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The CRREM Pathways

Pathways representing 40+ countries and all major property types. The global standard for assessing transition risk in real estate.

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From a global carbon budget to property-level pathways

How the Pathways work

The CRREM Pathways start with global carbon budgets consistent with the Paris Agreement and translate them into year-by-year trajectories for every building type in every covered country.

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Global Carbon Budgets

IPCC 1.5°C emissions scenario

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Sector share of total budget

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Distributed by Country

Floor area, energy mix, grid factors

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Split by Building Type

Office, retail, residential, industrial, and more

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Year-by-Year Pathway

kgCO₂/m²/yr and kWh/m²/yr levels

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Buildings Assessed

Performance compared to pathway

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Misalignment Identified

CRREM Misalignment Year calculated

Pathway Explorer

Explore the CRREM Pathway

Select a country, property type, and metric to see the CRREM Pathway. Add your building's data to find its Misalignment Year.

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Enter your building's current intensity and expected annual improvement to see when (or if) it crosses the CRREM Pathway.

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Data: CRREM Global Pathways V2.04 (August 2025) • 1.5°C Paris-aligned scenario • crrem.eu

Disclaimer: The CRREM Pathways and tools are provided for informational and exploratory purposes only. They do not constitute investment advice, financial guidance, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any asset. Users should conduct their own due diligence and consult qualified professionals before making investment or asset management decisions. The Pathway explorer does not include projections of your building's carbon or energy intensity based on emission factor changes, grid decarbonization, or HDD/CDD assumptions. This should be used for simulation and exploratory purposes only.

BUILD YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT

Calculate CRREM Alignment in 3 Steps

Explore how CRREM alignment works at the asset or portfolio level. Enter building data, match pathways, and find your Misalignment Year.

Enter your building's data

Set the property type, floor area, annual energy use, and planned reduction rate using the interactive chips. The carbon intensity is calculated automatically. Use the arrows on the Property Type chip to cycle through building types.

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Intro Video

Basic introduction to CRREM and the Misalignment Year

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Reference Guide PDF

Core concepts and definitions

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Match your country

Select the building's country to match it to the correct CRREM pathway. Zip or postal code lookup for the US and Australia is coming soon.

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Pathway File XLSX

Global carbon and EUI pathways

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Emission Factors XLSX

Global grid and carrier emission factors

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ZIP Code Look-Up XLSX

Maps postal codes to the correct CRREM region

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See your Misalignment Year

Once you've entered building data and matched a pathway, the chart below renders live. It projects your building's carbon intensity against the CRREM pathway to find the year it falls out of alignment. Download the result as an image or Excel file.

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CRREM Spec File XLSX

Step-by-step build logic and worked examples

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Enter your portfolio assets

Bring together the carbon intensity and floor area from each asset's CRREM assessment. Each asset is weighted by its share of total floor area to calculate a single portfolio-level carbon intensity.

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Core concepts and definitions

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Build your weighted pathway

Each asset's country and property type maps to a CRREM decarbonisation pathway. The pathways are weighted by floor area share and merged into a single portfolio-level CRREM pathway from 2020 to 2050.

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Pathway File XLSX

Global carbon and EUI pathways

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Find the portfolio Misalignment Year

Compare the portfolio's aggregated carbon intensity against the weighted CRREM pathway. The Misalignment Year is the first year the declining pathway drops below the portfolio's current performance \u2014 the point at which the portfolio is no longer Paris-aligned.

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Aggregation Spec XLSX

Step-by-step portfolio build logic

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Get the CRREM Pathway data

CRREM Pathway data is freely available. Choose how you want to access it.

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Download the Dataset

Access the full CRREM Pathway dataset as a structured download. Includes all countries, property types and vintages.

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Over 29 software platforms integrate CRREM data into portfolio analytics, ESG reporting, and investment management tools.

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Methodology

Built on rigorous science

The CRREM Pathways are developed through a transparent, peer-reviewed process overseen by an independent Technical Council. Every pathway is grounded in the latest climate science and updated regularly.