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Value Beyond Cost Savings - Green Building Finance Consortium

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<strong>Value</strong> <strong>Beyond</strong> <strong>Cost</strong> <strong>Savings</strong>: How to Underwrite Sustainable PropertiesChapter IISustainable PropertyInvestment DecisionsA. IntroductionChapter II is the second of the six-chapter book <strong>Value</strong> <strong>Beyond</strong> <strong>Cost</strong> <strong>Savings</strong>: How toUnderwrite Sustainable Properties. The message of this chapter is straightforward, butnecessary, given some confusion in the industry about the proper methods and data inputsfor making sustainable property investment decisions. Simply put: the type of decisionwill determine the financial analysis data and methods.As detailed below in Exhibit II-1, the level of decision, type of investor, investment type,property type, and geography will all influence how underwriting and valuation should beconducted for any particular sustainable property investment decision. The underwriter orvaluer needs to explicitly think through how their decisions will influence the analyticmethods they choose, the data they rely upon, and preparation of their work product.Exhibit II-1Investment Context Drives Underwriting MethodologyINVESTMENTDECISION/CONTEXTdeterminesMETHODOLOGYresults inDECISIONLevel of DecisionInvestor TypeAnalytic MethodsOrganizational ContextData RequirementsInvestment Decision Type:Property LifecycleUnderwriting Team:InternalThird PartyInvestment DecisionProperty TypeForm of OutputGeography/Other Factors9

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