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What Obama, the Real Estate Sector, and 130 Investors Have in Common

By Nils Kok on 07 Sep 2016 • 7 minute read

While a typical summer is characterized by a lack of real news, leading the press to cover anything that’s even remotely newsworthy—or not – (we have a word for it in Dutch, “cucumber time”), the past two months have yielded enough stories to keep the average …

Making Healthy Property Investable: Opportunities & Barriers (VIDEO)

By Kelly Worden on 01 Feb 2016 • 1 minute read

It is increasingly well recognized that the design and operation of the communities in which people live, work, learn, and play significantly influence their health. However, within the real estate industry, the health impacts of transportation, community development, a …

RMI Investor Guide Helps Assess the True Value of Deep Energy Retrofits

By Douglas Miller on 03 Jun 2015 • 2 minute read

Historically, investment in deep energy retrofits has been limited in large part by an insufficiently compelling business case. Investments made in energy efficiency today typically have to provide a 30 percent return on investment based on energy cost savings alone. So …