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In addition, a sustainable building demonstrably improved the working conditions for workers: they are healthier and ultimately more productive. In addition to these physiological aspects has the sustainable office or manufacturing building, but also a psychological advantage: the company is outside as particularly environmentally conscious and responsible as and becomes increasingly interesting for qualified applicants. From the niche to the standard but to establish the sustainable economy of real estate in all areas, all factors must agree and mesh. The EU therefore relied on a mix of measures from the regulation of the construction and operation of buildings (building codes, Energy performance certificates, etc.), the market intervention over taxes and environmental policies (energy tax, subsidizing sustainable investments), the stamping of the public awareness and the exemplary go ahead with the construction of sustainable buildings by the State itself. Whether client, investor, tenants, or contractors for each are other criteria significantly, to give priority to sustainable building. Therefore, there are systems that are transparent and comprehensible to review a building an absolute necessity. As the eco-label, type III provides the required basis the environmental product Declaration (EPD) of the Institute of building and environment (IBU) for these systems. First steps for Office and administration building are done with the introduction of the seal of approval DGNB and NBB.
Furthermore, incentive programmes can contribute in the long term to increase investments in sustainable real estate of all kinds. The posting of the energy performance certificates as it is the case, for example, in the United Kingdom can also be a behavior change at all Cause involved. Either way: sustainable real estate are the future of economic and ecological point of view and will be the inevitable default sooner or later.