Decarbonizing buildings is no small feat, but there are emerging ways real estate leaders can lower emissions—and do it economically. According to senior partner Alastair Green and coauthors, a US real estate investor with roughly $20 billion in assets under management recently developed net-zero plans that are projected to cost roughly $85 million less than a traditional approach would have cost. In creating their plans, the investors avoided stranded capital and regulatory penalties, coordinated major investments such as renovations and equipment upgrades, and optimized power procurement, among other tactics. Click through the interactive to see more.
To read the article, see “A new way to decarbonize buildings can lower emissions—profitably,” November 29, 2023.