Underwriting Standards for Sustainable Investments

Pioneered by the Capital Markets Partnership and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the standards are available for purchase here.

For background on the participants, click here.

Carbon Credits for Green Buildings

This white paper by Donald Simon from the law fim Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean provides a fantastic overview of the value green buildings can have in a state / country with a cap & trade system for CO2 emissions.

Mr. Simon has been awarded the "Green Building Super-Hero" award by the Northern California chapter of the US Green Building Council, and introduced Al Gore at West Coast Green earlier this year. He is also an expert on the evolving practice of Green Leasing.

Click here for the paper

CA Moves Toward Cap and Trade

One component of the CA plan to reduce CO2 emissions is energy efficiency in buildings. Look for incentives to increase building efficiency in the near term.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/12/MNO514MCTB.DTL

For an understanding of how a cap and trade system would benefit owners of green buildings, see my post immediately following this one