Introduction -- Sustainable Building Certification and the Rent Premium: A Panel Data Approach -- Operating Expenses and The Rent Premium of Sustainable Buildings -- Sustainability and the Leasing Decision of Office Occupiers in the U.S. -- Summary, Practical Implications, and Further Research.

Despite extensive empirical evidence of the economic and financial benefits of green buildings, energy retrofit investments in existing buildings have not reached widespread adoption.This paper empirically estimate returns to energy retrofit investments for multifamily and commercial buildings...

The study investigates uncertainty of financial performance of energy efficient office buildings to establish how making an asset energy efficient changes its financial characteristics. Two hypotheses explaining why a change may occur are presented and examined (one based on higher demand and...

This study investigates the price effects of environmental certification on commercial real estate assets. It is argued that there are likely to be three main drivers of price differences between certified and non-certified buildings. These are additional occupier benefits, lower holding costs...