Abstract
The preceding chapter discussed sustainability programs of some well-known players in the retail real estate and retail industries. This chapter focuses more narrowly on green buildings and provides a survey of retail green building developments around the world. While most of the focus is on projects in North America and Western Europe, where sustainable design has had a larger impact, there are also instructive examples from the Middle East, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. The overall lesson is that green building is a worldwide phenomenon embraced by many retailers.
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The entire LEED system is available for download and use from the U.S. Green Building Council, http://www.usgbc.org/leed. BREEAM can be accessed at http://www.breeam.org and Green Star can be found at http://www.gbca.org.au/green-star/rating-tools/.
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See studies by Heschong Mahone Group for Pacific Gas & Electric, http://www.h-m-g.com.
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U.S. and Canadian case studies were based largely on interviews conducted during 2007 and 2008, by Gretel Hakanson, Yudelson Associates, and Sonja Persram, Sustainable Alternatives Consulting, Toronto.
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Hawken’s two 1990s books, The Ecology of Commerce and Natural Capitalism (with A. and H. Lovins), are still considered must reading for business executives desiring to understand how to apply sustainability thinking to their enterprises.
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The Canada LEED certification is essentially equivalent to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program requirements, with some adaptation for Canadian conditions.
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CASBEE is the Japanese equivalent of LEED and BREEAM.
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Conversion rate of approximately 7 RMB = $1 US.
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Yudelson, J. (2009). Green Buildings Around the World. In: Sustainable Retail Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2782-5_2
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