Energy costs, tightening building standards and investor scrutiny of climate risk are turning building performance into a leadership issue. An owner who cannot show how a portfolio will cut emissions faces higher operating costs, weaker lettability and harder conversations with lenders. Yet many organisations still treat energy as a utilities line, with no accountable owner, no baseline and no plan for capital.

The Leadership and Performance in Building Energy Performance & Decarbonisation Training Course is written for people who set direction and answer for results. It starts with how to measure what a portfolio uses and emits, then moves to strategy: target setting, pathway modelling, retrofit sequencing and the economics of efficiency, onsite renewables and electrification. Later sessions deal with delivery and governance, including procurement of audits and contractors, performance contracting, verification of savings, reporting to boards and investors, and building a culture in which facilities teams and tenants share responsibility for outcomes.

The learning method centres on a sample portfolio that participants analyse together, supported by executive briefings, discussion of leadership dilemmas and peer review. Everyone leaves with a draft decarbonisation roadmap and board paper for their own estate.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Establish an energy and carbon baseline for a building or a portfolio of properties.
• Set credible targets and a decarbonisation pathway aligned with organisational strategy.
• Prioritise retrofit measures using cost, savings, carbon and risk criteria.
• Evaluate funding routes including capital budgets, energy performance contracts and green finance.
• Specify energy audits and verify claimed savings using measurement and verification principles.
• Choose between green building rating tools and disclosure frameworks for their portfolio.
• Lead teams, tenants and contractors towards shared performance goals.
• Report progress to boards, investors and regulators with clear indicators.

The course is aimed at leaders who direct or oversee building performance, such as:

• Real estate and property directors
• Asset managers and portfolio managers
• Heads of facilities, estates and engineering
• Sustainability and ESG managers in property companies
• Managers of government, hospital, school and university buildings
• Property developers and development finance officers
• Energy managers and energy service company executives
• Investors and lenders assessing real estate climate risk

Participants leave the course with:

• A draft portfolio decarbonisation roadmap with milestones and owners.
• A ranked retrofit list showing cost, payback and carbon effect.
• A board paper outline that frames energy performance as a financial and risk issue.
• A performance scorecard for facilities teams, operators and contractors.
• Clear criteria for choosing an audit provider, performance contract or green finance route.
• An engagement plan for tenants and building occupants.

The programme is designed for senior participants and favours decisions over lectures. It uses:

• Executive briefings that set out options and trade-offs
• A shared sample portfolio analysed across the five days
• Leadership dilemmas discussed in small peer groups
• Financial exercises comparing retrofit and funding choices
• Structured peer review of each participant's draft roadmap

Delegates who complete the programme and its applied exercises are issued a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.