Green Building Report

Part 1: Listen Up: Consider How Acoustics Can Complement Green Designs

Part 2: LEED Online Streamlines LEED Submission Process

Part 3: Green Buildings, Higher Rent

Part 4: New LEED AP Exams

Part 5: ASHRAE Releases Commissioning Certification

Green Buildings, Higher Rent

July 2009

According to the findings of research commissioned by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveys, Energy Star buildings in the U.S. command a rent premium of 3 percent per square foot compared with buildings of similar size, location and function.

The study — “Doing Well by Doing Good?” — also concluded that the sale price for green buildings is on average 16 percent higher than non-green buildings. The report concludes that upgrading the average non-green building would increase its capital value by $5.5 million.

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