There are a number of benefits to locating your business or organization in a building that has sustainable features. The degree to which a base building is green has an enormous impact on all of its tenants, so it pays to make sustainablity a key criteria for your site selection. The chart above reflects some of the reasons that companies are interested in sustainable building. Some of the key advantages to tenants of green buildings are:
- A building that uses energy, water and other resources efficiently costs less to run, so tenant costs for maintenance and utilities are reduced.
- Locating your business in a building with superior indoor environmental quality can safeguard the health and improve the productivity of your employees.
- Locating your business in a green building can be good for its image. Many people prefer to purchase goods and services from businesses that operate in a sustainable fashion.
- Characteristics of the base building determine the ease, and even the feasibility, of pursuing LEED certification for any tenant space within the building.
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