Professor Atkinson-Palombo receives award from American Real Estate Society

Dr. Carol Atkinson-PalomboDr. Carol Atkinson-Palombo from the Department of Geography and Ben Hoen, a colleague from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (part of the United States Department of Energy) have received the Marc Louargand Best Research Paper Award in 2014 from the American Real Estate Society for their work on the impact of wind turbines on property values in Massachusetts.  An extensive report detailing the research study can be found at the link below.

Their paper, Wind Turbines, Amenities and Disamenities: A Study of Home Value Impacts in Densely Populated Massachusetts, is under review with the Journal of Real Estate Research.

Link to study: https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/relationship-between-wind-turbines