How should a company go about formulating a sustainable real estate strategy?

Regardless if you’re going to develop a green building from the ground up or take an existing building through the LEED certification process, it is important to get your team involved at the beginning. The team, which includes a LEED expert, architect, engineer and general contractor, should be assembled at the front end so upfront costs can be reduced and a long-term strategy can be developed for the building. It takes time and money to make a sustainable real estate strategy work.

Organizations need to be committed, and have dedicated resources. How do you believe the marketplace for sustainable buildings will evolve over the next several years? We’ve seen dramatic changes over the past 18 months.

On the East and West coasts, there has been a surge in sustainable buildings and sustainable practices. The Midwest has been slower to embrace this movement, but in the future, I believe that sustainable buildings will become the norm rather than the exception. J GLASGOW is a senior vice ... more.

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