Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate

"A critical book for all corporate property and mass market housing developers. The chapters show that there are real pockets of deeper innovation and embedded sustainability practice in the market. Niches being developed that will help these companies to have a market advantage as the implications of future climate change and other ecological challenges reach consumer awareness." - Dominique Hes, Director, Thrive research hub

"For those involved in real estate either as a user, provider or consultant there can be no doubt that sustainability is a key challenge that simply cannot be ignored. The Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate brings together the work of highly experienced practitioners who, through their dedicated research and passion for the subject, provide a valuable and informed commentary upon many of the difficult issues that face us in our day-to-day activities. With sections on Governance, Valuation and Investment, Management and Redevelopment the book provides a well-balanced font of knowledge that will help students, decision and policy makers alike. I commend the handbook to those that embrace sustainability in all its forms and also to those who are yet to be persuaded." - Trevor Rushton FRICS FCABE ACI Arb, Technical Director, Watts Group Limited

"The Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate provides fascinating insights into the fundamental changes needed to ensure that property makes a substantive contribution to a sustainable future. The book employs a mix of detailed analyses and synoptic reflection to demonstrate the interlinked nature of the economic, social, cultural, organisational, technical and governance influences upon the emergence of a genuinely sustainable built environment. Drawing on international experience and expertise, it highlights the challenges of establishing agreed definitions and measures of sustainable buildings and their features, of incorporating these into real estate policy and practice, and of ensuring that their application produces robust evidence of sustainable buildings’ performance. Ways must be found for all real estate actors – developers, investors, occupiers and professional intermediaries such as appraisers – to engage with this process, even though may have ostensibly differing interests. The book shows that a promising start has been made to this process, but that much more needs to be done." - John Henneberry, Professor of Property Development, University of Sheffield, UK

"Working in sustainable real estate, one quickly comes to recognise that it is about a dynamic and active system where the sum, ‘Place making’, is far bigger than the parts, ‘Buildings’. As said Sir Patrick Geddes said "A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time". Sustainable place making is both integral to and drives how we live and work and enjoy the locations we inhabit. It also offers solutions for many societal and systemic problems faced by our societies today, from climate to health and well-being. The handbook is a comprehensive guide that challenges our understanding of why, how and what sustainable place making and green buildings can and should contribute to the drama of our life." - Tatiana Bosteels, Head of Responsible Property Investment, Hermes Investment Management

"Must be the most comprehensive collection of research and informed opinion to date on sustainable real estate. Reflecting the international dimension and reinforcing the argument that there are no borders regarding climate change, the editors of the handbook have brought together chapter contributions from leading researchers in sustainability in the built environment. Developed around key themes of governance and policy; valuation, investment and finance; management; and redevelopment and adaption issues the handbook stresses current deficiencies and deficits in issues central to the real estate sector stressing while technology and innovation have created new business landscapes, the professional real estate sector needs to upskill and provide leadership in creating a sustainable built environment. One of the most significant challenges identified in many of the individual chapters is the need to retrofit the existing building stock both commercial and residential property. A key message from the handbook is the need for sustained activity from public sector policy makers, building owners, professional surveyors and the financial sector in developing products and delivery vehicles to achieve energy efficiency targets and make the sector investable." - Professor Stanley McGreal, Director of the Built Environment Research Institute, Ulster University, UK