| | DECEMBER 20208O ne of the most pressing issues of the day is climate change and how it leads to the melting of ice, extinction of species, and ozone layer depletion. Real estate is funda-mental to urban development that consumes physical assets and is crit-ical to increasing carbon footprints. Similarly, it is fundamental to the objective of making a naturally eco-nomical future. It is evident how real estate is answerable for over 20% of the world's carbon emissions and oth-er ecological effects, including waste creation, contamination, utilization of water, and other natural resources.Many industries are reacting dif-ferently towards the situation and making choices that in return main-tain a social, economic, and ecological balance of sustainability. Real estate is no different. But what makes real estate distinctive is the way how to-day's customers, as well as investors, factor technology and sustainability into asset valuation.Traditionally innovation and sus-tainability appear to be fundamental-ly unrelated. The variables that drive them are inconsequential. One is driv-en by elements such as the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and mechanical learning, all encour-aging to change global manufacturing, supply chains, and more. However, it's HOW ARE TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY AFFECTING ASSET VALUATIONS IN INDIA?By Munish Baldev, Founder and CEO, J.S Martin & Co.VANTAGE POINT Munish Baldev, Founder and CEO
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