Category: Commercial Real Estate
Energy Codes Aren’t the Affordability Problem. They’re Part of the Solution.
Post / October 27, 2026
By the Numbers: An Affordability and Safety Crisis Whether Americans own or rent, too many struggle to pay for basic shelter and heat. Twenty-four percent of homeowners were cost-burdened (spending more than 30% of income on housing) in 2024, the...
Chicago Real Estate Leadership Summit Defines the Building Industry’s Next Opportunity for Leadership
Post / February 9, 2017
Back in November, ComEd, Seventhwave and NBI hosted a Summit, focusing on the question: “What is Chicago’s path to net zero energy buildings?” Nearly 90 real estate professionals, designers and utility representatives gathered to focus on how they might build...
What Commercial Real Estate Executives Think and Do About Energy Efficiency
Post / September 16, 2015
The 2014 Northwest Commercial Building Stock Assessment estimates the size of the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market in the Northwest to be 1.6 billion square feet–a market of existing buildings that are prime candidates for energy and carbon reductions through...