Who responded to the second annual Green Survey? In terms of types of firms, property owners
won out, with 22.1% of the participants. Property managers accounted for 21.7%, while
developers accounted for 21.3%. Asset managers garnered 5% of the vote, while REIT executives
were 4.2% of our respondents. 19.6% categorize themselves as “Other.” None of the remainder
of our participants—investment banks, life companies, sponsors, pension funds and private
equity concerns—represented more than 2.9% of the population.
A mix of various other firms rounded out the lower percentages. Most of our respondents
(75.8%) are male. Our polltakers have an average of 18. 4 years in the real estate business.
Geographically, our poll covered the waterfront and the midlands, with respondents representing
the Northeast ( 19.9%); West ( 16.9%); Southeast ( 13.6%); Midwest ( 11.4%); and Southwest ( 9.3%).
Approximately 21.6% operate nationally, while 7.2% have an international reach.
BOMA International
Founded in 1907, the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)
International is an international federation of more than 100 local
associations and affiliated organizations. BOMA’s 17,000-plus members own or manage more than
9 billion square feet of commercial properties in North America and throughout the world. The
mission of BOMA International is to enhance the human, intellectual and physical assets of the
commercial real estate industry through advocacy, education, research, standards and information.
Learn more at www.boma.org.
Incisive Media
Incisive Media is a leading provider of specialized business information for
commercial real estate, legal, financial services, risk management and
marketing professionals. All of the trusted brands that commercial real
estate professionals rely on are now a part of a larger global portfolio of products and services — in
print, online and in person. The real estate product line includes the immediacy of up-to-the-minute
coverage via GlobeSt.com, national perspective and depth in Real Estate Forum magazine and
targeted regional content via Real Estate New York, Real Estate New Jersey, Real Estate Southern
California and Real Estate Florida. In addition, the RealShare Conference Series continues to lead
the conversation of real estate with over 20 national/local conferences and 10 live interactive web
events scheduled for 2009. For more information, go to www.GlobeSt.com.
USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose
vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership
includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other
nonprofit organizations. Since USGBC’s founding in 1993, the Council has grown
to more than 16,700 member companies and organizations, a comprehensive
family of LEED® green building certification systems, an expansive educational offering, the
industry’s popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo ( www.greenbuildexpo.org), and
a network of 79 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups. For more information, visit
www.usgbc.org.
