ABSTRACT

With the built environment contributing almost half of global greenhouse emissions, there is a pressing need for the property and real estate discipline to thoroughly investigate sustainability concerns. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate brings together the latest research of leading academics globally, demonstrating the nature and extent of the impact as well as suggesting means of mitigating humankind's impact and building resilience. Four sections examine the different aspects of sustainable real estate:

  • governance and policy
  • valuation, investment and finance
  • management
  • redevelopment and adaptation.

Covering all land uses from residential to commercial, retail and industrial, the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate is an exciting mixture of received wisdom and emerging ideas and approaches from both the developed and developing world. Academics, upper-level students and researchers will find this book an essential guide to the very best of sustainable real estate research.

part 1|91 pages

Governance and policy

chapter 1|16 pages

Sustainable real estate

A snapshot of where we are

chapter 3|18 pages

Energy upgrades in commercial property

Minimum energy efficiency standards, compliance pathways, and leases in the UK

chapter 6|9 pages

International standards

Key to unlocking the value of green buildings?

part 2|134 pages

Valuation, investment and finance

part 4|93 pages

Redevelopment and adaptation

chapter 21|14 pages

Scaling up commercial property energy retrofitting

What needs to be done?

chapter 25|14 pages

Applying sustainability in practice

An example of new urban development in Sweden

chapter 26|15 pages

Sustainable real estate

Where to next?