Energy Efficiency and the Future of Real Estate /

This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate. Efficiency is one of the most frequently-mentioned aspects of government policies for green building design in the United States and around the world. There has been a significant amount of e...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Coulson, N, Edward; Wang, Yongsheng; Lipscomb, Clifford A
Published: Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57446-6
Summary: This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate. Efficiency is one of the most frequently-mentioned aspects of government policies for green building design in the United States and around the world. There has been a significant amount of effort devoted to the creation of green practices in real estate, including building construction, building assessment, city planning, investment, governmental regulation and policies, and industrial development. One of the key emphases of the above activities is energy efficiency, thus it is cruci
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XX, 253 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781137574466
Index Number: HC79
CLC: F062.2
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Energy Efficient Commercial Real Estate Matters -- 3. Energy Efficiency and Green Building Assessment -- 4. Innovation in the Built Environment: Energy Efficiency and Commercial Real Estate -- 5. The Political Economy of Energy Efficiency -- 6. An Analysis of LEED Certification and Rent Effects in Existing U.S. Office Buildings -- 7. Energy Efficiency and Green Building Markets in Japan -- 8. Paths of Green Building Technology in China -- 9. Energy Efficiency and High-Performance Buildings -- 10. Future Research Directions of Energy Efficiency. .