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This appears to be the sentiment of CB Richard Ellis's "Green Downtown Office Markets: A Future Reality," which depicts the general progress of the green building movement. The report scrutinizes the obstacles preventing broad-based acceptance of sustainable design in office construction. Perhaps the main obstacle to embracing design sustainability is the perception of initial outlay compared to longterm benefits. This is in spite of an increasing number of studies similar to the one conducted by Davis Langdon in 2006 that clearly show no significant difference in average costs for green as compared to conventional buildings. Another hurdle that requires addressing is the lack of sufficient data on 10.2 Costs and Benefits of Green Design FIGURE 10.3 Occupancy rates for two building types by quarter through 2008. (Source: "Does Green Pay Off?" by Norm Miller, Jay Spivey, and Andy Florance.
- Author
- Sam Kubba
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
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