The future of real estate is green:

• Cities and the build environment in general have a massive environmental footprint, accounting for 39% of total carbon emissions – more than double the emissions of the transportation sector.
• Demographic, socio-economic and technological trends are reshaping the way we use Real Estate today. With the real estate industry being disrupted on all fronts, as investors we see undeniable opportunities created by this volatility.
• Urbanisation is growing rapidly, with more and more population concentrated in cities. Two centuries ago there were just two cities with over 1m people, by 200 there were 390.
• Meanwhile, rising wealth inequality drives the lack of affordable housing worldwide at a time when the need for rental housing is rising as millennials start having families.
• On the tech front, e-commerce, autonomous vehicles etc. are changing rapidly the context and utility of cities as we know them.