A Practical Guide To Green Real Estate Management

If you are a building owner, developer, or property management professional who wants to go green but has limited capital, Green within Reach will show you what you can do-no matter how small your budget-to reduce costs, reduce waste, and efficiently use energy, water, and other available resources. Author Barry P. Weaver, a leading real estate professional and certified green-building expert, provides an easy-to-read manual that takes you step by step through all the areas of vital importance within and without your building environment. The book reveals how the use of sustainable and renewable products and practices can increase your cash flow, profitability, and asset value. It also explains how a whole-building approach will protect the health of your occupants as well as increase employee productivity. So go ahead-you can afford to decrease your building's carbon footprint. Green within Reach provides valuable information not only for builders, planners, and managers but also consumers and tenants. It offers a comprehensive guide to energy conservation, recycling, building maintenance, and apartment living that focuses on environmental concerns. The scope of the book is practical and its contents are easy to understand and access. Included in Weaver's book are knowledge self-assessments at the end of each section, and a glossary and references to dozens of Internet sites for further information on recycling, energy use, appliances, etc. Through Green within Reach Weaver explains step by step how much can be done to green an existing building by utilizing the resources at hand. Readers will learn how to positively affect the quality of a building environment both indoors and outdoors, and how energy can be saved through changes made in landscaping and through the proper choice of window and lighting fixtures, appliances, carpeting, and even cleaning products. Weaver provides ways to reduce costs for operation and maintenance, as well as reduce waste, pollution, and environmental degradation. He takes on the subjects of pest control, air quality, water efficiency, and the health of a building and its occupants. He also shows how a tenant green education program can be implemented-one that will act as an effective incentive for others to play a role in energy conservation measures.

This is the first comprehensive practical handbook on the topic of "Environmental Social Governance" (ESG) and its impact on the real estate industry. The sustainability megatrend is still in its early stages in the real estate sector, and there is a lack of standards, practical examples and data. The development is very dynamic and sometimes confusing, and new, complex, requirements and regulations are constantly being added. The authors – an expert team of economists, lawyers, investors, asset managers and engineers – provide an overview of national and European regulatory requirements as well as current market developments. They show what role ESG plays not only in the areas of new construction, renovation and real estate management, but also in investment processes and real estate valuations. Contents: - ESG and the real estate market - ESG and regulatory environment - ESG and real estate management - ESG in urban and project development

This book identifies, defines and explains in detail property-related environmental issues. It is written in an easy-to-follow style and presented in a lively format. Issues are explained with reference to relevant background information, practical issues and problems posed. The book is supported by current case studies, and there is learning material - with model answers - for students and lecturers to use for group work. Each topic - e.g. law, economics, property development - is structured in the same way: headline - the big issues and important questions; background - historical, legislative, technical; practical problems and solutions; discussion points; case studies; sources of information/further study.

With the built environment contributing almost half of global greenhouse emissions, there is a pressing need for the property and real estate discipline to thoroughly investigate sustainability concerns. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate brings together the latest research of leading academics globally, demonstrating the nature and extent of the impact as well as suggesting means of mitigating humankind's impact and building resilience. Four sections examine the different aspects of sustainable real estate: governance and policy valuation, investment and finance management redevelopment and adaptation. Covering all land uses from residential to commercial, retail and industrial, the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate is an exciting mixture of received wisdom and emerging ideas and approaches from both the developed and developing world. Academics, upper-level students and researchers will find this book an essential guide to the very best of sustainable real estate research.

A sea-change is coming for commercial leasing. As the climate emergency gathers pace, the pressure is on for the property sector to get its house(s) in order. And for all the column inches on potential regulation or absent top-down policy, it is fast understanding that its contractual relationships, particularly its green leases, will be key to concreting environmental ambitions and ESG expectations into its real estate. To be properly impactful, the green lease must do many things. It must cater for existing legislation in many areas, while anticipating change. It must rethink bricks and mortar as a complex body, living its operations and breathing out clean air. In aligning the interests of landlords and tenants it must, arguably for the first time, challenge the fundamental notions of FRI leasing in a way that is both credible and commercially viable. This book explains the why and the how of green leasing in the commercial world. It offers drafting tips to help this nascent tool take root, and it makes a necessarily broad analysis of its legislative context. It considers how the development of solicitor's duties could demand more from the legal profession's understanding and advice. It was written to inspire and empower real estate lawyers and practitioners, as they support the efforts of future-looking commercial clients to rebuild the industry from the ground up. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Clare Harman Clark is a Senior Counsel - Knowledge in the real estate team at Taylor Wessing LLP. She chairs the Property Section at the Law Society and teaches on the Property Law and Practice and Commercial Property modules of the LPC at the University of Westminster. Back in the mists of time, she trained as a journalist and still writes regularly for national and trade press. She sits on the editorial board of the Landlord and Tenant Review and has contributed chapters to various books on the development of legal practice (including Career Development for Women Lawyers; Tomorrow's KM: innovation, best practice, and the future of knowledge management; and Lawyer's guide to the future of practice management). Since qualifying at Clifford Chance LLP, she has spent the best part of two decades advising on all aspects of commercial real estate, for a vast array of clients. In her current role, Clare focuses on knowledge management and enjoys the professional space to leverage her transactional experience while engaging with the macro trends affecting our sector. She recently completed a Masters in International Planning and Sustainable Development - for all the discussion on pandemics, or Brexit, or technology, by far the biggest issue facing us today is the climate change crisis. CONTENTS Chapter One - Introduction - Changing the World Chapter Two - Background law and regulation Chapter Three - The new generation of green leases Chapter Four - Drafting the green lease Chapter Five - Seeking other opportunities to import green lease provisions Chapter Six - The role of the real estate lawyer Chapter Seven - Conclusion: The Future is Green Bibliography

It is important for those studying and practicing in real estate and property management to learn to manage property assets effectively, to be able to provide their companies with effective property and facilities solutions. This book raises the awareness of how real estate management can support business, transform the workplace and impact upon people and productivity, ensuring that costs are minimized and profit maximized. Written for advanced undergraduate students on property related courses, it provides them with a rounded understanding by aligning the subject with estates management, facilities management and business strategy. Case studies and action plans provide real insight and make this book an essential reference for those at the start of their careers in real estate and facilities management.