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How Building Owners Generate $20k-$40k in New Rent per Building

Rent allows building owners and tenants to share energy savings from building improvements. Through continuous monitoring, we identify and validate energy-saving opportunities, enabling owners to generate new rent and tenants to benefit from reduced expenses. Here's how it works.

A New Source of Ancillary Income: Mechanical Room Rent

Learn how Carbon Lighthouse helps CRE asset managers and financial executives generate ancillary income for their CRE portfolios.

How Rent Eliminates Split Incentives in NNN and Modified Gross Leases in CRE

The NNN split incentive problem can make it difficult for building owners to invest in energy efficiency upgrades, which can benefit tenants in the long run. However, Carbon Lighthouse's Rent solves this problem by sharing the financial benefits of energy efficiency upgrades between building owners and tenants. We can create a more sustainable and comfortable workplace for everyone by working together.

Utility Rates Went Up Suddenly and Obscenely in 2022

The change in utility rates in 2022 was more than 6 standard deviations above the mean. This is unheard of in the past 40+ years.

So Your Inflation is Rising?

Why Investments In Commercial Real Estate are Considered Inflation Proof, and Why Landlords Should Be Worried Anyway

The 7 Truths Behind the Tough Competition for HVAC Contractors

Why It Is Hard for HVAC Contractors to Win Deals, and What To Do About It. A Solution for Winning More Deals.

Unlocking the Secrets of Contractor Selection in Commercial Real Estate

The single most important advantage in Commercial Landlords selecting their next CRE contractor.

Why Real Estate is Not a Short Term Inflation Hedge, and What To Do About It If You Own Real Estate.

In this article we’ll cover why building valuations are going down as interest rates rise, despite the commonly held belief that owning real estate is an inflation hedge, and what to do about it if you own real estate.

'Ancillary income doesn’t matter,'…says the person who lost the $50,000,000 acquisition

When Cushman & Wakefield says investors are bullish on commercial real estate (CRE) properties with ESG (environmental, social, governance) considerations, it’s time to listen.