We’re pleased to announce the release of our first quarter 2012 Green Real Estate Report, which reviews a number of key green real estate topics in detail – including legal issues – in order to help industry leaders draw deeper conclusions about the overall state of green real estate.
An article in the latest issue of the Public Contract Law Journal is particularly timely in light of recent commentary on the Department of Defense’s intention to pursue LEED certification for its projects while simultaneously developing a new, agency-specific building code.
In what they describe as “the first direct study of the economic effects of political ideology on environmental certification and the valuation effects of industrial warehouses,” Professors David Harrison of Texas Tech and Michael Seiler of Old Dominion conclude that the geographic location of a green building plays a central role in its market value and occupancy rates.