Green Noise or Green Value? Measuring the Effects of Environmental Certification on Office Values

Fuerst, Franz; McAllister, Patrick M.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6229.2010.00286.x

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Green Noise or Green Value? Measuring the Effects of Environmental Certification on Office Values

Real Estate Economics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 45-69, 2011

25 Pages Posted: 14 Mar 2011

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Franz Fuerst

University of Cambridge - Department of Land Economy; University of Melbourne; City University of New York - Center for Urban Research

Patrick M. McAllister

University of Reading - Department of Real Estate and Planning

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Abstract

This study investigates the price effects of environmental certification on commercial real estate assets. It is argued that there are likely to be three main drivers of price differences between certified and noncertified buildings. These are additional occupier benefits, lower holding costs for investors and a lower risk premium. Drawing upon the CoStar database of U.S. commercial real estate assets, hedonic regression analysis is used to measure the effect of certification on both rent and price. The results suggest that, compared to buildings in the same submarkets, eco-certified buildings have both a rental and sale price premium.

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Fuerst, Franz and McAllister, Patrick M., Green Noise or Green Value? Measuring the Effects of Environmental Certification on Office Values. Real Estate Economics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 45-69, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1784094 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6229.2010.00286.x