Building location profile

The 2008 OSCAR database contains:

198 buildings 132 air-conditioned buildings 66 non air-conditioned buildings The annual “churn” of properties within the database is 25%, which compares to 46% in Oscar 2007. The non air-conditioned buildings are represented fairly uniformly across all geographical regions, whereas the air-conditioned buildings are better represented within London.

Building locationprofile by %

Building size profile

The non-air conditioned buildings generally fall within the size range of 10,000 sq ft to 100,000 sq ft, whilst 70% of air-conditioned space is above 40,000 sq ft. There is a reduction in the number of larger non air-conditioned buildings.

Building size profile by %

Building age profile

The key observations from the sample are:

75% of the air conditioned buildings are under 20 years old from their date of construction or the last date of refurbishment, whilst approximately 50% of non air-conditioned buildings are over 30 years old. The trend continues for a proportionate increase in the number of buildings under 10 years of age.

Building age profile by %