NMHC Green Practices: Advertising Supplement

Here is another treatment of the print version of this special advertising supplement that appeared in the August 2008 Issue of Multifamily Executive.

Get your own - Open publication

Cash Guzzlers - Developers brace for rising costs as big oil commands

In late spring, the price of oil hit a new record at $135 per barrel—and the price at the gas pump quickly followed. As a high-demand commodity, gasoline has a price tag that fluctuates daily, but recent price increases have been astronomical. Since January 2001, the national average for a gallon of unleaded gas rose from $1.85 to about $4.08 in mid-June 2008—a 221 percent increase, according to reports published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Survey Says - Big builders need to improve their green practices.

The nation’s 13 largest publicly traded home builders are talking the green talk, but they aren’t walking the green walk— so says a survey by investment management firm Calvert and the Boston College Institute for Responsible Investment.

Green Push - Liberty finds sustainability is good business

In May 2001, Liberty Property Trust announced that it was building a 58-story property on a site it had acquired a year earlier in downtown Philadelphia. The Malvern, Pa.-based REIT expected the more than $500 million project to be its first venture into sustainability.

by Les Shaver

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