Jones Lang LaSalle Green Blog

Posted by: Parker White Energy and Sustainability Services, Asia Pacific Whether considering decisions in stagnant Western markets or dynamic markets across Asia Pacific, corporate real estate decision makers continue to increasingly prioritize sustainability. Though sustainability’s role in a real estate decision may vary greatly from Tokyo to Bangalore, an ever increasing number of managers are [...]

Posted by: Martin Williams Energy & Sustainability Services, Australia Telstra Account Rating tools are continuing to evolving from their focus on offices and homes to other building uses and recently groupings of buildings.  This reflects a desire of owners and developers to be able to simply communicate the wider sustainability benefits of precinct or larger [...]

Posted by: Joel Quintal Director of Sustainability, Australia The PACE model is certainly not dead in Australia and is actually gaining traction through the introduction of financing agreements called Environmental Upgrade Agreements. Although these agreements are still in their infancy in Australia they operate on the principle of cheap finance being offered to building owners [...]

Posted by: Chiu, Shengkai Energy Manager, Engineering & Operations Solution Group – Asia Pacific When I touched down in Singapore six years ago from Wisconsin, I could say that green building rating systems were a foreign idea (literally) to the majority of the local real estate market. Six years later, the situation has taken a [...]

Posted by: Matt Clifford Energy and Sustainability Services, Australia In Australia, Green Lease Schedules (GLS) are rising in popularity.  Perhaps the most common format is the Government Green Lease Schedule, which includes among other items, the requirement to conduct annual NABERS Energy ratings.  Depending on building setup, typically a landlord undertakes a base building NABERS [...]