Measurability: The Next Step in Sustainability

Ellis: “The second you had these two things come together—investor mandates and regulation—you saw the temperature rise on sustainability.”

SAN DIEGO— Urban Land Institute Greenprint Center for Building Performance’s collaboration with sustainability-software company Measurabl indicates the future of sustainability is becoming ever more sophisticated and accessible to owners of buildings of all sizes, Measurabl’s CEO and founder Matt Ellis tells GlobeSt.com. The collaborative effort between Greenprint and Measurabl will improve sustainability and building performance tracking for more than 20,000 commercial buildings covering 3.7 billion square feet around the globe. These properties constitute the collective portfolio of Greenprint members and Measurabl subscribers, who together represent the world’s largest database of sustainability-focused commercial real estate owners and investors.

Greenprint is a global consortium of leading real estate owners, investors and strategic partners committed to improving the environmental performance of the real estate industry through value-enhancing strategies. In the past six years, Greenprint members have decreased energy consumption by 13.7%, greenhouse-gas emissions by 16.5% and water use by 10.9%, saving $42 million in utility costs in this past year alone.