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A case for the property sector to be diligently preparing for a carbon-constrained world in a year when some felt pressure to act on climate change has eased. An argument for being the ant rather than the grasshopper in Aesop’s fable. December 2010, Ethical Investor.
The Carbon Obligation: How government policies will affect the Australian property industry.
A look at business opportunities and threats from a variety of Australian schemes including the existing National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System (NGERS), Renewable Energy Target (RET) and National Strategy on Energy Efficiency (NSEE) and the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). ISI Practice Note, 2009.
How low can we go? What is the scope for reducing emissions from commercial real estate?
Investa Property Group reduced the emissions intensity of its commercial office portfolio by or 24 percent between 2004 and 2008. This paper investigates how Investa’s results compare with the Australian and international office sector and with commercial real estate worldwide and the need for research and establish international benchmarking. ISI Working Paper 1, 2009
