The building stock is one of the largest energy consumers and simultaneously represents a relevant cost driver for most companies. Thus, buildings should be optimally planned, constructed and used from both an environmental and from an economic perspective. Benchmarking electricity consumption...

The interest in sustainable and energy efficient buildings has been increased over the last years due to global changes with regard to ecological, economic, political and social issues. Nevertheless, awareness regarding the effect of sustainability issues on property value on the German real...

Several assessment tools have appeared, for example, in the Central European Market, which aim to control as well as make public the sustainable quality of real estate. Properties meeting the requirements of such assessment tools are certified with a label. The certificate can then be applied in...

Buildings are among the largest energy consumers of our environment. For this reason, they must be designed and used in an energy-optimised manner, from both an ecological and economic point of view. The understanding of benchmarks and their drivers is an indispensable tool for any such...

As owner-operated real estate is increasingly recognised as an important cost and production factor, senior management now pays considerable attention to this asset group, resulting in mounting pressure on Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) to ensure the optimum management of properties....

In addition to the earnings, costs determine the commercial success of real estate investments. The discussion in the German-speaking region focuses on occupancy costs and their planning. When planning, the occupancy costs must be determined early, continually monitored, and controlled if...

Construction duration is one of the key elements to determine the success of a project. Several models have been developed to provide precise predictions of construction duration. The datasets in previous studies comprise observations from particular countries. This precludes examination of the...

Nowadays, the so‐called management by objectives (MBO) is used as a management instrument of corporate real estate management (CREM), using cost targets as the yardstick of CREM success. In Switzerland, CREM success is increasingly linked to cost reductions, with the cross‐company corporate...

This paper addresses the question as to what extent the outsourcing degrees of property management influence the operating costs of owner‐operated real estate. For this purpose, the outsourcing degrees of technical, infrastructural and commercial property management of over 100 Swiss office...