Name of President or Managing Director
Tomasz Trzósło, Managing Director, JLL Poland
Short description of the company
Active since 1994, JLL is the leading advisory company operating on Poland's commercial real estate market. Being responsible about sustainability is at the heart of the company’s business. JLL works with investors, developers, and occupiers to engineer sustainable real estate solutions that drive real performance improvements and reduce property costs year- on- year. JLL's portfolio of “green” professional consulting services includes: LEED and BREEAM gap assessments, LEED and BREEAM certification, BREEAM In - Use and LEED EB:OM, sustainability strategies, energy assessments, HVAC commissioning, and utility rate analyses. JLL has established a strategy that focuses on two primary pillars: energy and sustainability services provided to clients in all commercial real estate sectors as well as its own internal CSR program, which seeks to reduce the company’s own operational impacts.
New technology solutions/services offered
JLL also enhances its workplace advisory scope for strategic support. We create great workplaces that enhance the staff's experience, a proven way to attract and retain the very best talent. JLL helps companies to increase revenue by creating environments that foster innovation and collaboration, increase employee engagement, satisfaction and retention, reduce occupancy costs and space requirements, increase business agility, create cultures ready to adapt to the changing nature of work and the needs of the business, as well as adopting new behaviours that ensure the strategy is implemented successfully. JLL Workplace Solutions covers a broad spectrum of expertise in a variety of sectors including corporate, and public. Implementing JLL's workplace advisory along with its LEED/BREEAM expertise for fit-out allows tenants to have an optimal, and healthy working environment.
Major current clients
Major current clients include Asbud and Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe „Nowy Świat” S.A. The team has also cooperated with Heitman, Concept Development, Deutsche Asset Management, to name but a few.
Projects completed between October 2015 and September 2016
1. JLL's office in Warsaw. Interim Certificate - Very Good. This is the first BREEAM certification in Poland for office fit-out.
2. Green certification of Karolkowa Business Park in Warsaw. BREEAM In - Use Part 1- Asset Performance – Very Good level.
3. Recertification of Rondo 1 in Warsaw. This flagship scheme was the first building in Poland to receive LEED Platinum certification under the LEED Building Operations and Maintenance rating system.
4. Double green certification of Concept Tower in Warsaw. This is the first office building in Poland to achieve both BREEAM and LEED certificates.
Projects in progress
1. Green certification of the Karolkowa Business Park in Warsaw. BREEAM In - Use Part 2 - in progress, target: Very Good.
2. Centrum Bankowo - Finansowe “Nowy Świat”. LEED certification in progress.
3. Final certification of JLL’s office in Warsaw in progress.
Please say why you should be considered for the award
JLL has both innovation and know-how in the field of sustainability – it was one of the first in Poland to provide green professional consulting. JLL’s team is highly experienced in LEED and BREEAM certifications for new and existing buildings as well as energy audits which enable owners to improve energy efficiency. JLL excels in pioneering projects – its exemplary achievements are the LEED certification of Zebra Tower - the first newly constructed office building with LEED and the first LEED Core&Shell in Poland, the first Platinum LEED recertification (Rondo 1), the first double certification in Poland (Concept Tower), and the first BREEAM for office fit out (JLL's new headquarters in Warsaw Spire). JLL bases its CSR strategy on solutions that aim to increase the ecological awareness among its employees and the tenants of properties managed by the company across Poland. JLL leads numerous initiatives including Green Office Guide, Green Summer, Bike at Work Days, Lose Your Kilowatts.