10: “Net Zero-Plus” Campus to Be National Model for Sustainability Strategies
A self-sustaining “Net Zero-Plus” college campus is being built in Palm Springs, Calif., as a model for sustainability strategies across the country. Read the whole story.
9: Going Green Keeps Medical Buildings Healthy
Being careful is what hospital staff members routinely do for their patients—but it’s a relatively new concept to encourage health care property owners, developers and designers to be just as conscientious about the building itself. Read the whole story.
8: Green Resorts Pamper Guests, Save Cash
Aruba’s 70 square miles of island, just north off the coast of Venezuela, are mostly known for hosting resorts with a palapa for every guest and beachfront drink service. Visitors to the island also know that the Trade Winds blow strong there–making Aruba the perfect test spot for a large windmill farm that could help the island get to 100 percent energy sustainability by 2020. Read the whole story.
7: Bernards’ New LEED Silver HQ Reflects California’s Green Building Push
California is often touted as the most environmentally progressive state in the nation—and given the state’s new Net Zero Energy (NZE) initiative, that isn’t surprising. Read the whole story.
6: Net Zero Energy: Making Green Look Passé
Sustainability for commercial properties has come a long way since the start of the new millennium, when developers would chuckle and shake their heads at proposals to spend big bucks on green features. “Too expensive to the bottom line” was a common refrain. Read the whole story.
5: Time Running Out for Green Building Incentive
Owners and managers might not have much time. December 31, 2013 marks the date when one of the strongest incentives to make buildings more energy efficient will expire. Read the whole story.
4: This is What LEED Looks Like: Jones Lang LaSalle's Latest Projects
As LEED-designed buildings become more commonplace, national full-service real estate providers are taking on more LEED projects—and design innovations—for a wide spectrum of purposes and in a wide variety of sites. Here are examples of Jones Lang LaSalle's latest LEED efforts. Read the whole story.
3: It's All About Benchmarking
It's been a requirement for all New York City buildings larger than 50,000 sq. ft. since 2011. Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., are making similar requirements of their commercial buildings this year. Chicago is on the cusp of issuing its own law. And thousands of owners and managers across the U.S. are doing it at their buildings even without the threat of regulation. Read the whole story.
2: 5 Reasons for Smart Building Investment
What's so smart about investing in smart building technology? Commercial real estate owners and investors are exploring the ways smart building technologies can improve a company’s triple bottom line (people, planet, profits). Read the whole story.
1: 8 Reasons Sustainability Trends Are Driving Commercial Real Estate Value
Sustainability is spurring action among commercial real estate asset managers, with more leaders using it to create value for their funds, according to a recent PwC report by Don Reed and Cope Willis. Read the whole story.
