Economics :: GBIG Insight

Green Bonds: REITs Raise $700 Million in 2Q14

By Dan Winters on 23 Jul 2014 • 2 minute read

In the second quarter of 2014, two major publicly-traded commercial real estate investment trusts raised a combined $700 million in general obligation debt for investing in real estate development and/or retrofit projects identified as ‘green’. These bond offerin …

The Economic Benefits of Building Commissioning

By Dan Winters on 07 Apr 2014 • 7 minute read

Building commissioning is a quality assurance process used in the real estate industry that has proven effective to improving the long-term economic performance of a building’s operating systems and equipment. It’s so effective that to secure a LEED rating at any …

Top Research: High Performance Building Benefits and Investment Costs

By Dan Winters on 24 Feb 2014 • 2 minute read

One of the most common questions posed by real estate professionals is, “What are the benefits of pursuing a LEED rating, and what are the marginal investment requirements necessary to attain these benefits?” This GBIG Insight Research Anthology – High Performa …

LEED: Value of a Market Signal

By Dan Winters on 30 Jan 2014 • 4 minute read

The final day of Greenbuild 2013 closed with a talk from Nate Silver, an American statistician and #1 best selling author of “The Signal and the Noise”. One take-away message was how ‘signals’ have economic value and can serve as a window into goals, values an …