Raising the Proportion of "Green" Properties in Our Portfolio

Raising the Proportion of “Green” Properties in Our Portfolio

Basic Policy

NMF recognizes that helping resolve environmental problems, such as issues associated with climate change, is of critical importance to the success of its business strategies aimed at securing ongoing operations. Based on this recognition, NMF is striving to minimize environmental burdens attributable to its portfolio. NMF therefore engages in investment in environmentally friendly properties while working to enhance the efficiency of its energy use by, for example, introducing eco-friendly and energy-saving countermeasures at its properties.
We will consider acquiring green certification for all existing portfolios and all properties to be acquired in the future, and promote the acquisition of green certification (3 ★ equivalent or higher), which is the standard for KPIs.

• ※Green certification (with three stars or more or equivalent to) refers to DBJ Green Building Certification (three stars or more) or BELS Certification (three stars or more), or CASBEE for Real Estate (B+ or higher)
• ※The figure is calculated based on the floor area of our properties excluding land.
• ※For actual results to KPI, please refer here.

DBJ Green Building Certification

The DBJ Green Building Certification is a certification system created by the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to support real estate properties with environmental and social awareness. The certification system evaluates convenience, comfort, disaster/crime prevention, energy-saving, involvement with communities, etc. in addition to environmental performance, and evaluation results are expressed in five-level ratings (5 stars ★★★★★ to 1 star ★).

Acquisition of BELS Certification

BELS certification is provided under a public evaluation system, which evaluates the energy conservation performance of non-residential buildings based on the Building Energy Efficiency Act.
The assessment is on the basis of the Building Energy Index (BEI) value derived from primary energy consumption based on the building energy efficiency standards provided by the Japanese government.
Third parties evaluate the performance of buildings from various points of view, regardless of whether a building is new or not, and the evaluation result is represented by a number of stars (from one star "★ " to five stars "★★★★★").

• ※From 2024, the number of stars (6 stars ★★★★★★ to 1 star ★) will change.

Acquisition of CASBEE for Real Estate

CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency) is a method of evaluating and rating the environmental performance of buildings and is being promoted under the leadership of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The evaluation is based on 5 categories: "Energy and greenhouse gases", “Water”, "Resource use and safety", "Biodiversity and sites" ,"Indoor environment", and the evaluation results are presented in 5 levels (from Rank C ★ to Rank S ★ ★ ★ ★).

Acquisition status of environmental certifications

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Details of DBJ Green Building.

Acquiring BELS certification using Subsidy

We acquired BELS certification for the following properties using subsidies based on “The existing building energy conservation promotion project 2023 (support for diagnosis and display of energy conservation performance)”.