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Major emissions cuts and investment opportunities arise from shifting to greener materials and processes in construction and buildings, according to the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.
by Amber Rolt
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Hear from financial firm Trillium Asset Management's head of ESG strategy and real estate company Veris' lead on sustainability and ESG.
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New report says venture capital investment in low-carbon building startups hit a record $2.2 billion in 2022.
by Amber Rolt
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Sponsored: Builders, facing climate change, can create opportunities through preemptive actions across their value chain
by Arnaud Brohé
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The Rocky Mountain Institute details how it's exploring innovative leasing structures in its own backyard.
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The Investment Tax Credit is part of the picture, but there's more.
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Meet Tumalow, a company aiming to turn commercial buildings into 'profitable and clean power plants.'
by Lisa Veliz
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If building managers and plant operators show the cost savings numbers to their CFOs, they'll win them over to invest in efficiency.
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Weather shocks like Hurricane Sandy have pushed real estate developers in major markets like New York City and Chicago to find new ways to pay for housing that can stand up to a volatile climate.
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No, it's not a new LEED standard. A first-of-its-kind trademark program aims to cut both the red tape and the risk associated with energy efficiency retrofits.
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Limited information about performance blocks energy efficiency loans for buildings, but a new project could help to clear the path.
by Matt Golden
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A Ceres roundtable on energy efficiency retrofits resulted in three types of recommendations for spurring movement.
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Citibank's head of green buildings talks about the three ingredients to sustainability success.
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An updated solution from IBM provides an avenue for corporate money men and women to get more engaged in smart and sustainable management of leased property.
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Cushman & Wakefield provides drill-down information on why San Francisco emerged as the top market for green building opportunities in the U.S. for two years in a row.
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After putting a comprehensive energy-efficiency program to work in your facilities, saving thousands if not millions in energy costs, there's another, little-used way to bring home more green from green: The little-used 'Section 179D' tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial buildings.
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With the debt ceiling negotiations bringing all eyes to bear on the $3.5 trillion federal budget, it's prime time to look at how a measly $12 million investment can boost building energy efficiency for years to come.
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A new study finds that the president's plan to make existing buildings more energy efficient could also create more than 100,000 green jobs at the same time.
by Meg Waltner
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Controversial budget-related in legislation in Wisconsin, criticized for the restrictions it would place on collective bargaining rights of state and local employees, could also have a broad ripple effect on investment in commercial real estate and green properties.
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Over the past two weeks, the Obama Administration has unveiled policy proposals affecting green real estate that have left me cheering in one case and gravely concerned in another.
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Obtaining financing for any project can be a challenge and securing it for a green building project has its own set of hurdles. Part 3 of Shari Shapiro's green financing series focuses on government incentives, which she warns could soon move from being rare birds to endangered species among financing mechanisms.
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Green real estate has gone mainstream but finding financing for it -- as with conventional property and projects -- can be challenging. The Urban Land Institute Conference offered strategies for pursuing scarce dollars in a tight economy.
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Although the growing momentum of PACE programs has been stifled by the FHFA, it's important to understand the effect of policy-enabled private financing programs on the ecosystem of stakeholders and how those implications will inform future financing efforts.
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An international roster of leaders from city and state governments and business shared their best strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low carbon technologies in the built environment to create smarter grids, buildings, transportations systems and urban infrastructure.
by Molly Webb
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PACE financing is a potentially revolutionary way to retrofit commercial, residential, and industrial properties with energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. The program overcomes one of the largest hurdles to investment in clean energy -- the upfront cost. This post, the first of a three-part series, looks at how the fate of PACE programs could determine the future of the clean energy economy.