Investment opportunities in green technology real estate projects

Abstract

The real estate sector accounts for more than a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and potentially provides great opportunity for carbon reduction. Energy efficient and green buildings have a huge potential in transforming the property sector, and investors could benefit from that transformation through the greening of their real estate holdings and investing in green technology real estate developments. My work will further define this opportunity by investigating the real estate industry's relationship to sustainability and global greenhouse gas emissions through perspective of energy markets, demographical changes and different technologies in the energy efficiency sphere. Additionally my thesis will provide summary of research regarding willingness to pay for efficiency and sustainability measures both in the residential and commercial part of the market. Finally I will analyze main factors affecting demand and forces shaping investment opportunity.