.greenlogisticsexpo.com

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Case ed Edifici in Legno: un’abitazione su quattordici è in legno. Presentato il scondo Rapporto Case ed Edifici in Legno del Centro Studi Federlegno Arredo Eventi.
Oltre 3.400 nuove abitazioni realizzate in legno nel corso del 2015, pari al 7% sul totale dei permessi di costruire, un’abitazione su 14 realizzata in legno, 696 milioni di euro il valore delle costruzioni in legno, residenziali e non residenziali, realizzate.

Questi i numeri del settore dell’edilizia in legno evidenziati nel 2° Rapporto Case ed Edifici in Legno che fa una radiografia dettagliata del mercato degli edifici a struttura in legno costruiti in Italia nel 2015 e del loro valore di produzione, basandosi sull’elaborazione dei dati forniti dalle 248 aziende coinvolte nell’indagine (che ha visto la presenza dei principali operatori del settore impegnati nella realizzazione di edifici a struttura portante in legno in Italia).
Diversi infatti i punti analizzati dallo studio condotto dal Centro Studi Federlegno Arredo Eventi per conto di Assolegno: edilizia in legno in Italia in termini di numero di edifici costruiti (residenziali e non residenziali), tecnica costruttiva più diffusa, distribuzione territoriale delle aziende e del loro fatturato, abitazioni costruite per Regione, stima del mercato nazionale, confronto con l’industria delle costruzioni in Italia e con la produzione di edifici prefabbricati in legno degli altri Paesi Europei.
I risultati emersi evidenziano un trend in decisa controtendenza rispetto a un settore dell’edilizia ancora in sofferenza con gli investimenti in nuova edilizia residenziale nel 2015 in calo del -6,8% sull’anno precedente.

Una nuova abitazione su 14 è realizzata in legno, a conferma dell’interesse per questa tipologia di costruzioni da parte del consumatore finale. E il trend non pare arrestarsi, come sottolinea il quarto posto sulla piazza europea ottenuto dal nostro Paese tra i produttori di edifici in legno, con una crescita superiore alla media.
Questo in un anno, il 2015, che ha rappresentato un periodo di transizione per l’edilizia in legno in un mercato immobiliare generale ancora in contrazione: il comparto dell’edilizia in legno ha ancora una volta avuto la capacità di operare con successo nel mercato, mantenendo i livelli produttivi del 2014.

A livello regionale si evidenzia il peso delle aziende del Trentino Alto Adige in termini di fatturato generato (46% del totale) e della Lombardia come numero di aziende attive stabilmente nel settore (51, pari al 21%). Per quanto riguarda invece la distribuzione territoriale delle abitazioni, la Lombardia è al primo posto con il 20% delle costruzioni realizzate, seguita da Veneto (18%) e Emilia Romagna (15%).
Il rapporto contiene infine un’interessante indagine parallela sulle finiture che ha fatto emergere come PVC e piastrelle sono i materiali più diffusi nelle costruzioni in legno, rispettivamente, per finestre e pavimenti.

Quelli che leggiamo nel rapporto sono numeri significativi, ma ancor più importante è che confermano la capacità delle nostre imprese di proporre al mercato soluzioni in grado di raggiungere prestazioni eccezionali in termini di risparmio energetico, sostenibilità, sicurezza antisismica e competitività economica”, spiega Emanuele Orsini presidente di FederlegnoArredo.
Che si tratti di un edificio adibito a uso privato o di una struttura pubblica, il legno riesce a garantire tempistiche e risultati che lo pongono al di sopra di tutti gli altri materiali per costruzione. E non più solo in Italia. Come dimostra la ricerca presentata oggi, le case in legno “made in Italy” sono infatti sempre più apprezzate anche all’estero tant’è che l’export ha superato per la prima volta il livello dell’import”.

Soddisfatto anche Marco Vidoni, presidente Assolegno: “Ho fortemente voluto questa seconda edizione del rapporto perché ritengo fondamentale porre l’accento sull’importante contributo di ricerca e sviluppo che le nostre aziende stanno fornendo per realizzare edifici belli e sicuri in qualunque territorio vengano realizzati”.

www.federlegnoarredo.it

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