How does environmental efficiency impact on the rents of commercial offices in the UK?

Journal of Property Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 193-216

  Fuerst, Franz ^a   van de Wetering, Jorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BREEAM; commercial office space; eco labelling; hedonic modelling

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ECOLABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENTAL SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938962296     PISSN: 09599916     EISSN: 14664453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09599916.2015.1047399     Document Type: Article

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