Editor biographies

Contributor biographies

Foreword by Theddi Wright Chappell

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Governance and policy

Chapter 1 Sustainable real estate: a snapshot of where we are

Sara Wilkinson, Norm Miller, Tim Dixon and Sarah Sayce

Chapter 2 Sustainable real estate and corporate responsibility

Norm Miller and Dave Pogue

Chapter 3 Energy upgrades in commercial property: Minimum energy efficiency standards, compliance pathways, and leases in the UK

Julia Patrick, Susan Bright, and Kathryn B. Janda

Chapter 4 Voluntary programs for low-carbon building development and transformation: Lessons from the United States

Jeroen van den Heijden

Chapter 5 Sustainable office retrofit in Melbourne

Sara Wilkinson

Chapter 6 International standards: Key to unlocking the value of green buildings?

Ben Elder

Part 2 Valuation, investment and finance

Chapter 7 Valuing sustainability in commercial property in Australia

Georgia Warren-Myers

Chapter 8 Existing building retrofits: Economic payoff.

Norm Miller and Nils Kok

Chapter 9 Building sustainability into valuation and worth

Sarah Sayce

Chapter 10 Green REITS

David Parker

Chapter 11 US green REITS

Vivek Sah and Norm Miller

Chapter 12 The 'green value' proposition in real estate: A meta-analysis

Ben Dalton and Dr Franz Fuerst

Chapter 13 Sustainability and housing value in Victoria, Australia

Neville Hurst and Sara Wilkinson

Part 3 Management

Chapter 14 Corporate real estate management: The missing link in sustainable real estate

Christopher Heywood

Chapter 15 The burgeoning influence of sustainability in managing UK retail property

Jessica Ferm and Nicola Livingstone

Chapter 16 Sustainable facilities management

Paul Appleby

Chapter 17 Building Energy Efficiency Certificates and commercial property: The Australian experience

Clive Warren

Chapter 18 Workplace ecology

Craig Langston and Abdallah Al-khawaja

Chapter 19 Creating a green index based on tenant demand for sustainable office buildings and features

Spenser J. Robinson and Robert A. Simons

Part 4 Redevelopment and adaptation

Chapter 20 Multi-stakeholder partnership promotes sustainable housing supply chain

Connie Susilawati

Chapter 21 Scaling up commercial property energy retrofitting: What needs to be done?

Tim Dixon

Chapter 22 Sustainable building conversion and issues relating to durability

Hilde Remøy and Peter de Jong

Chapter 23 Sustainable urban redevelopment in the Netherlands

Erwin Huerkens

Chapter 24 Smart growth and real estate development in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Alhamoudi and Peter Lee.

Chapter 25 Applying sustainability in practice: An example of new urban development in Sweden

Agnieszka Zalejska-Jonsson

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