Groundbreaking Book Available FREE
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:41PM Relevant to everyone involved in sustainability, because it relates to feasibiliy/viability/marketability/property failure and underperformance, is a new book entitled Value Beyond Cost Savings: How to Underwrite Sustainable Properties
by Scott Muldavin, CRE, FRICS, Hon. FIGP. Don't be misled by the word "underwriting" in the title - it is not just for finance types, but architects, engineers, land planners, landscape architects, appraisers, IAQ experts, attorneys, etc. This book addresses the value and risk of sustainable property investment - relevant to any sustainability component and expert. It will help you to better understand the thoughts of the investor/developer, speak their language, understand their decsison-making, and better communicate your contribution to the success of the next project with sustainability components.
Before you get the entire book, you may want to look at a summary of the book's key conclusions, found in an article entitled Ten Principles for Sustainable Property Underwriting and Valuation - this is free in the "Articles" section of the Green Building Finance Consortium.
The entire book Value Beyond Cost Savings is available free - go to the home page of Green Building Finance Consortium. Let me know what you think - Grant.
Reader Comments (7)
Thank You
Posted by James Jensen
Thanks! A good resource for a very important topic in these credit-shy days.
Sounds great. Sustainability is also about making more value from the same amount of feedstocks. Did you know you can replace up to three times more fossil fuels - and get more three times more value per ton of biomass - by selecting those crops that allow the harvest of chemical precursors? For Brazil this can be up to six times!. This is an exciting new world where we will be able to make more out of our crops.
For details check the newest book on the Biobased Economy by Earthscan at http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=92781&v=192 .
Posted by Hans Langeveld
Thanks, Grant - definitely will read the ebook and explore the link(s).
- Louis Linder
Partner, Sustainable Business Professionals
Posted by Louis Linder
Thanks Grant, I appreciate the opportunity to read this ebook and look forward for the release of the expanded book chapters.
Donald (Leo) Whiteley, PE, LEED AP
Posted by Donald (Leo) Whiteley
Thanks Bryant for sharing the information. I hope this would help people to understand well the concept of sustainability and its developement.
Posted by Vibhavari Bhagwat
thanks for the tip, always appreciate free, quality information!
Posted by Adam Hubbard