Green Communities

Green Communities

• Green Still Matters, Even if the ROI is Unclear

  Multifamily is still crazy for green building, energy efficiency, and sustainability projects and retrofits, even if uncertainty remains on how to recoup cost savings that are delivered directly to residents via utility billing.

   

• Multifamily Operators Turn to Energy Benchmarking to Save Costs, Comply With Laws

  Energy audits and subsequent consumption benchmarking offer multifamily apartment operators a way to gauge the ROI of energy efficiency investments.

   

• Winn Uses Investment. Outside Help to Push Sustainability

  Winn Uses Investment. Outside Help to Push Sustainability

   

• Multifamily Green Proponets Push Benchmarking Over Marketing

  Sustainability may appeal to potential residents, but apartment owners today are worried about benchmarking, tracking usage, and getting the biggest ROI.

   

• ULI Speakers See Renter Value in Green

  Will renters pay for green? That's becoming one of the most-asked questions in the apartment industry. And so far, most apartment owners aren’t answering yes. It’s more like “I don’t know.”

   

• Recent Fannie Mae Study Shows Shift in Housing Perceptions

  Renters look less favorably on owning a home, which bodes well for multifamily operators.

   

• 360 State Street Takes Green to a New Level

  A 400-kilowatt fuel cell helps a New Haven, Conn., project become the largest residential building in the world with such features.

   

• Payback Time

  Affordable developers who meet the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria can expect an eight-year ROI.

   

• Greensburg Update: Sustainable Homes, Businesses Rise From Rubble

  A Kansas town destroyed by a tornado continues its quest toward eco-conscious rebuilding.

   

• Pedestrian-Friendly Developments Pay Dividends

  A new study finds that houses in walkable neighborhoods command higher prices.