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This is a summary of this CRCEE consultation, carried out by the British Property Federation. Please add any comments in this forum discussion

The U.S. General Services Administration publication, "The New Sustainable Frontier: Principles of Sustainable Development” (2009), offers a new approach to operationalizing sustainability in the Government. It examines the basic economic decision-making methodology that has helped to contribute to today’s unsustainable practices and environmental and social problems, and proposes a new, ecological economics-based approach to operationalizing sustainability. The publication, along with on-line appendices, was prepared by GSA with the assistance of Ray Anderson, of Interface, Inc., HOK, Inc., and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.

This is a guide on making decisions based on facts. It explains how LCAs and EPDs are key to cut through the greenwash of confusing labels and narrow marketing claims.

This is a short summary of the discussion at the 'Towards a sustainable built environment' roundtable on the 15th June Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly event.

The next event will take place on 14th September - if you are interested in attending you can apply here.

This study identitfies the main barriers limiting the uptake of low carbon retrofit in the marketplace and provides a low carbon retrofit roadmap to help overcome them supported by BBP members’ case study examples.

New research by Deutsche Bank has found that the primary barriers to more green buildings in Europe are the lack of a universal definition of green buildings, and of consistent data sources and metrics. These make it difficult to assess the profitability of such buildings and hinder investment. 

The report foresees such buildings becoming the de-facto standard in Europe over the next 10 years for new and renovated buildings, driven by government regulation.

Here's a taste of some of the discussions that took place at our pilot Sustainable Business Quarterly event on 30th March. Participants included several major landlord and tenants as well as legal experts.

The discussion continues online. If you can help answer any of the questions, your input would be highly valued - here.

The Green Building Opportunity Index is the first office market assessment tool to provide weightedcomparisons of top U.S. office markets on the basis of both real estate fundamentals and green developmentconsiderations.