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Union Investment launches knowledge portal on sustainable investment
Date: 23 July 2010
Category: Sustainability
Union Investment has launched a knowledge portal on sustainable real estate investment. The German real estate investment firm says that while green real estate investment has become a major issue for the property industry, sustainability remains a complex subject. The new web portal provides detailed information about green buildings as an emerging asset class.

Green buildings are set to have a huge impact on real estate investment over the next few years. In a recent Europe-wide survey of property professionals by Union Investment, 60% of respondents stated that sustainability criteria are already embedded in their investment strategy. But given the proliferation of structural and climate control innovations, laws and certification schemes, it is often difficult to keep up with developments.

Union Investment says that its portal - www.sustainable-realestate-investments.com - is a valuable information resource for all aspects of sustainable real estate. In addition to environmental matters, the portal highlights the enhanced user comfort of green buildings as well as their economic potential.

'Knowledge is the basis of successful investment,' says Fabian Hellbusch, head of marketing and communication at Union Investment Real Estate. 'The aim of the new online platform is to create awareness of both the need to embrace sustainability and the associated property investment opportunities, and also to contribute to a shared understanding of this complex area.'

Click on the link below to go to www.sustainable-realestate-investments.com
 
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