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The tenant's role in creating the business case for high performance low-carbon buildings: systematic literature review and post occupancy evaluation

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Authors:
Subha Parida

The ultimate test of the business case for high performance low carbon building is to consider how the human benefits of these buildings could be reliably quantified to prove beyond all doubt the positive Return on Investment (ROI). After all, staff costs, including salaries and benefits, typically account for about 90% of business operating costs.

Ecosystem based adaptation : knowledge gaps in making an economic case for investing in nature based solutions for climate change

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Authors:
Saima Baig,
Ali Reza Rizvi,
Michael Verdone

Ecosystem-based adaptation (Eba) uses biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of a larger adaptation strategy to climate change. While the conservation and sustainable development community considers EbA to be a strong method of addressing climate change and its associated challenges, there is still a tendency for policy makers to implement traditional engineering solutions for adaptation, rather than investing in EbA.

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