Responsible Property investments get the benefit of earning a dual return: economic and social. The Social returns, though meaningful, can be harder to quantify versus qualify. Fortunately, there are many studies that prove the case for the enhanced returns of RPI properties including the comprehensive survey of US professionals in 2005 by McGraw-Hill where, in exchange for the average 2% cost premium, owners on average experienced increases in occupancy rates (3.5%), ROI (6.6%), and Value (7.5%).
SRI RPI takes a “Jungian” approach to determining the economic value of the principles of Responsible Property Investing by incorporating all of the well publicized research of GSA, Davis Langdon, Thomson Reuters, McGraw-Hill, and the USGBC, and backing into justified investment limits based on achieving the following RPI financial returns:
Typical High Performance Building Return:
- Operating Expense reduction
Enhanced Responsible Property Investment (RPI) Returns:
+ Stakeholder Engagement improvement
+ Absorption improvement
+ Occupancy improvement
+ Value improvement
+ ROI improvement
