2009 Green Building Survey: National Real Estate Investor and the U.S. Green Building Council Release Results
The past two years have been brutal for U.S. businesses and their employees. That reality has trickled down to commercial real estate owners and landlords who have been grappling with how to pay debt service on properties with rising vacancies and falling rents. Against such a bleak economic backdrop, green building has not retreated, but in fact sunk its roots even deeper into the commercial real estate industry’s psyche and practices.
“We see an increase in awareness and activity, particularly on existing buildings and retrofitting of existing buildings,” says Marc Heisterkamp, director of commercial real estate for the U.S. Green Building Council based in Washington, D.C. “It is in a tough economy that top companies rise to the occasion and find ways to save money and position their real estate for the future.”
According to an exclusive green building survey of developers, corporate real estate executives, and city and county government officials conducted by National Real Estate Investor in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, sustainability in commercial real estate has gained ground over the past year. An overwhelming majority of developers (88%) and corporate executives (86%) indicate that they consider green design to be as important or more important now than it was before the recession.
Read the full survey below.
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