Some of the UK’s leading property and construction firms are joining forces to limit the environmental impact of the nation’s homes and offices.
They have formed the UK Green Building Council, with the aim of transforming the £90bn sector into a “sustainable industry with the next 10 years”.
Peter Rogers, the council’s chairman, said that the initiative hoped to change attitudes towards energy consumption.
Green building’s early adherents have proven that they can build high-quality, high-performance structures in a professional, businesslike way. Their passion has not diminished, but it has become more firmly grounded in the realities of the marketplace.
This “new reality” has begun to attract the attention of the financial community. Investors are asking: Do green buildings command premium rents? Do they lease up faster than “conventional” buildings? Are they more valuable than other real estate investments? What is the market potential for green buildings in the future?
In the following pages, we will examine the bottom-line issues of green building across a wide range of building types.
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Hosts: Co-hosted by Colorado Association of REALTORS and EcoBroker International
Exhibitors: List of Exhibitors
Where: Sheraton Denver West; Lakewood, Colorado
When: December 6, 2006
Two press releases of note come on the same day from Autodesk.
First, they are predicting a lot of growth in sustainable design, after conducting a survey of architects in the United States:
“This year’s study reveals a growing commitment by architects and owners for supporting sustainable design principles,” said Jay Bhatt, vice president, Autodesk building solutions. “By enabling our customers to collaborate more effectively and estimate more accurately, Autodesk solutions help architects predict the overall lifecycle costs of their designs.”
Of the architects who responded to the survey, […] seventy-two percent have received training or continuing education on the subject of green buildings.
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Second, Autodesk is joining forces with the USGBC:
Autodesk, Inc. today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) aimed at expanding the use of technology and to facilitate further adoption of sustainable design and green building. Autodesk and the USGBC plan to work on several initiatives to make sustainable design easier and more efficient through the use of technology such as the Autodesk Revit platform for building information modeling (BIM), ultimately reducing the causes of climate change by increasing the number of green buildings that emit less carbon dioxide. As the first step, Autodesk and the USGBC plan to develop an educational curriculum for architecture and engineering students.