Editorial:
"The results are in, and all those green building developers have reason to crow." BusinessWeek Online, 4/3/08 Architectural Record
Building Magazine CSE Magazine Daily Commercial News The Daily Transcript The Dallas Morning News Demodert.com The Epoch Times FinancialWeek.com GreenBiz.com Greenerbuildings.com Green Products and Technology GreenSource HartfordBusiness.com HGTV Pro iGreenBuild.com The Los Altos Town Crier Los Angeles Business Journal The Nashville Charrette National Real Estate Investor (NREI online) North County Times REALTOR Magazine San Diego Magazine The San Diego Union-Tribune Washington Business Journal
Government:
"We're finding that building green buildings is good for the commercial leasing business. Buildings that carry LEED or Energy Star certifications have been shown to have higher occupancy rates and lease for more dollars per square foot than their peers." San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome, citing the CoStar Green Building Study in testimony to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 5/14/08
The City of Gaithersburg, MD The City of Portland, Ore. - Office of Sustainable Development The State of Georgia - Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority U.S. Department of Commerce - Economic Development Administration
Organizations:
"CoStar's new statistics show that most project cost increases are justified by the return an owner can expect on the completed project." Shannon Sentman, LEEP-AP, Holland and Knight LLP, for the U.S. Green Building Council National Capital Region Chapter's Capital Update newsletter, 3/08
American Institute of Architects ASHRAE Canada Green Building Council Cascadia Region Green Building Council CCIM Institute The Commission for Environmental Cooperation Construction Management Association of America Green Building Finance Consortium GVA Advantis Industrial Asset Management Council NAIOP National Electrical Contractors Association New Buildings Institute Revival Funds Rocky Mountain Institute The University of Arizona Urban Land Institute