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Commercial Real Estate Industry Cuts Energy Consumption Again

October 19, 2018March 24, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

The Urban Land Institute’s Greenprint Center for Building Performance released a new report this week showing that the commercial real estate industry is making significant progress in reducing energy consumption.

Guide Shows Cost-Effectively Transforming Buildings to Net-Zero Energy

September 25, 2018April 6, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

Rocky Mountain Institute and Urban Land Institute have published a new guide for portfolio owners and managers showing how to achieve cost-effective deep energy retrofits that lead to net-zero for their entire portfolio while increasing revenues.

Billy Grayson, Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance, Urban Land Institute

March 5, 2018March 29, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

Billy Grayson heads the Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance at the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit education and research organization that focuses on land use, real estate and urban development. He manages a team leading programs on climate risk and resilience, health and wellness, and building energy and environmental ... Read more »

Leading Commercial Real Estate Owners Reduce Energy Consumption

November 17, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new report from the Urban Land Institute’s Greenprint Center for Building Performance published this week shows that leading commercial real estate owners have demonstrated significant energy reductions since 2009. The report tracked and analyzed 8,684 properties owned or managed by Greenprint members located across 28 countries. These properties account ... Read more »

Energy Efficiency and Leased Spaces

October 28, 2016October 18, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

The goals of landlords and tenants often don’t perfectly align. However, the increasing benefits of upgrading energy efficiency in these spaces is leading them to confront, rather than hide from, the issues.

How Sustainability Reporting Helps with Reputation Management, Improving Efficiency

May 28, 2015May 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Urban Land Institute San Francisco hosts a panel detailing how sustainability reporting helps commercial property owners with reputation management, building employee engagement, improving efficiency, and increasing access to capital.

How to Build Better Buildings

May 14, 2014May 14, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

US design and construction companies along with building owners and operators have agreed to incorporate resilience in planning, building materials selection, design, construction and operational techniques. The industry groups define resilience as the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events. The ... Read more »

Building Retrofits Generate $1m Annual Savings

September 13, 2013September 13, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Multifamily housing real estate firm Peabody Properties has reduced energy use by 5 million kilowatt hours, saving the real estate firm $1 million in electricity costs annually through a building retrofit program led by web-based utility analytics company WegoWise. The company now plans to expand its program with WegoWise to ... Read more »

Real Estate Industry Cuts Carbon Emissions 3.4%

August 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Jones Lang LaSalle, Prudential Real Estate Investors, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and other global real estate firms cut their collective carbon emissions 3.4 percent between 2011 and 2012, says a report published by the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance. Buildings also reduced their energy consumption by ... Read more »

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