Green leasing can produce financial and sustainability gains as well as achieve a fundamental shift in what buildings can achieve for occupants and communities. Green leasing practices allow tenants and landlords to collaborate and save energy, reduce costs and achieve organizational sustainability goals. Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, IMT and Berkeley Lab, this […]
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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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This resource, created by the Institute for Market Transformation and Landlord-Tenant Energy Partnership, outlines lease language to support tenants and landlords as they draft energy-aligned leases. From passthrough clauses designed to eliminate the split-incentive, to directives on the most environmentally efficient paints and cleaning products, the lease language allows any landlord or tenant to structure
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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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On January 21, Starbucks made waves in announcing its intention to become resource positive. As a major retailer across the country, this will inevitably mean tackling performance in a wide range of leased retail space. So where should the java giant focus? Its first stop should be to communicate these goals and forge collaborative relationships with
