Carbon Solutions for Buildings Battle It Out at PropTech Challenge
For the past six years, the PropTech Challenge has been a prominent contest where innovators in real estate technology compete for both recognition and prize…
New Climate Rules Are an Opportunity, Not a Threat, to Commercial Real Estate
Shortly after mobilizing $400 million of long-awaited Inflation Reduction Act funds to facilitate the adoption of energy-efficient codes for new buildings, the Biden-Harris administration turned…
Adaptable Design Concepts Are Growing Amid Office Market Shifts
Call it the era of building conversions. Owners, developers, and city leaders are thinking more about a building’s potential use than at any time in…
The New Wave of Heat Pumps in Building Decarbonization
At a recent panel discussion during New York Climate Week, executives from some of the most well-known real estate firms, banks, and investment firms were…
What Real Estate Firms Can Learn From Microsoft’s Sustainability Reporting
In January 2020, just before the pandemic hit, tech giant Microsoft made a big commitment to sustainability. Company leaders laid out a detailed plan of…
For Real Estate, the “S” in ESG Isn’t Just About People-Pleasing
Being green has been a top priority for the commercial real estate industry for the last couple of decades, so it may be easy to…
Mandates Fuel Banks’ Move to Green Property Financing
In today’s topsy-turvy commercial real estate market, getting a loan with favorable terms seems like an impossible dream. Interest rates were not hiked in the…
Carbon Footprints and Construction: The Dilemma of Old vs. New Buildings
In order to stop climate change, the world needs to reduce the carbon emissions of our buildings. That isn’t up for debate. Reports have repeatedly…
Real Estate Needs to Embrace the Missing G of ESG
Discover the missing 'G' in the E.S.G movement. Delve deeper into why redirecting investments towards 'brown' companies, especially in the real estate sector, could be…
ESG Is Transforming the Multifamily Real Estate Landscape
I have to be honest, when I first heard the term ESG, I doubted how much it would be adopted by the real estate industry.…