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Bringing the User Back in the Building: An Analysis of ESG in Real Estate and a Behavioral Framework to Guide Future Research

Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3239; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063239
by Shirley Kempeneer 1,2,*, Michaël Peeters 1,3 and Tine Compernolle 3
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3239; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063239
Submission received: 19 February 2021 / Revised: 9 March 2021 / Accepted: 10 March 2021 / Published: 15 March 2021

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper is a complex review of  ESG aspects from real estate. The authors presents the evolution of ESG practices and the divergences between different agencies and practitioners in evaluating and rating them. the need for standardization is presented and the steps taken in this direction by authorities. Regarding the real estate sector the main rating systems are presented. the main dimensions identified by the authors are: environmental dimension and user behavior, social dimension and user wellbeing, sustainability as a broader concept, smart as a solution.

The paper respect the requirements of an academic review, the literature review is exhaustive and presents the most important aspects of past research in the field of ESG in real estate. 

Author Response

 Thank you for taking the time to diligently review this paper. 

Reviewer 2 Report

This paper calls for attention to studying real estate from the perspective of behavioral social science and environmental psychology. This interdisciplinary field is big, the paper title and research question (as well as the reasoning logic) should be more specific and clear.

Author Response

Thank you for this important suggestion. The title has been adapted to "Bringing the user back in the building: An analysis of ESG in Real Estate and a behavioral framework to guide future research". 

The fourth paragraph of the introduction has also been revised. This is the section where the research question was introduced. The research question has been rephrased to: "How might user-behavior affect both the ESG value of real estate as well as its investment value?" Several other sentences in the third and fourth paragraph have been rewritten as well to rephrase the reasoning logic. These are all highlighted in the revised version of the paper.

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