Comparative analysis between green and traditional leases in the commercial sector of Kampala
Abstract
Research is a hands on problem solving exercise undertaken by the students of Makerere
University under the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology as a requirement in
their final year of study in line with the student’s course of study.
The main objective of this exercise is to enable students to apply the knowledge obtained in the
class environment in the solving of real world problems in their areas of study or sector.
The research was aimed at carrying out a comparative analysis between the current (traditional
leases) that are in use in the country and green leases as a new approach to achieve sustainability
in the leasing system and to what extent this new approach is compatible with the tenants and
landlords (property managers). The research was made up of three objectives; identifying the
clauses or understandings i.e., formal or informal, that are offered by the land lords/property
managers that are in line with sustainability and improving environmental performance of
commercial spaces, evaluating how different ‘green leasing’, ‘sustainability’ methods and
approaches can be adopted and incorporated in commercial leases by landlords and property
managers in the commercial space sector and their impact on operational costs in the short run and
establishing to what extent the use of ‘green leases’ and ‘green leasing’ approaches and methods
can be taken up by tenants in tenanted commercial spaces.