SAVILLS (UK) LTD

Their core work

Savills is a major global real estate services firm headquartered in London, providing advisory, management, and transactional services across commercial, residential, and rural property markets. In the H2020 context, they contributed real estate market expertise to energy efficiency renovation projects, helping quantify how energy upgrades affect property values and investment decisions. They also brought their rural land management experience to agricultural policy digitisation efforts, supporting farmers navigating EU compliance requirements.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Savills' H2020 involvement was concentrated in a short window (2015-2016 start dates), making evolution analysis limited. Their initial projects (REVALUE, DREEAM) focused squarely on building energy performance and its impact on property markets. The later RECAP project signals a broadening toward digital public services and agricultural policy, suggesting Savills was beginning to explore how their rural land management expertise could serve EU policy implementation.

Savills appeared to be expanding from energy-in-buildings toward broader policy advisory and rural services, though their H2020 participation ended in 2019 and no recent EU project activity is visible.

How they like to work

Savills participated exclusively as a partner, never coordinating — consistent with a large private firm contributing domain expertise rather than driving research agendas. With 33 unique partners across 11 countries in just 3 projects, they operated in sizeable, internationally diverse consortia. This suggests they are comfortable integrating into large collaborative frameworks and providing targeted industry input rather than leading technical workstreams.

Across only 3 projects, Savills built connections with 33 partners in 11 countries, indicating involvement in large pan-European consortia. Their network spans Western and Northern Europe, reflecting the geographic spread typical of energy efficiency and agricultural policy projects.

What sets them apart

Savills brings something rare to EU research consortia: deep commercial real estate market intelligence applied to energy and sustainability questions. While most project partners are universities or engineering firms, Savills can quantify how research outcomes translate into property value, investment risk, and market adoption. For any consortium needing a credible industry voice on how energy efficiency measures affect real estate markets, Savills is a distinctive partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• DREEAM
  Largest funded project (EUR 390,718) demonstrating integrated energy renovation at multi-building scale — directly relevant to urban housing decarbonisation.
• REVALUE
  Tackled the critical gap between energy efficiency investment and recognised property value — a key barrier to scaling building renovation across Europe.
• RECAP
  Unusual topic for a real estate firm, showing Savills' rural advisory reach into agricultural policy and farmer-facing digital services.