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The Green Building Finance & Investment Forum: First Movers, 9 Ideas & Some Challenges
2008-02-26 12:13:34
So today is a two post day, just to stay on top of the info deluge that is besieging my inbox. I’d posted before about the Green Building Finance & Investment Forum , which took place the latter half of last...
Read more: Movers , First

Energy Efficiency & Building Value: Co-Star Statistics
2008-03-11 01:13:32
Looking for data to support the value of building green? Join a growing crowd and read on... If my software let me write sarcastic subtitles, this one would be "Most often cited statistics at green real estate conferences in Spring...
Read more: Energy , Efficiency , Building , Value , Statistics , Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency German-style & LEED Grows Legs
2008-03-15 19:39:25
Photo by Popaver. This Passivhaus is the winner of the 2007 Solar Decathlon. It was created by a team led by Professor Manfred Hegger, mentioned below in today's post. Last week, I moderated an energy efficiency symposium that brought together...
Read more: Energy , Efficiency , German , Energy Efficiency

San Francisco Once Step Closer to Mandatory LEED
2008-03-21 01:30:59
Mandatory LEED in San Francisco is a critical step closer to being fully approved, according to yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle. The Building Inspection Commission signed off on it last night. Its now at the Board of Supervisors for approval. Bare...
Read more: Mandatory

Its New! Its Green! Its Finance! Residential Property Tax Assessments as a Solar Finance Mechanism
2008-05-01 22:39:51
Photo credit: istockphoto I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the road recently. And there are a lot of great green finance ideas percolating out there (still…), but they all lack the key buzzwords: committed capital (heavy stress on...
Read more: Green , Solar

Heard at the Fisher Center: Connecting Energy Price Risk with Real Estate Values
2008-05-06 23:54:40
So I was at the Annual Fisher Center Real Estate Conference today, where the focus was “the state of real estate” from both an academic and practitioner point of view. The slant was residential, with high quality data and insights....
Read more: Heard , Connecting , Energy , Values

Green Finance Innovation from Japan: Sumitomo Trust’s Lending Products for Sustainable Real Estate
2008-05-08 23:35:03
Meet Masato Ito! We have a post from an honored guest today! I had the great pleasure of watching a presentation by Masato Ito, of Sumitomo Trust, earlier this year during the Responsible Property Investing Summit. He gave us an...
Read more: Green , Innovation , Japan , Lending , Products , Sustainable , Estate , Real Estate

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