The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe in collaboration with the RecAp – Resilient Cities Accelerator Program, will showcase some of the most innovative proptech solutions to key real estate challenges at next week’s flagship ULI Europe Conference (Milan, 10-13 June 2024).

Twelve start-ups and scaleups offering diverse, ground-breaking ESG-related solutions, have been selected to participate in the inaugural Innovation Village following a survey of ULI members to establish both the challenges and innovation priorities of the industry. The challenges identified included biodiversity, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable materials, and air quality, among others, while the innovation drivers included improved time efficiency, profitability, and cost efficiency.

Confirmed participants on the Innovation Village will include Blue Auditor, dnergy, eSafe, Hococo. Impact Us Today, Mitiga Solutions – EarthScan, Palmki by Perfect ID, Parking Around, Portio, simpl.rent, Singu, and Solum. Delegates at the ULI Conference can schedule a tailored ‘innovation tour’ of the village to discover the ground-breaking technologies and disruptive business models and meet many of the firms participating.

Sara Trontelj, Programme Director, RecAp, comments, “We’re pleased to be collaborating with ULI to deliver a highly focused, curated experience relevant to the requirements of real estate leaders attending the conference. Globally, there are approximately 10,000 proptech start-ups is existence, and there’s around 3,500 in Europe. Of those, 800 can be quantified as ESG-related, innovating in multiple environmental and social areas. As such, it was important for us to cut through the ‘noise’ and just focus on solutions for the most relevant, pressing priorities for the industry.”

Beth Beeson, Vice President, ULI Europe, comments, “AI, technology, and digitalisation were ranked second only to ESG as the top trends for real estate’s future, according to the ULI and PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe survey. Our Innovation Village therefore has a strong opportunity to find some solutions for some of the most important challenges our industry faces and will provide a great addition to our extensive programme planned for ULI Europe Conference in Milan. We’re looking forward to welcoming all our members along.”

Next week’s ULI Europe Conference is set to welcome more nearly 70 speakers and around 800 real estate leaders from across Europe and the world to Milan. The event gathers the whole industry, from investors, asset managers and developers to architects and public officials, and together their decisions affect hundreds of billions of euros in real estate.

The conference will focus on some of the latest global real estate trends, including the impact of geopolitics on real estate, macroeconomics, responsible investment and ESG, and many other areas. Keynote speakers will include José Manuel Durão Barroso, former President of the European Commission; Janet Henry, Global Chief Economist, HSBC; and Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan.

Over four days, the full programme will feature keynotes, panels, high level round tables and forums, meetings, site tours showcasing Milan’s exemplary development projects, and networking opportunities. The event will also host the annual ULI European Leadership Awards, 13 European Product Council meetings, and an extended programme for both Young Leaders (under 35s) and NEXT (aged 35-45) members.

ULI Europe Conference is sponsored by COIMA, Greenberg Traurig, Hines, LaSalle, PIMCO, Colliers, pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, ECE, Longevity, AG Real Estate, Avison Young, EDGE, Generali Real Estate, and Immobel. The Innovation Village is sponsored by Revive and Aconterra.

ULI Europe Conference will take place 10-13 June across various locations in Milan. The main day of the conference will take place on 12 June at Allianz MiCo Milano Convention Centre.

Visit https://europeconference.uli.org/ for more information.

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Notes to Editors:

About the Urban Land Institute

The Urban Land Institute is a non-profit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the institute has over 48,000 members worldwide representing all aspects of land use and development disciplines.

In Europe ULI has almost 5,500 members across 15 National Council country networks.

For more information on ULI, please visit https://europe.uli.org

About RecAp

RecAp is the first resilient cities accelerator program and focuses on the critical role of the global tech industry in addressing the climate crisis. Its mission is to create liveable, lovable and climate friendly cities of tomorrow and ease the green shift of the construction and real estate sectors.

For more information, visit https://www.recap.world

Exhibitors on the innovation Village:

– Blue Auditor offers automated and AI-enhanced ESG solutions to do Technical ESG Assessment (EU Taxonomy, Climate Risk Analysis & Carbon Stranding Assets – CRREM methodology) and decarbonization modelling. https://blueauditor.com/

– dnergy is an end-to-end platform leveraging data, advanced analytics, and AI to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions of buildings. https://www.dnergy.com/

– eSafe is a Tech-enabled disruptive mailbox for letters and parcels, solving the issues of last mile delivery, unfindable packages & all the logistic issues in the era of e-commerce. https://www.my-esafe.be/nl

– Hococo is an all-in-one tenant experience and operations platform that changes the way real estate professionals manage rental residential properties and nurture tenant relationships. https://www.hococo.io/

– Impact Us Today is your digital renovation journey from advice to offers, helping companies, cooperatives and cities empower their clients, members, employees, citizens reducing their energy footprint while increasing their comfort at home. https://impactus.today/en/

– Mitaga Solutions – Earthscan is a tool helping companies to analyse, report and act on their exposure to climate change thanks to science-based climate risk intelligence. https://www.mitigasolutions.com/

– Palmki by Perfect ID is specialised in palm vein technology and biometry solutions for ID authentication, access control and other day to day applications. https://www.palmki.eu/

– ParkingAround is a Real-Time Parking Pool Operator with proprietary hardware and software tools providing parking space sharing, accessibility, and monetisation of unused parking slots. End parking inefficiencies and increase your parking lot utilisation. https://www.parkingaround.com/

– Portio is innovating the coliving industry through two distinct yet interconnected ventures. Portio Capital is pioneering in making coliving investments accessible to all, while Portio Club focuses on enhancing the coliving experience for residents. https://www.portio.co/

– simpl.rent is a one-stop shop for rent management, tenant verification, deposit and inventory. https://simpl.rent/

– The Singu platform empowers your real estate portfolio with integrated technology ensuring successful facility, maintenance, and ESG operations. Singu streamlines property and asset management helping you run smarter, data-based operations leading to tangible benefits for your organization. www.singu.com

– Solum has developed a photovoltaic pavement which transform rooftops and terraces in solar energy plants without losing the space. https://www.solumpv.com