Much like when the green building movement that first hit commercial real estate at the turn of the millennia, we are currently sitting at the starting line for a new era of change. This time the target is not the building, but rather its users. Specifically their health—and in turn—productivity. Tenants have just started putting a premium on spaces conducive to healthy and happy employees. Investors will eventually come around to put a price premium on these buildings as well.
But what exact value is added by a ‘healthy’ building? Harvey Berstein, vice president of industry insights and alliances at McGraw Hill Construction, and David Pogue, global director of corporate responsibility at CBRE, are two industry veterans leading the charge to find out. Both recently conducted major research projects to understand how healthy spaces are perceived. The findings were presented Thursday at Greenbuild in New Orleans.
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