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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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Lessons Learned from a Returning Green Lease Leader and a New Green Lease Leader

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Where do you start with green leasing and how do you ensure that your leases continue to be an impactful tool over time? In this case study, we hear from Lori Hipwell about landlord Pure Industrial’s lessons learned as a new 2023 Green Lease Leader and from Ame Igharo about Ulta Beauty’s continued green leasing

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IBM and Lendlease Leverage Green Leasing as Tenants to Achieve Net-Zero

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In the following case study, the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance highlight IBM and Lendlease, who were recognized for their green leasing as tenants. Both companies excel at prioritizing sustainability commitments when negotiating with landlords. IBM’s approach is anchored on integrating environmental considerations into its site

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Measuring the Potential Impact of Green Leases in the U.S. Office Sector

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Most office buildings in the United States are not energy efficient, leaving both landlords and tenants with unnecessary energy expenses. Through an analysis of current energy efficiency measures facilitated by the signing of green (or energy- aligned) leases, this 2015 study estimates that green leases have the potential to reduce energy consumption in office buildings

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New Leasing Languages: How Green Leasing Programs Can Help Overcome the Split Incentive

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Typical leases often create a split incentive between the building owners and tenants where the cost of investing in energy and water efficiency improvements is assumed by one party while the other experiences the benefit of reduced utility costs resulting from those improvements. This resource outlines research on the benefits of incorporating energy efficient language

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Green Leasing by the Numbers

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To demonstrate the extensive impact of green leasing and programs that support its adoption, IMT, the Department of Energy (DOE), and RE Tech Advisors collaborated to develop a paper for the ACEEE Summer Study: New Leasing Languages: How Leasing Programs can Overcome the Split Incentive. The paper explores the impact of green leasing programs, tenant engagement,

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5 Steps to Unlock Energy Upgrades in New Markets with Green Leasing

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Since moving into Boulder Commons in late 2017, Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI’s) net-zero energy (NZE) multi-tenant Class A office in Boulder, Colorado (pictured above), RMI has been working to share lessons learned and increase adoption of advanced green and net-zero energy leases. While innovative efforts such as RMI’s have been raising the ceiling for green leases, there is

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