Course Description and Outline
CPD 125: Green Value – Valuing Sustainable Commercial Buildings
This course explores how contemporary environmental issues impact real estate decision-making. It describes architectural design and building construction practices that contribute to a building's "green-ness", international standards for rating green buildings, the business case for green building investments, and whether or not green features add to real estate’s market value.
Course Outline
FOREWORD: Introduction to Professional Development Courses
LESSON 1: Green Value: Sustainable Commercial Buildings
- Lesson Overview
- What is a Green Building?
- Further Examples of Sustainability in Commercial Construction.
- Rating Green Buildings
- Building Green: Integrated Design Process
- The Business Case for Green Value
- Green Value Challenges and Obstacles
- Summary
- Review and Discussion Questions
LESSON 2: Analysis of Green Value
- Return On Investment (ROI) for Green Buildings
- Appraising Green Buildings
- Valuation Approach
- Green Building Valuation Case Study
- Conclusions
- References
- Review and Discussion Questions
- Case 1: Retrofit of Green Features into Existing Office Space
- Case 2: Financial Feasibility of Modifying Existing Lighting Systems
AFTERWORD
- The Final Examination
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