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Sustainable Real Estate - Multidisciplinary Approaches to an Evolving System
Thomas Walker, Cary Krosinsky, Lisa N. Hasan, Stéfanie D. Kibsey
Verlag Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
ISBN 9783319945651 , 462 Seiten
Format PDF, OL
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Acknowledgments
6
Contents
7
Notes on Contributors
10
List of Figures
16
List of Pictures
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List of Tables
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Chapter 1: Introduction
22
References
25
Chapter 2: The Relevance of Real Estate in Solving Climate Change
27
Chapter 3: Evolutions in Sustainability and Sustainable Real Estate
31
1 Introduction
31
2 The Rise of Sustainable Development
32
3 Sustainability and Real Estate
33
3.1 Real Estate and the Environment
35
3.2 Real Estate and the Economy
37
3.3 Real Estate and Society
38
4 Toward Sustainable Real Estate
39
4.1 Current Trends
39
4.2 Criticism of Current Trends
41
4.3 The Role of Tenants, Investors, Governments and Financial Institutions
42
4.4 Future Directions in Sustainable Real Estate
44
5 Conclusion: Mapping the Sustainable Real Estate System
45
References
47
Part I: Regulatory Approaches
52
Chapter 4: Public Regulatory Trends in Sustainable Real Estate
53
1 Introduction
53
2 Strategic Planning, Development Controls and Incentives
57
2.1 Forward Planning Strategies
61
2.1.1 Comprehensive Planning
62
2.2 Development Controls
64
2.2.1 Prescriptive Zoning
65
2.2.2 Performance-Based Zoning
70
2.2.3 Prescriptive Versus Performance-Based Building Codes
72
2.3 Development Incentives
75
3 Mandatory Disclosure and Integrated Reporting
78
4 Public Procurement Standards
81
5 Discussion and Recommendations
85
5.1 Application of the UN SDGs to Improve Sustainability Outcomes in Strategic Planning
86
5.2 Increasing the Impact of Mandatory Disclosure and Integrated Reporting Requirements
87
5.3 Incentives that More Accurately Reflect the Value-Add of Sustainable Development
88
References
90
Chapter 5: A Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate in the European Union
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1 Introduction
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2 The European Union Walks the Talk on Sustainable Real Estate
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2.1 A Common Framework of Standards and Practices
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2.1.1 Member States to Save 1.5% Primary Energy and Renovate 3% of Public Buildings
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2.1.2 European Standards and Labels for Products
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2.1.3 Set National Requirements that Respect the Principle of Cost Optimality in Construction and Renovation
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2.1.4 Construct Only Nearly Zero-Energy Building by 2021
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2.1.5 Deliver Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) to Buildings
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2.1.6 Ensure Improved Connectivity in New Constructions
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2.2 The EU Budget to Reduce Market Barriers
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2.2.1 De-Risking Private Investments in Renovation
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Structural Funds
102
Juncker Plan
104
ELENA Fund, Technical Assistance for Municipalities
104
2.2.2 Financing Innovation to Tackle Market Barriers
105
Setting a European Exchange Platform to Share Best Practices
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Support the Uptake of Promising Low-Cost Renovation Techniques
105
Provide European-Wide Information on Building Stocks, Renovation and Construction Rates and Policies
106
3 Diversity in National Approaches
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3.1 Countries Mapping
107
3.2 Major Challenges to Sustainable Real Estate
108
3.2.1 Financing the Renovation
108
Energies POSIT’IF (Ile-de-France, France)
113
Picardie Pass Renovation (Picardie, France)
114
Saerbeck (Germany)
114
3.2.2 Energy Poverty
114
3.2.3 Smart Grid and Demand Response
117
3.3 Interesting National Initiatives
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3.3.1 Brussels Region (Belgium) to Define Passive House as the Standard for Construction
119
3.3.2 France to Boost Renovation with a Focus on Larger Environmental Concerns
120
3.3.3 Germany, First on Battery Storage
121
3.3.4 The Netherlands, Leader in the Management of Energy Performance Certificates
121
3.3.5 Denmark and Finland, Leaders in Heat Recovery
121
4 Conclusion
122
References
123
Part II: Market-Driven Approaches
130
Chapter 6: Information or Marketing? Lessons from the History of Private-Sector Green Building Labelling
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1 Introduction
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2 Voluntary Environmental Building Codes
134
2.1 BREEAM, the Archetype
136
2.2 LEED
139
2.3 Green Star Australia and New Zealand
141
2.4 Voluntary Environmental Building Codes for the Residential Sector
143
3 Measured Building Performance Auditing
144
3.1 Energy Star
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3.2 National Australian Built Environment Rating System
148
3.3 Display Energy Certificates
150
3.4 Multiple Attribute Rating Systems
151
4 WELL Building Rating
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5 Critical Review on the Efficacy of Current Systems
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5.1 Striving for the Minimum
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5.2 Financial Returns to Labelling
158
5.3 Environmental Returns to Design- and As-Built-Stage Labelling
160
5.4 Early Outcomes from Repetitive Measured Building Performance Auditing
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6 Recommendations
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6.1 Improving the Effectiveness of Green Labelling and Reporting Tools
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6.2 Increasing Adoption and Use of Voluntary Ratings in Regulation
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6.3 Harmonising Benchmarking
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6.4 Integrating Design and Operation
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7 Conclusion
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Appendix: Summary of Rating Schemes Reviewed
174
References
175
Chapter 7: Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmarking: An Essential Tool for Real Estate Management
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1 Sustainable Real Estate
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1.1 Introduction: Historically Based Benchmarking and Future Focused Scenarios
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1.2 Sustainable Real Estate Investing: A Need When ‘Going Concern’
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1.3 Background of GRESB: Stimulating Responsible Real Estate Investing
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2 Benchmarking
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2.1 History and Background of Benchmarking
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2.2 Future Focused Use of Benchmarking
