Is intrinsic energy efficiency reflected in the pricing of office leases?

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-383

  Fuerst, Franz ^a   Van De Wetering, Jorn ^b   Wyatt, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commercial offices; eco labelling; energy efficiency; Energy Performance Certificate; hedonic modelling; rental premium; rental values

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OFFICES; ECO-LABELLING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; RENTAL PREMIUM; RENTAL VALUES;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL STORAGE; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84878580358     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.780229     Document Type: Article

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