The motives behind sustainable construction
Estate investors financially benefit from sustainable buildings, says Nils Kok, associate professor of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. His research into the financial effects of sustainable construction is discussed in an article in the Huffington Post.
Kok also speaks with John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer at United Technologies Corporation (UTC) about the three motives behind the explosive growth of sustainable construction (investors, owners and tenants) in the sustainability podcast ‘The Race to 9 Billion’, mentioned in the Huffington Post.
Read the full article of the Huffington Post here.
Listen to the podcast here.
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Update 25 June
Last night a UM building at the Bouillonstraat was daubed with paint and slogans. A sad expression of vandalism. UM has filed a report.
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