Energy efficiency remains the #1 green building priority among commercial office tenants, according to a new survey by GE Capital Real Estate. The survey of more than 2,220 office tenants in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Spain, and Japan, confirms the importance of green building initiatives to tenants. While energy efficiency ranked first, waste reduction programs and indoor air quality are next in importance. Tenants outside the US–Japan (59%), Sweden (52%), and Canada (52%)–rated green building practices at higher levels of importance than in the US. (43% of tenants).
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