Author: Diana Schoder

Diana Schoder is a senior associate with the Building Healthy Places Initiative.

Articles by Diana Schoder

• Learning from Members to Build a More Equitable Future
  Published on June 07, 2022 in Sustainability
  Members’ interest in advancing social and racial equity, and their sense of urgency to do so, has been growing since 2020. They have looked to ULI for guidance on how to translate their interest into action, and the Institute recently released a report to provide high-level, guiding ideas on making racial equity central to practitioners’ work.
• Think Globally, Build Locally: Exploring the Benefits of Access to Nature for Climate Change and Health (Part 3 of 3)
  Published on April 05, 2022 in Sustainability
  ULI recently published Greening Buildings for Healthier People: Optimizing Climate Mitigation, Resilience, and Health Co-Benefits in Real Estate, which includes strategies for promoting access to nature at the property scale and describes the wide-ranging benefits of doing so. Although the report focuses on these strategies’ benefits to tenants, communities, and project success, “greening” the building—both inside and throughout the site—also help to shape the larger urban environment.
• Think Globally, Build Locally: Exploring the Benefits of Transportation-Related Amenities for Climate Change and Health (Part 2 of 3)
  Published on March 30, 2022 in Sustainability
  When U.S. pandemic lockdowns were underway about two years ago, many people—especially those who could work from home—drastically reduced their driving and transit use. Although this contributed to a short-term reduction in carbon emissions, energy use has since rebounded, and some people continue to avoid public transportation in favor of less sustainable options like driving. These trends reflect larger issues around land use and mobility in cities, according to Greening Buildings for Healthier People: Optimizing Climate Mitigation, Resilience, and Health Co-Benefits in Real Estate, a new ULI report.
• Think Globally, Build Locally: Exploring the Benefits of Low-Carbon Buildings for Climate Change and Health (Part 1 of 3)
  Published on March 28, 2022 in Sustainability
  ULI’s new report Greening Buildings for Healthier People: Optimizing Climate Mitigation, Resilience, and Health Co-Benefits in Real Estate identifies building-scale opportunities to simultaneously and cost-effectively accelerate action on climate change and health, maximize their co-benefits, and manage any tensions between them.
• Why Developers and Land Use Professionals Are Championing U.S. Parks
  Published on July 12, 2021 in Sustainability
  Five ULI members share their perspectives on the importance of real estate industry support for parks and their own experiences with championing parks.
• The Pandemic and the Public Realm: Adapting Spaces in a Global Pandemic
  Published on March 22, 2021 in Sustainability
  An excerpt from the forthcoming ULI report The Pandemic and the Public Realm: Global Innovations for Health, Social Equity, and Sustainability, which documents how cities around the world looked to their public spaces to meet changing needs.
• Amid Transit Uncertainty, Micromobility Helps Properties Remain Accessible
  Published on February 24, 2021 in Sustainability
  Urban developers have become increasingly interested in building places with little or no dedicated parking spots. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, raising questions about the funding of public transit and safety. A new ULI report looks at micromobility's value for cities and real estate.