SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2007.008 2007.008 The Investment Value of Sustainable Building Design Schepp F.Friedrich Florian Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción, Chile 05092007 6 1 978-1-995850-09-2 49 54 5 September 2007 © 2007 Copyright WSSET 2007

The investment market and its economic rationale establish a reality that needs to be considered when assessing the context for sustainable building design (SBD) within commercial property markets. Investment decisions are always made on the basis of return maximisation and the minimisation of risks. Following this rationale, why should institutional investors consider SBD for their income producing properties? The objective of this paper is to present an analytical approach by means of which the likely impacts of SBD for income producing properties are assessed.

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