I recently did a quick search on Travelocity for green rental cars in San Francisco, and Toyota Prius models or similar green cars were generally priced at a large premium over equivalent rental cars.
"I offer a great place at the right price and the value added is that it is also eco-friendly," she said, adding that she will have another green rental available in 2009 — in Norway.
Linda Moss, the author of "Organic Places to Stay in the U.K.," in 1999 founded a Web site, www.organicholidays.co.uk, with links to green rental homes and small inns in nearly 60 countries from Bali to Bulgaria.
At Berry and North 10th Streets, three of the four corners have new construction projects, while just down North 10th another project describes itself as "Williamsburg's first green rental building".
Through June 5, the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and Spa in Maui (www.grandwailea.com) is offering a $100 resort credit per night for guests staying at least three nights, free daily breakfast for children 10 and under, and access to championship golf courses starting at $80 (including greens fee, rentals and cart).
We also buy local goods to reduce transportation impacts, offer carafes of filtered water in The Lenox guestrooms, encourage guests and team members to use public transit, green cabs and rental bikes.
When the Glenwood Management Corporation was developing Emerald Green, a Midtown West rental building completed in 2010, an early blueprint was scrapped to eliminate one apartment per floor — so that the rest could have more and bigger closets, said Gary Jacob, an executive vice president of Glenwood.
Greens fees and club rental would be about $24 at Galway, and about $44 at Galway Bay, at $1.25 to the Irish pound.
Larry Schwartz, chief adviser to County Executive Andrew J. Spano, estimated earlier this month that the entire project would cost about $9 million, all of which would eventually be recouped from greens fees, cart rentals and other golf course revenues.
One developer, Urban Green Builders, is creating 117 rental units in the former CityTrust building, whose Art Deco details include blue-and-green fleurs-de-lis on the facade.
The green related factors affecting the rental and capital values of commercial property from previous studies can be classified into; (1) Physical environment, (2) Economic factors; (3) Functional attributes; (4) Design attributes; (5) Locational attributes; (6) Operating expenses/ Energy consumption; (7) Lease terms; (8) Occupancy level/ Vacancy rates, and; (9) Economics incentives.
