The healthcare sector was the most greenhouse gas intensive real estate sector in 2020 according to a survey among 88 listed real estate companies with a total market cap of 262 billion euros in Europe. A square meter of a healthcare building had a greenhouse gas intensity of 38 kilograms of carbon dioxide per year, while for a self-storage building this figure was 5.75 kilograms per square meter. The residential sector ranked second with an annual per square meter greenhouse gas intensity of 27 kilograms of carbon dioxide.
Greenhouse gas intensity of the real estate sector in Europe in 2020, by building type
(in kilograms of carbon dioxide per square meter)
* The survey includes 88 companies with a market cap of 262 billion euros as of December 31, 2020, listed in the following countries: Germany, the UK, France, Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Norway, Romania, Ireland, and Italy
The source adds the following information:
"Companies have been classified and grouped according to the following
criteria:
• by country. In this case the corresponding country is represented by
the stock exchange where the company is listed (and not by the location
of the assets owned);
• by FTSE EPRA Nareit index classification and associated property
sector.
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KPMG Ireland. (September 20, 2021). Greenhouse gas intensity of the real estate sector in Europe in 2020, by building type (in kilograms of carbon dioxide per square meter) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312162/ghg-intensity-of-real-estate-by-type-europe/
KPMG Ireland. "Greenhouse gas intensity of the real estate sector in Europe in 2020, by building type (in kilograms of carbon dioxide per square meter)." Chart. September 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312162/ghg-intensity-of-real-estate-by-type-europe/
KPMG Ireland. (2021). Greenhouse gas intensity of the real estate sector in Europe in 2020, by building type (in kilograms of carbon dioxide per square meter). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312162/ghg-intensity-of-real-estate-by-type-europe/
KPMG Ireland. "Greenhouse Gas Intensity of The Real Estate Sector in Europe in 2020, by Building Type (in Kilograms of Carbon Dioxide per Square Meter)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312162/ghg-intensity-of-real-estate-by-type-europe/
KPMG Ireland, Greenhouse gas intensity of the real estate sector in Europe in 2020, by building type (in kilograms of carbon dioxide per square meter) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312162/ghg-intensity-of-real-estate-by-type-europe/ (last visited December 05, 2024)
Greenhouse gas intensity of the real estate sector in Europe in 2020, by building type (in kilograms of carbon dioxide per square meter) [Graph], KPMG Ireland, September 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312162/ghg-intensity-of-real-estate-by-type-europe/
