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Urban Land Institute: Sustainability Pre-bid Checklist

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ULI Greenprint members came together to address the challenges of insufficient information on sustainability performance and climate risk of potential acquisitions at the pre-bid stage, creating a Sustainability Pre-bid Checklist to help the buyer, seller, and broker communities coalesce around consistent sustainability data sharing and improve communication in the pre-bid process. The checklist is relevant […]

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Better Buildings Partnership: Green Lease Toolkit

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To stimulate leadership and support the delivery of better buildings across the commercial real estate sector, the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) has today launched its revitalized Green Lease Toolkit. The comprehensive online Toolkit contains legal clauses in nearly 20 key areas, covering topics such as building management, circular economy, waste and renewable energy. Its dynamic

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Green Leasing in DC

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Washington, DC’s leadership has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2032. To reach this goal, the District requires that building owners report energy and water consumption annually through a benchmarking program. It also requires large buildings to meet energy efficiency standards as part of the Building Energy Performance Standards law. The Building Innovation

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Retail RTU Green Lease Language

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IMT and the U.S Department of Energy’s Better Buildings have developed this resource guide on rooftop unit (RTU) best practices for retail leases. This document provides lease clauses to facilitate RTU efficiency in retail leases for both retail tenants and commercial real estate landlords. This document recommends insertion of clause language into standard commercial leases

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Green Leasing Info Sheet

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Green leasing (also known as energy-aligned, high-performance, or energy-efficient leasing) aligns the financial and environmental goals of landlords and tenants to work together to save money, conserve resources, and ensure the efficient operation of buildings. This resource, created by the Institute for Market Transformation, is an information sheet that outlines the barriers, eligibility requirements and

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Law Firm Leverages Green Leases for Global Impact

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A major obstacle to energy-efficient, high-performing buildings is the split incentive between landlord and tenant. IMT and the Department of Energy’s Better Building Alliance created the Green Lease Leaders award to highlight companies using green leases to drive efficiency and stronger tenant-landlord relationships. Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s largest real estate firms,

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General Services Administration: Green Leasing Policies and Procedures

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The U.S. Government Services Administration (GSA) incorporates sustainability provisions in these guidelines for leased buildings as new federal laws, policies and Executive Orders are issued. The mandatory provisions within this webpage address sustainable products and practices within leased space including ENERGY STAR guidelines, GSA-issued leasing policies and more. 

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Energy Efficiency Lease Guide

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The Center for Market Innovation (CMI) and The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) collaborated to create the Energy Efficiency Lease Guidance. To create the guidance, NRDC convened a forum including a number of New York City’s leading landlords, tenants, attorneys, brokers, engineers, environmental advocates, utilities and government officials to address the specific opportunities presented by

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Better Buildings Partnership: U.K. Green Leasing Toolkit

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The BBP has produced a comprehensive Toolkit for green leases to enable owners and occupiers of commercial buildings to work together to reduce the environmental impact of their buildings. This guidance is non-prescriptive, helping owners and occupiers to agree carbon, energy, waste and water reduction strategies which best fit with the circumstances of individual properties. With

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