It seems that more and more these days I’m stumbling across great blogs that I had no idea existed. This is a testament to the understanding of blogging and importance of having an online presence. The latest blog I discovered is Consilience: the blog of sustainable development professionals and academics coming together across disciplines. It’s the blog of the Institute of Green Professionals (IGP), an organization for sustainable development professionals and academics.
Through the blog I learned about a new book on sustainability being offered for FREE. It’s entitled Value Beyond Cost Savings: How to Underwrite Sustainable Properties. Grant Austin, President of IGP describes the book – don’t be misled by the word “underwriting” in the title – it is not just for finance types, but architects, engineers, land planners, landscape architects, appraisers, IAQ experts, attorneys, etc. This book addresses the value and risk of sustainable property investment – relevant to any sustainability component and expert. It will help you to better understand the thoughts of the investor/developer, speak their language, understand their decision-making, and better communicate your contribution to the success of the next project with sustainability components.
Before you get the entire book, you may want to look at a summary of the book’s key conclusions, found in an article entitled Ten Principles for Sustainable Property Underwriting and Valuation.
10 Prinicples for Sustainable Property Underwriting & Valuation
The entire book Value Beyond Cost Savings is available free.
What do you think?
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Value Beyond Cost Savings: How to Underwrite Sustainable Properties is a good read! I read it a couple of weeks ago. A lot of time was put into writing the book. It's findings & conclusions regarding the valuation and underwriting of sustainable properties come from 3 years of independent research!
RV, thanks for your comment. I haven't had the chance to work through the entire book, but after reading the summary I'm excited to delve into it. It's interesting to read these books knowing that sustainability and green building practices are constantly evolving.
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