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2.3 Criteria for Benchmarking
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2.4 Indicators for Benchmarking
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2.5 Benchmark Types
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2.5.1 Considering the Competitive Benchmarking
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2.5.2 Considering the Functional Benchmarking
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2.5.3 Considering the Best-Use Benchmarking
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2.5.4 Considering the (International) Standards Benchmarking
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2.6 The Multiple Kinds of Information from Benchmarking
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2.6.1 Considering the Market Information
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2.6.2 Considering the Entrepreneurial Information
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2.6.3 Considering the Competitive Information
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2.6.4 Considering the Context Information
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2.6.5 Considering the Information’s Representativeness
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2.6.6 Considering the Information’s Transparency
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2.7 Benchmarking and Real Estate Investment
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3 GRESB as an International Standards Benchmark
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3.1 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark: A New Type of Benchmarking
200
3.2 GRESB’s Benchmarking Characteristic
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4 Productivity Improvement and GRESB
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4.1 A Sketch of How It Is Today
203
4.2 How to React on the Placed Dot on the Horizon
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5 GRESB Remarks
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6 Why GRESB Should Be Further Developed
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7 To Conclude
210
References
211
Chapter 8: Business Case for Green Buildings for Owner-Operators
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1 Introduction
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2 Understanding the Lifecycle Cost of Ownership
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2.1 Lifecycle Cost Defined
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2.2 Impact of Sustainability on the Lifecycle Cost
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2.3 Financial Tools to Accurately Assess Return on Investment
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3 Challenges Posed by Regional Economics
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3.1 Low Energy-Cost Regions
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3.2 Low Water-Cost Regions
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4 Sustainability for New Versus Existing Building Stock
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4.1 Implications of Improving Sustainability of Existing Buildings
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4.2 Commissioning
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4.3 Deep Retrofits
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4.4 Retrofits and Green Certification Rating Systems
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5 Conclusion
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References
228
Chapter 9: Sustainability as an Organizational Effectiveness Tool
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1 Features That Make Sustainability a Strong Organizational Effectiveness Tool
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1.1 Long-Term Orientation
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1.2 Change Agency
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1.3 Presence on the Dance Floor and the Balcony
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1.4 Need for Data
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1.5 Cross-Functional Nature
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1.6 Insider-Outsider Perspective
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1.7 Inclusion of Personnel Issues
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2 Opportunities for Sustainability to Improve Organizational Effectiveness
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2.1 Process Improvement
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2.2 Productivity Impediment Removal
243
2.3 Tenant Service
244
2.4 Occupant Satisfaction
245
2.5 Policy Usability and Compliance
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2.6 Dumb Money to Smart Money
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2.7 Leadership and Compensation Issue Identification
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2.8 Interdepartmental Teamwork
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2.9 Agility
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2.10 Lifetime Cost Over Low-Bid Procurement
250
2.11 Talent Attraction and Retention
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3 Integrating Sustainability and Organizational Effectiveness
251
References
252
Part III: Delivering Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable Energy
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Chapter 10: Building Energy Simulation and the Design of Sustainable and Resilient Buildings
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1 Building Energy Simulation and Its Application
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2 A Typical Building Energy Simulation Process
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3 Objectively Achieving Sustainable Building Design Goals in Energy
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4 Resilient Buildings in a World of Uncertainty
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5 Evaluating Design Risk to Achieve Resilient Building Design: An Economics-Based Example
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6 Evaluating Design Risk to Achieve Resilient Building Design: A Weather-Based Example
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7 Resilient and Sustainable Building Design: An Attainable Goal
282
References
283
Chapter 11: Driving Investment in High-Performance Commercial Buildings
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1 Driving Investment
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1.1 Value Analysis
289
2 Challenges
292
2.1 Short-Term Focus and Unaligned Solutions
293
2.2 Stakeholder Diversity and Market Fragmentation
295
3 Building the Tools and Measures
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3.1 Market Linkage
297
3.2 Validating Energy Efficiency
298
3.3 Tools
299
3.3.1 Industry Consensus Metrics, Third-Party Standards, and Reporting
299
3.3.2 Access to Real-Time Numbers
299
3.3.3 Robust Operations and Maintenance
300
3.3.4 Monetizing Energy Efficiency
300
3.3.5 Tenant Engagement
300
3.3.6 Public/Private Partnerships
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3.4 Communication Strategies, Messaging, and Transparency
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3.4.1 Messaging
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3.4.2 Communication Strategies and Transparency
