Building for the Future, The Times

Article by Ron Condon

Building green may be good for the planet, but does it also make good business sense? Ron Condon sifts the evidence

While every instinct might tell us it must be so, historically there has been surprisingly little empirical evidence of these benefits occurring, at least in Britain.

"There are just not enough events - lease renewals, sales of new properties - in greener buildings to prove the point yet in the UK," says Tim Mockett, a partner at Climate Change Capital.

There are signs of that changing, however. Mockett says property valuers are now starting to take account of green factors, and that from his own experience of refurbishing commercial property the right sort of clients will appreciate, and demand, more efficient buildings.

Read the Times supplement Building for the future.

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Building for the Future, The Times

Building green may be good for the planet, but does it also make good business sense? Ron Condon sifts the evidence