Guidance & Case Studies
How to develop, negotiate and implement green leases
Resource
Audience & Building Type
Description
Author
Landlord, Tenant, CRE,
Public Sector, Private Sector, Class B & C Office
Broker, Landlord, Tenant
Commercial
This Green Lease Leaders case study shines a spotlight on the city of Cleveland, GCP/COSE, and MAN Holdings, LLC.
This toolkit is designed for landlords and tenants to learn about the benefits of green leasing, explore opportunities for green leasing at their buildings, and learn how to create a green lease.
Broker, Landlord, Tenant
Commercial
This toolkit provides brokers with resources to capture the full value of efficiency when a building is sold or leased. It also provides owners and managers with insights into brokers’ priorities in facilitating the sale of a commercial property.
Landlord, Tenant
Retail, Commercial
This guide explores the benefits, barriers, and strategies to installing solar on leased buildings, including commercial real estate.
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial
This report details how energy disclosure ordinances have increased green leasing adoption, and provides model green lease language that has been used by tenants and landlords.
Landlord, Tenant
Retail
A document for retailers and retail owners presenting basic green lease concepts.
Landlord, Tenant
Retail
Advice retail landlords and tenants can take to prepare to implement green lease language, and sample clauses for direct inclusion.
Tenant
|
NRDC outlines the key steps to selecting a high-performing tenant space.
|
Tenant
A short guide detailing how renters can be energy efficient
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial
A guide to landlord-tenant collaboration, including issues outside the lease scope
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial
This guide provides direction for negotiating commercial leases that enable resource efficiency.
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial, Retail, Mixed-Use
A case study detailing how owners and contractors can work together to implement efficiency and achieve LEED recognition in a multi-tennant commercial office space.
Landlord, Tenant
Residential
A lease provision database, marketing, materials, scorecards, and lease options matrix
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial, LEED
This guide is specifically focused on helping tenants and landlords collaborate. It will help office tenants integrate green decision-making throughout the leasing process.
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial, Net Zero Energy
An actionable guide explaining the business case and process for developers and landlords to pursue net-zero energy leased buildings.
Landlord, Tenant
Commercial, Retail, Data Centers, Net Zero Energy, Renewable Energy
IMT and DOE’s Better Buildings Alliance are shining a spotlight on 2018’s Green Lease Leader designees that are using innovative strategies in their green leases and overall operations.
Institute for Market Transformation, DOE Better Buildings Alliance
Note: Any opinions expressed by the webinar speakers or in materials found in the library are not representative of the opinions of the partner organizations