As extreme climate conditions impact the world, real estate took particular note in the last year of environmental issues involving buildings, said Aaron Tartakovsky, CEO of Epic Cleantec, which sells a sustainable onsite wastewater platform for owners.

“I think it’s a topic that largely used to be relegated to some more environmentally minded developers, or maybe a foundation for whom that was a priority,” Tartakovsky said. “But now we’re seeing it become pretty mainstream, and I think that is a trend that’s going to continue into the next year and the years to follow.”

Read more from Philip Russo at Commercial Observer.