Let’s meet at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum
I am thrilled to be participating in the upcoming Sustainable Industries Economic Forum here in San Francisco!
Are you coming?
I will be part of a premiere panel including Paul Hawken and Phillip Michael Williams. We will discuss triple-bottom line investing in these challenging economic times.
Special request –> send me your burning questions and perspectives on the state of green finance and sustainability, and I’ll cover them at the Forum.
The current situation is a perfect storm that feeds off economic worry and unprecedented opportunity within green building and energy efficiency. That leaves lots of folks wondering, “what’s it going to take?” to move sustainability forward.
Send me a note or write a comment on this post about your thoughts, and I’ll try to work your perspective into the mix. I look forward to the dialogue.
Event Details
November 19, 2009
St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco
8am - 11:30am
You can sign up for the event here
Please join us for what is sure to be an enlightening and insightful event as we look to foster creative solutions for our evolving markets.
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Key events on energy efficiency finance and triple bottom line investing
Meet us at the the following events. We’ll be presenting about:
- energy efficiency financing
- responsible property investment metrics for high performance portfolios
- taking the green economy to the next level
In the weeks ahead, Lisa Michelle Galley will be featured at a number of key industry conferences. The topics covered by Lisa and other leading voices in the sustainable investment community will highlight the latest trends and provide a valuable forum to learn about innovative solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing the green building and finance sectors.
Presentation on Energy Efficiency Financing
GSMI -The Sustainable Buildings Series: Retrofits
October 21, 2009; 11:15am – 12pm, Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
Lisa will cover the key considerations for different types of energy efficiency financing. From there she will talk about how owners can more effectively coordinate their energy efficiency financing efforts across their portfolios. Lisa will be co-presenting with Peter Liu of New Resource Bank.
Presentation on Metrics for High-Performance Portfolios
Responsible Property Investing Council: 2009 ULI Fall Meeting
November 04, 2009 – Joint session of RPI and Sustainable Development Councils
Moscone Center South, San Francisco
Along with co-presenters David Wood, of the Responsible Property Investment Center and Jean Rogers of ARUP, Lisa will offer fresh insights and recommendations developed in a year long study of the development and application of responsible property investing metrics on institutional real estate portfolios. Lisa and Jean will discuss how the real estate investment ‘system’ has been impacted by sustainability.
Taking the Green Economy to the next level
Sustainable Industries Economic Forum in San Francisco
November 19, 2009; 9:30am -10:15am
St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco
Lisa will join a panel of industry leaders including Paul Hawken, author and CEO of the Pax Engineering Group, to discuss some of the most challenging aspect of successfully implementing triple bottom line solutions and how we can take the green economy forward. The event will offer valuable perspective on growing strategic partnerships as a core aspect of sustainable business.
If you would like to meet us at any of these events, please email us info@galleyecocapital.com
News about future events is available through our website.
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Are You Funding Green Sprawl?
Today’s post is dedicated to all our euphoric green finance and investment friends who are suffering from PEWS — post-election withdrawal syndrome.
Here’s a delicate question:
>>Are you funding green sprawl?<<
Sustainable Industries recently published an article about the dilemma of having green homes and buildings built in suburban locations.
Their set-up:
While the profusion of buildings that use at least 15 percent less energy and reduce water usage as well as other non-sustainable resources is good news for a country searching for energy independence and a planet combating a variety of environmental ills, some are starting to think more needs to be done.
Top of the list: Considering whether sprawling architecture and 4,200-square-foot McMansions can truly be considered “green.â€
For us here, the article highlights some challenges for those builders and investors who have business models focused on commuter-oriented suburban markets, that now invest in green homes and buildings but ignore the overall smart growth principles that come with sustainable real estate investing.
Here’s an example from the article of a financial opportunity that is buried within implementing smart growth principles in tandem with green building:
Reducing sprawl and its attendant reliance on cars also increases the spending power of individuals, according to a study prepared by Portland-based Impresa Consulting in July 2007. According to the study, residents of Portland travel 20 percent fewer miles per day than the average American. At $3 per gallon, this equates to $1.1 billion saved or $800 million that stays in the local economy each year.
Essentially, funding green buildings in locations without smart growth principles might make a good return for the builder/owner, but it also imposes a quantifiable, lifelong tax on the residents and businesses who move in to those developments. And as some builders and investors are finding out in these tougher economic times — people can move, the real estate can’t.
As always, we welcome your comments.
