Sustainable Retail Development

This volume is a practical and comprehensive guide to 'greening' retail real estate and covers green building and marketing strategies and corporate sustainability programs. It features a ten-point action program for greening any retail real estate portfolio.

Sustainable Retail Development, addresses the emerging issue of green retail buildings and retail development that will grow significantly in importance over the next half-decade, a trend seen throughout the developed world. This volume is a practical and comprehensive guide to greening retail real estate, including green building and marketing strategies, corporate sustainability programs and features a 10-point action program for greening any retail real estate portfolio.

Sustainable Retail Development, should be essential reading for professionals in design, construction and operations of shopping centers and retail stores. Well illustrated, this volume features over 30 green retail developments from North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia, as well as interviews with 25 leading industry experts.

Addresses emerging issue of green retail buildings and retail development that will grow significantly in importance over the next half-decade The most practical and comprehensive guide to greening retail real estate, including coverage of sustainability at the corporate level Features more than 30 new green retail developments from North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia, as well as interviews with 25 leading industry figures and unique photos of green retail developments Written by most widely-published green building expert, Jerry Yudelson, founder of the Yudelson Associates consultancy in the US

Autorentext
Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP is founderand principal of Yudelson Associates, a consulting firm specializing indesigning and marketing green building services and projects. He chairsthe Steering Committee for the USGBC s Greenbuild Conference.

Klappentext

"Sustainable Retail Development" addresses the emerging issue of green retail buildings and retail development that will grow significantly in importance over the next half-decade, a trend seen throughout the developed world. This volume is a practical and comprehensive guide to greening retail real estate, including green building and marketing strategies, corporate sustainability programs and features a 10-point "action program" for greening any retail real estate portfolio.

"Sustainable Retail Development" should be essential reading for professionals in design, construction and operations of shopping centers and retail stores. Well illustrated, this volume features over 30 green retail developments from North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia, as well as interviews with 25 leading industry experts.

Leading green building expert Jerry Yudelson presents a solid business case for greening retail real estate and shows how leading companies are advancing sustainable retail businesses.

Inhalt
Sustainability Matters.- Green Buildings Around the World.- What Is a Green Building?.- The Business Case for Green Retail.- Costs of Greening Buildings and Developments.- Solar Power.- Greening Shopping Centers.- Greening Retail Buildings.- Greening Retail Interiors.- Operating Green Retail Spaces.- Marketing Sustainable Retail Development.- Sustainable Retail Organizations.- The Ten-Point Program for Retail Sustainability.