Flora Harley

Partner, Head of Energy & Sustainability Research

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Flora Harley is Partner and Head of Energy and Sustainability Research at Knight Frank, based in London. She leads the firm’s research strategy across energy infrastructure and sustainability in real estate, applying a data-led and system-wide approach to understand how decisions across the energy chain and the built environment influence property markets, investment strategies and occupier demand. Her work spans power generation, networks and corporate energy users, alongside the sustainability performance of real estate, with a focus on the interdependencies, risks and opportunities created by the energy transition.

Flora provides insight to investors, developers and occupiers, supporting decision-making through proprietary analysis, market intelligence and thought leadership. She authors a monthly Sustainable Property Insights newsletter and contributes to flagship publications including The Wealth Report and Active Capital, alongside delivering tailored research and client engagement. Flora is a regular speaker at industry events and has been cited in leading publications. She joined Knight Frank in 2017 from KPMG and previously worked in the UK Government, bringing an economics-led perspective to energy and sustainability trends.

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Research Reports

UK's Modern Industrial Strategy

What the government's Modern Industrial Strategy's focus on clean energy and sustainability means for real estate.

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Sustainability Series

A unique research survey providing valuable insight into how ESG trends are shaping property investment decisions.

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Meeting the Commercial Property Retrofit Challenge

Quantifying the costs and benefits associated with improving ESG credentials of commercial properties in the UK.

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EVs: The Everywhere Vehicle?

Identifying opportunities and nuances within the electric vehicle changing market for real estate owners

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UK Cities DNA Oversupply

The ninth of twelve insight papers in our UK Cities DNA initiative — putting real estate supply and demand in the context of the economic direction of travel.

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Sustainability Series REframing ESG

How to simplify ESG in real estate and what wealthy individual are doing in this space

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Sustainability Series: Solar power value

The potential solar photovoltaics (PV) energy generation opportunities for the UK from car parks and rooftops.

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Sustainability Series - A new SPV

The potential solar photovoltaics (PV) energy generation opportunities for the UK from car parks and rooftop

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Global Branded Residences

The branded residences sector globally is growing exponentially and can now be found in almost every major city and major holiday destinations. In this report we explore what branded residences are, what underpins their appeal, where they…

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How to Meet The Property Retrofit Challenge

As your partners in property, our consultancy and advisory teams, underpinned by our research are uniquely positioned to provide you with clear, actionable guidance, irrespective of the nature of the asset and what stage it is at in its…

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