Go green or lose big. To stay current, viable, and profitable in real estate, you must get on board the train headed toward completely sustainable building. Rob Watson is the “founding father of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a green rating and verification system. He maintains that the small percentage of money spent designing or retrofitting buildings for improved energy usage water savings and air quality will lead to substantial payoffs. Watson says that the future is now with regards to LEED related profitablilty and projected growth. He noted, “By combining market pull with regulatory push, LEED has become one of the most successful examples of market transformation to date.”
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