The relevance of green buildings to the procurement and marketability of office

My position as a member of the Technical Affairs Committee of the British Council for Offices (BCO) and as a partner at the London office of architects Sheppard Robson provides a good base from which to explore the relationship between green design and the marketability of offices. There is an obvious correlation between procurement policy, the level of specification, sustainability, cost and marketing. From a practical point of view, all green office development needs to be viable within market constraints; offer value for money, especially where new and relatively untried technologies are being employed; and provide genuine reduction in running costs.