Minut and Google Nest announce integration

Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Smart property monitoring solutions provider Minut has announced an integration with Google Nest, enabling property managers to lower their energy bills and carbon footprints by remotely managing heating and cooling across their short-term rental portfolios.
Airbnb partners with NatWest to boost hosts’ energy efficiency

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb is partnering with British bank NatWest and Energy Saving Trust to launch a new Sustainable Hosting Hub that will help hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
France plans to ban energy inefficient homes from short-term rental market

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: The French government is aiming to ban poorly-insulated housing from being listed on short-term rental platforms, the country’s junior minister for housing and cities said this week.