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Banks Cultivate Green Loans
Jun 2, 2008
In San Francisco, Houston and across the country, a handful of community banks and even some of the nation’s largest lenders are discovering a growth area in construction loans and mortgages for sustainable commercial real estate. ...
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Green Leases: A Matter for Debate
May 5, 2008
As companies stake their branding and corporate reputations on sustainability, office landlords and their tenants are exploring ways to hold one another accountable for green practices through lease provisions....
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Construction Company Skanska Walks the Green Walk
May 5, 2008
Before Skanska USA Building moved its Southeast regional headquarters in Atlanta last October from an owned building to 1.5 floors of leased office space, the company built out the space with sustainability in mind. ...
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Q&A With Optimum Energy’s Nathan Rothman
May 5, 2008
Nathan Rothman is a serial entrepreneur. Before founding Seattle-based Optimum Energy in 2006, he launched a number of widely disparate companies, including a bar and restaurant in New York, Valiant Yachts Corp. in Texas, and a manufacturing company......
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Report: CFOs See Green in Green Practices
Apr 3, 2008
Senior finance executives believe companies that reduce their impact on the environment can achieve significant financial benefits ranging from reduced operating costs to improved shareholder value and better employee retention....
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MIPIM Awards
Mar 6, 2008
Energy-efficient projects figure prominently in the 2008 MIPIM Awards nominations, honoring outstanding real estate projects from around the world. Winners, chosen by MIPIM 2008 attendees,...
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Q&A with Steven Ribeiro, Aldeia Development, LLC
Mar 6, 2008
Steven Ribeiro’s Independence Station project in Oregon will run on vegetable oil and solar power — and save a bundle. Ribeiro, principal of Aldeia Development LLC, is building a $15 million...
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Studley Launches Sustainable Real Estate Practice
Feb 7, 2008
International commercial real estate services firm Studley has promoted Olivia Millar to director of sustainability and workplace strategies, a new practice designed to help clients achieve LEED certification for their office space or building....
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Sustainable Standards Enter Building Codes
Feb 7, 2008
Given the focus on hot button issues such as rising energy prices and global warming, it’s no wonder cities are focusing on green initiatives ranging from improving air quality to promoting energy efficiency. What that means for commercial real estate builders is that cities are not only encouraging green building but more and more cities are requiring green building practices....
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The Green Lending Debate
Feb 7, 2008
While a few small lenders are beginning to offer specific financial incentives to LEED or EnergyStar certified projects, larger lenders are taking a couple of different approaches. One is to incorporate sustainable design strategies into their own facilities. ...
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Slow Economy Grows Green
Feb 7, 2008
With less cash for bells and whistles and the threat of recession bearing down on investors, is green building too expensive to make sense?...
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Making A Business Case for Green Building
Dec 1, 2007
In Georgia, we call a politician with a particularly sugary tongue someone who can talk the birds from the trees. No doubt, little green birds were dropping...
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Sustainable Design Heats Up
Nov 13, 2007
Spiraling energy costs are a major factor driving demand to build and occupy sustainable green buildings, based on a recent survey of architects...
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2007 Green Building Survey
Oct 31, 2007
Exclusive research shows that corporations and developers
are rising to meet the new demand for energy efficiency.
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Defining Sustainability Takes Energy
Jun 1, 2007
Ask any 10 real estate professionals to define one of the biggest buzzwords of the 21st century, and almost assuredly you'll get 10 different answers, ranging from renewable energy sources to environmental management to eco-efficiency....
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Truth in Green Advertising
Jun 1, 2007
One evening as I sat on my back porch relaxing with a stack of magazines and listening to NPR, I heard a phrase that I had never heard before: greenwashing....
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