Energy Efficiency and the Future of Real Estate

ISBN-13: 9781137574459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 253 str.

N. Edward Coulson; Yongsheng Wang; Clifford A. Lipscomb

Opis

This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate. Efficiency is one of the most frequently-mentioned aspects of government policies for green building design in the United States and around the world. There has been a significant amount of effort devoted to the creation of green practices in real estate, including building construction, building assessment, city planning, investment, governmental regulation and policies, and industrial development. One of the key emphases of the above activities is energy efficiency, thus it is crucial for researchers and readers to have a comprehensive overview of the topic, as this book provides.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Ed Coulson, Clifford A. Lipscomb, and Yongsheng Wang

2. Why Energy Efficient Commercial Real Estate Matters; Avis Devine

3. Energy Efficiency and Green Building Assessment; Jordan Stanley and Yongsheng Wang

4. Innovation in the Built Environment: Energy Efficiency and Commercial Real Estate; Andrea Chegut, Rogier Holtermans, and Isabel Tausendshoen

5. The Political Economy of Energy Efficiency; David Harrison

6. An Analysis of LEED Certification and Rent Effects in Existing U.S. Office Buildings; Jordan Stanley and Yongsheng Wang

7. Energy Efficiency and Green Building Markets in Japan; Jiro Yoshida, Junichiro Onishi, and Chihiro Shimizu

8. Paths of Green Building Technology in China; Yu Zhou

9. Energy Efficiency and High-Performance Buildings; Ryan Colker

10. Future Research Directions of Energy Efficiency; Ed Coulson, Clifford A. Lipscomb, and Yongsheng Wang  

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O autorze

N. Edward Coulson is Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. He is also Co-Editor of the Journal of Regional Science, and he served as President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in 2016.

Clifford A. Lipscomb is Vice Chair and Co-Managing Director at Greenfield Advisors.  He is the Chair of the American Real Estate Society’s Practitioner Research Award committee, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Real Estate Literature, and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Yongsheng Wang is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of Financial Economics at Washington and Jefferson College, USA. His research focuses on energy economics and real estate economics.