Climate change is setting the real-estate against unpredictable challenges. Real-estate leads the charge when it comes to planning for a resilient and sustainable future. The cost of non-compliance is not affordable and cities will become more resilient to defend the stresses. Valuing the benefits of resilience will incentivize owners to make the right choices at the intersections of climate change and real-estate. Whether it’s short-term weather events, like flooding from heavy rainfall, or heat waves from long-term climate change, the show must go on—whether we call it “resiliency” or just business continuity and risk management.

From the Prodexpo 2018 session about Sustainability & Resilience: Option or Prerequisite for Real Estate?” on 01 November 2018 at Athens Concert Hall with: Dimitris Andriopoulos, CEO of DIMAND SA, Natalia Strafti, COO of Grivalia Properties REIC, Eleni Myrivili, Deputy Mayor of Urban Nature of the City of Athens and Charalampos Giannikopoulos, MD of DCarbon. The session was moderated by Alice Corovessi, COO of INZEB – Institute of Zero Energy Buildings and was curated by the INZEB and the Green Business Certification, Inc. and organized by Tsomokos.