RICS Brings Top Valuation and Sustainability Experts Together

03/31/2010 10:56

London -- March 31, 2010 -- RICS brought together key sustainability, housing and valuation stakeholders in an event titled 'Getting all the green ducks in a row: Energy performance, value and green buildings'. The event highlighted the challenges faced in putting in place the conditions whereby the value attributed to homes' energy performance could be increased. One of the key areas where the surveying profession can make a major contribution is in reflecting sustainability in property valuations, and RICS is strongly committed to improving standards in this arena. This has been outlined through both RICS' Global Climate Change Strategy and also through its ongoing commitment to the Vancouver Valuation Accord. Reinforcing RICS' global reach RICS Head of Global Sustainability Ursula Hartenberger introduced US member Scott Muldavin FRICS on "Value Beyond Cost Savings." To read the full article, please click here. About RICS & RICS Americas RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 professionals in property, land, construction and related environmental issues. RICS Americas, based in New York and covering North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, has more than 2,000 members in commercial and residential development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning and finance, valuation and fine arts appraisal. For further information visit www.ricsamericas.org or e-mail ricsamericas@rics.org.