How The Build Back Better Plan Can Power CRE's Path To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion Build Back Better bill is being touted by the White House as the largest climate resiliency effort in U.S. history. For commercial real estate, which has increasingly self-regulated its environmental, social and governance bona fides, it could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in play to charge up the industry's ongoing green transformation. “There’s a lot to be excited about,” said Ben Evans, federal legislative director with the U.S. Green Building Council, the nonprofit organization responsible for LEED building certifications. “We’re talking about unprecedented levels of attention to climate writ large, and to buildings specifically as well.”The $1.2 trillion… Read the full story here. |