Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market

More than 10 years have passed since studies on green buildings gained attention in the academic and industrial literature. Many studies report the economic value of green buildings, mainly in the U.S. and European markets. An empirical clarification of the dynamics of green premiums has significant...

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Autores principales: Junichiro Onishi, Yongheng Deng, Chihiro Shimizu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2f3567899e824de3b855cf39eeb60fa92021-11-11T19:48:15ZGreen Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market10.3390/su1321122272071-1050https://doaj.org/article/2f3567899e824de3b855cf39eeb60fa92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12227https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050More than 10 years have passed since studies on green buildings gained attention in the academic and industrial literature. Many studies report the economic value of green buildings, mainly in the U.S. and European markets. An empirical clarification of the dynamics of green premiums has significant implications for future urban sustainability. This study constructed a dataset of Tokyo office rents from 2009 to 2019. We estimated the green office rental premium using a hedonic approach. Our results show that, on average, an office property with a green label gains a premium of approximately 6.5% on contract rents. The Tokyo office market is heterogeneous, and endogeneity is an issue when identifying the green premium. We addressed the endogeneity issue with propensity score clustering. As a result of our estimation, the premium was approximately +5.4% for medium-sized old buildings and +2.6% for large-sized new buildings.Junichiro OnishiYongheng DengChihiro ShimizuMDPI AGarticlegreen buildinggreen labelhedonic approachpropensity score matchingclusteringEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12227, p 12227 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic green building
green label
hedonic approach
propensity score matching
clustering
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle green building
green label
hedonic approach
propensity score matching
clustering
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Junichiro Onishi
Yongheng Deng
Chihiro Shimizu
Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market
description More than 10 years have passed since studies on green buildings gained attention in the academic and industrial literature. Many studies report the economic value of green buildings, mainly in the U.S. and European markets. An empirical clarification of the dynamics of green premiums has significant implications for future urban sustainability. This study constructed a dataset of Tokyo office rents from 2009 to 2019. We estimated the green office rental premium using a hedonic approach. Our results show that, on average, an office property with a green label gains a premium of approximately 6.5% on contract rents. The Tokyo office market is heterogeneous, and endogeneity is an issue when identifying the green premium. We addressed the endogeneity issue with propensity score clustering. As a result of our estimation, the premium was approximately +5.4% for medium-sized old buildings and +2.6% for large-sized new buildings.
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author Junichiro Onishi
Yongheng Deng
Chihiro Shimizu
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Yongheng Deng
Chihiro Shimizu
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title Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market
title_short Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market
title_full Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market
title_fullStr Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market
title_full_unstemmed Green Premium in the Tokyo Office Rent Market
title_sort green premium in the tokyo office rent market
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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