November 1, 2019. O1 Standard management company has further expanded its portfolio of facilities under management . Starting November 1, 2019, the company is responsible for the Ducat Place III, White Stone, and Aurora business centres. Earlier in October the company signed the contract with Central Telegraph. As result the total floor space of buildings under management of O1 Standard increased to more than 583,000 square metres. O1 Standard is now managing eleven business centres, seven of which have BREEAM certificates of environmental performance.

O1 Standard started providing property & facility management services earlier this year. The company’s portfolio now includes the following business centres: White Square, iCUBE, Krugozor, Stanislavsky Factory, Gamma, Lefort, Vivaldi Plaza, Aurora, Ducat Place III, White Stone and Central Telegraph.

O1 Standard applies property & facility management services to standards that were designed and implemented for the office property portfolio of O1 Properties in 2014. The Company pays particular attention to environmental performance of facilities and supports certification of business centres and facility management systems to BREEAM standards.

October 1, 2019. The property and facility management company O1 Standard took on management functions at three more business centres from the start of October. The O1 Properties subsidiary is now working at the Krugozor, LeFORT and Stanislavsky Factory business centres, increasing total floor space under management to more than 380,000 square metres.

O1 Standard began providing property & facility management services earlier in 2019 at the White Square and iCUBE business centres. In September, O1 Standard accepted management contracts at the Vivaldi Plaza and Gamma business centres.

Natalia Kornilova, Chief Operations Officer of O1 Standard, said: “Expanding the portfolio of facilities under management is part of our long-term development strategy. As well as overall management of buildings, we also provide office management services to tenants, creating a unified, integrated infrastructure and enabling tenants to obtain all the services they need in a single package.”

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O1 Standard applies its own building management standards, designed in 2014 to unify the management system at business centres in the O1 Properties portfolio. The standards include rules for building operation and technical support, as well as infrastructure provision (reception, security, parking) and guidelines for shared-use zones.

The Vivaldi Plaza business centre, owned and operated by O1 Properties, secured BREEAM certification (BREEAM In-Use category) with a “Very Good” rating. The certification consultant was CBRE.

Earlier in 2013, the business centre was certified under the BREEAM New Construction system and received a “Good” rating.

Vivaldi Plaza received highest scores in the categories: Waste (separate waste collection), Health and Wellbeing, Transport, and Land Use & Ecology.

The Vivaldi Plaza business centre is located in one of Moscow’s business commercial districts adjacent to Paveletskaya metro and train station. All four buildings of the Vivaldi Plaza overlook a large internal space with landscaping and infrastructure. The courtyard is open to local people as well as to tenants. Panoramic glazing and a spacious interior provide maximize natural light. Blinds are used to ensure visual comfort. The complex uses modern equipment with automatic temperature control, ventilation, heating, and hot and cold water supply systems. Measures are in place for heat retention and the prevention of heat leakage.

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Steps taken to improve environmental performance during BREEAM certification include separate waste collection, installation of energy-efficient lighting, and an energy saving policy. Air conditioning equipment is cleaned regularly in order to improve air quality and reduce risk of illness. Environment-friendly detergents are used for cleaning of common areas. Treatment units for run-off water from parking lots and grease traps have been installed.

The iCUBE business centre, owned and operated by O1 Properties, one of the largest owners of class-A office real estate in Moscow, has been certified under the BREEAM environmental performance system (“BREEAM In-Use” category). The certification consultant was CBRE.

iCUBE obtained highest scores for the following assessment criteria: “waste” (separate waste collection), “health and wellbeing”, “transport” and “energy” (efficient use of electricity).

The class-A iCUBE business centre is located in the south-west of Moscow at the intersection of Leninsky Prospect and Nakhimovsky Prospect, which ensures optimal transport and pedestrian access. The 11-storey building has a two-tier underground car park and features an original futuristic architectural concept. Panoramic glazing gives maximum amounts of natural light, contributing to the health and wellbeing of people who work at the centre. Shared-use areas are decorated using natural materials and the territory around the building has been landscaped and planted.
More work was done to improve the environmental performance of iCube in the course of BREEAM certification, including the launch of separate waste collection, installation of sound-absorbing screens around engineering systems and introduction of energy-saving practices. Air conditioning installations are cleaned regularly in order to improve air quality and reduce the risk of disease. A green zone on the roof improves sound insulation of the building and reduces its “heat-island” effect. There are plans to place birdboxes on the landscaped grounds around the centre and to expand the range of plant species, which grow there.

Natalia Kornilova, Operations Director of O1 Standard, said: “iCUBE is the second site of O1 Properties outside Moscow’s central business district to be certified to BREEAM environmental standards. The building is located in a residential area, so we paid special attention to the comfort of local residents, focusing particularly on acoustic and visual comfort (noise absorption and green roofing).”

Pavel Yakimchuk, Project Management Director at CBRE, said: “It is very significant that the largest companies are paying ever more attention to the environment and employee health. The iCUBE business centre is a high-quality project, implemented using modern design and construction technologies. Efficiency of the technologies used to design the building made it possible to minimize additional costs, which were required in order to obtain a high BREEAM rating during certification.”

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O1 Properties is working towards full certification of its building portfolio to BREEAM environmental standards as part of the Company’s sustainable development strategy. In managing its business centres, O1 Properties implements technologies and practices that reduce consumption of natural resources and minimize negative impact on the environment.