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Rebekah Nowak

Featured Award: 2015 BREEAM Awards
By Rebekah Nowak on 04 Aug 2015 • openbook 2 minute read
Created in 1990, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) has come to be identified as one of the world’s most comprehensive and recognized means for measuring building environmental performance. With a reported 425,000+ buildings u …
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Adrienne Johnson

Sustainable Community Design, Part II: Credit Leadership
By Adrienne Johnson on 24 Nov 2014 • openbook 4 minute read
Although sustainable certification systems are often used for building evaluation, they can also be beneficial in the planning and design of urban developments. Many international organizations have devised rating systems to evaluate the sustainability of new developmen …
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Adrienne Johnson

Sustainable Community Design, Part I: Thematic Emphasis
By Adrienne Johnson on 04 Nov 2014 • openbook 5 minute read
Although sustainable certification systems are often used for building evaluation, they can also be beneficial in the planning and design of urban developments. Many international organizations have devised rating systems to evaluate the sustainability of new developmen …
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Chris Pyke, PhD

Next Generation of Transparency for Global Real Estate
By Chris Pyke, PhD on 08 Sep 2014 • openbook 3 minute read
Congratulations!  Thursday September 4th marked the release of the 2014 GRESB survey.  The survey, founded in 2009, benchmarks the portfolio wide sustainability performance of institutional real estate investors around the world. I was fortunate to be able to join a p …
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Tim Taylor

Sealing the Deal for Sustainability
By Tim Taylor on 22 Aug 2014 • openbook 2 minute read
In the recent McKinsey Global Survey of over 3,300 executives representing a diverse range of industries, respondents reported that sustainability is increasingly becoming a key component to their companies’ strategy. Over 40% of executives surveyed say that their com …
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