Creating a Green Building Market
- The creation of a sustainable society has become one of the top priorities due to the increasing global interest in addressing global environment issues including global warming. About one third of the total emission of carbon dioxide in Japan is due to the real estate industry (business and housing divisions). This rate is even rising. There are also other environmental issues including the loss of biodiversity and waste-related problems.
- Regarding the importance of the role that the real estate field plays, it is important to create stocks of real estates with sustainable, high environmental value (green building). Thus, activities and researches with environment as subject that try to increase the value of the real estates are attracting public attention. The number of real estates with increased environmental value based on energy and carbon dioxide reduction (green building) is increasing. The indices for evaluating such value (e.g. CASBEE) are also becoming popular.
- This site provides visitors with general information on green building in order to edit and provide information for promoting the recognition and evaluation of the environmental values of the real estates by the various market participants including investors, developers and users.
