Book excerpt: With the built environment contributing almost half of global greenhouse emissions, there is a pressing need for the property and real estate discipline to investigate sustainability concerns. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Real Estate brings together the latest research of leading academics globally, demonstrating the nature and extent of the impact as well as suggesting means of mitigating humankind's impact and building resilience. Academics, upper level students and researchers will find this book an essential guide to the very best of sustainable real estate research.