Value Beyond Cost Savings - Green Building Finance Consortium

Appendix GSustainable Property Cost-Benefit ChecklistPotential Property Benefits Description of Benefit Applicability Analysis 106mandates;3. Vendors/suppliers encouraged/required bycustomers to consider sustainability;4. Space Users with direct ties to sustainability5. Friends of sustainability.1. Increased demand fromspace users concerned aboutenterprise valueSpace user demand will be partially driven by the value ofthe sustainable property investment to the overallenterprise. The incremental value of sustainable propertyinvestment to an enterprise will be driven by the key issuesidentified below:Reduction in resource use• Reduced energy & water use• Reduction in building waste• Reduction in carbon footprint• Reduction in pollution emissionsEnterprise cost reduction• Reduced “churn” costs• Reduced employee costs: productivity• Reduced health costsSuperior Location and Access• Limits auto use• Environmental sensitivityOccupant Performance• Occupant Satisfaction• Improved health• Improved productivityMore detail on the process for Underwriting Space UserDemand is available in Expanded Chapter VI: Section D:Underwriting Space User Demand.The process for assessing potential demandenhancement from this segment is discussed above.Logically, most space users have an interest in increasingenterprise value, but different companies and industrysegments will view the importance of this topic quitedifferently, as well as their views of the Importance of theirreal estate decision to create this value.Occupant performance from sustainable properties cancreate value in ways as articulated below and as fullyevaluated in a separate section on occupant performancein Expanded Chapter IV, Section E-4.Improved occupant satisfaction• Reduce turnover and/or defection to competingfirms262