306
4 Financial and Policy Mechanisms
307
4.1 Financing Mechanisms
307
4.2 Barriers
314
5 The Path Forward
316
6 Conclusion
318
References
321
Chapter 12: Financing Rooftop Solar for Single-Family Rental Properties
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1 Background
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2 The Problem for Renters
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3 The Current “Solution”
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4 A Superior Solution
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5 Addressable Market: Single-Family Rentals
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6 Why the Renter’s PPA Could Work: The Economics of Rooftop Solar
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7 Hypothetical Target Company
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8 Asset-Backed Securities
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9 An Alternative RPPA
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10 A Risk to Consider Regarding the Renter’s PPA and Rooftop Solar
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11 Where This Might Work: California
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12 Where This Might Work: Connecticut
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13 Potential Social Impacts
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14 Concluding Thoughts
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References
338
Part IV: Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Chapter 13: A Case for Sustainable Affordable Housing in the United States
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1 Challenges in the Current Housing Market
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1.1 Urban Sprawl
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1.2 Housing Affordability and Accessibility
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2 The Path Forward
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2.1 Sustainable Affordable Housing
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2.2 Sustainable Community Development
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2.3 Public Policy Initiatives
349
2.4 Non-profit and Public Organization Support
353
2.5 Multi-disciplinary Collaboration and Innovation
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3 Conclusion
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Chapter 14: Passive House Standard: A Strategic Mean for Building Affordable Sustainable Housing in Nova Scotia
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1 Housing Nova Scotia
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2 Affordable Public Housing Challenges
359
3 HNS Sustainability Initiatives
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4 The Passive House Standard
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5 Passive House Case Studies: Passive House Pilot #1: 74 Alice Street, Truro
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5.1 Project Context
363
5.2 Project Design
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5.3 Project Construction
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5.4 Communication, Education, and Marketing
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6 Passive House Pilot #2: 831 Highway 1, Hebron Heights
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6.1 Project Context
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6.2 Project Design
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6.3 Project Construction
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7 Passive House Pilot #3: 7–9 Brownell Avenue, Amherst
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7.1 Project Context
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7.2 Project Design
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7.3 Project Construction
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8 HNS PH Pilot Projects: Lessons Learnt
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8.1 Commissioning and Post-Occupancy
385
9 Concluding Remarks
385
References
387
Chapter 15: Sustainable Investing in Community Sporting Facilities
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1 Introduction
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2 Brief History of Sport
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2.1 Dominance of Professional Sport
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3 Community Sporting Facility Funding and Financing Models
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3.1 US Municipal Bond Market
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3.2 European Lottery Funding
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4 Australia’s Community Infrastructure
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4.1 Ad hoc Funding Creates Inequitable Distribution
398
4.2 Elite Athlete Focused Sports Policy
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5 Community Asset Financing Challenges
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5.1 Lack of Collateral
400
5.2 Lack of Reliable Revenue
400
5.3 Small Investments, Large Transaction Costs
402
5.4 Lack of Business Development Expertise
402
5.5 Lack of Suitable Organizational Structure for Raising Capital
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6 Community Futures Investment Model
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7 Community Bonds
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7.1 Debentures and the Funding of Community Assets
404
7.2 How Would Community Bonds Work?
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7.3 Setting Standards
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8 Community Partnership Agreements
408
9 Conclusion
408
References
410
Chapter 16: Sustainable Real Estate in the Middle East: Challenges and Future Trends
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1 Introduction
413
2 Sustainable Real Estate in the Middle East: The Current Status
415
2.1 Evaluation, Rating and Green Building Codes
417
2.2 Design, Construction and Post-Occupancy Evaluation
419
2.3 Urbanization and the Role of Resilience
420
3 Future of the Sustainable Real Estate Industry in the Middle East
422
3.1 Macro Trends: Climate, Population and Global Warming
423
3.1.1 Climate Change
423
3.1.2 Urban Population Growth
424
3.1.3 Global Warming
427
3.2 Macro-Level Responses to Macro-Level Trends: Rating Systems
427
3.3 Meso-Level Responses to Macro-Level Trends: Resilience
428
3.4 Micro-Level Responses to Macro-Level Trends: Materials Revolution
431
4 Concluding Remarks
432
References
433
Chapter 17: Sustainable Community Development in Nigeria: The Role of Real Estate Development
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1 Introduction
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2 Sustainability in Community and Real Estate Development
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3 Community and Real Estate Development in Nigeria
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4 Achieving Sustainable Community Development through Sustainable Real Estate
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4.1 Technological Factor
450
4.2 Managerial Factor
451
4.3 Cultural Factor
452
5 Conclusion
452
References
453
Index
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