Sustainable Retail Development

Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Abbreviations.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- 1. Sustainability Matters.- 1.1 Multi Development.- 1.1.1 Multi's Sustainability Principles.- 1.1.2 Turning Principles into Development Activity.- 1.1.3 Getting the Company on Board.- 1.1.4 Getting the Customers on Board.- 1.2 Sonae Sierra.- 1.2.1 Sustainability.- 1.2.2 Implementation Issues.- 1.3 Marks & Spencer.- 1.3.1 Beyond Environmentalism.- 1.3.2 2008 Plan A Update.- 1.4 Regency Centers.- 1.4.1 Branding.- 1.4.2 Training.- 1.4.3 Capital Allocation.- 1.4.4 Developing a Sustainability Program.- 1.4.5 Taking a Larger Perspective.- 1.4.6 Progress.- References.- 2. Green Buildings Around the World.- 2.1 Why Retail Should Go Green.- 2.2 North American Case Studies.- 2.2.1 Developer Case Studies.- 2.2.2 Retailer Case Studies.- 2.3 The U.K.- 2.4 Austria.- 2.5 Japan.- 2.6 Australia.- 2.7 Turkey.- 2.8 Singapore.- 2.9 China.- References.- 3. What Is a Green Building?- 3.1 Green Buildings Since 2000.- 3.2 High-Performance Building Characteristics.- 3.3 Green Building Practices.- 3.4 The LEED Rating System.- 3.4.1 LEED for New Construction.- 3.4.2 LEED for Core and Shell Buildings.- 3.4.3 LEED for Commercial Interiors.- 3.4.4 LEED for Existing Buildings.- 3.4.5 LEED for Neighborhood Development.- 3.5 Typical Green Building Measures.- 3.6 To LEED or to Lead?- 3.7 LEED for Retail.- 3.8 The Future of High-Performance Buildings in the U.S.- 3.9 Non-U.S. Green Building Rating Systems.- 3.9.1 BREEAM.- References.- 4. The Business Case for Green Retail.- 4.1 Who Benefits and Who Pays?- 4.2 The Developer's Perspective.- 4.2.1 The Entitlement Process.- 4.2.2 Cost Offsets.- 4.2.3 Tax and Other Incentives in the U.S.- 4.2.4 Renewable Energy Incentives in the U.S.- 4.3 Branding and Marketing.- 4.4 Case Study-First Capital Realty, Toronto, Canada.- 4.5 The Retailer's Perspective.- 4.6 Six Key Areas of Focus forGreen Retailing.- 4.7 Challenges for Greening the Retail Sector.- References.- 5.

Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP is founderand principal of Yudelson Associates, a consulting firm specializing indesigning and marketing green building services and projects. He chairsthe Steering Committee for the USGBC s Greenbuild Conference.

From the reviews:"Bolstered with numerous case studies from around the world, Yudelson, one of the leading green building experts presents the case on why constructing new sustainable retail buildings and even converting existing structures to a more environmentally-friendly design is both good for the environment and for a company's bottom line. ... he provides useful suggestions for interiors and exteriors of commercial complexes. ... the author also features a 10-point 'action program' for greening any retail real estate portfolio." (The Compendium Newsletter, Vol. 38 (6), November-December, 2010)