Green Building Council Brazil
| Membership Status: | Established GBC |
| Continent: | Americas/Caribbean |
| Region: | Americas/Caribbean |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Offices located in: | São Paulo, SP |
| Website: | http://www.gbcbrasil.org.br |
| Brief History: | Founded in March 2007, Green Building Council Brazil is a non-profit organization, created to assist the sustainable development of construction industry in Brazil by means of market forces to drive the adoption of Green Building practices in an integrate |
| Description: | The GBC´s mission is to be the main reference on sustainable construction and a leader for the effective and comprehensive implementation of its concepts through qualification of professionals in various areas, compilation and dissemination of the best practices involving technology, materials, processes and operational procedures, dissemination of LEED certification, all adapted to Brazilian market and pro-active performance in association with governmental and private organizations. To fight against the global warming, GBC Brazil has created a global campaign, called One Degree Less. The idea is to help lower the temperature in the so-called heat islands in a quite simply way: by painting the roofs or creating green roofs. They capture less sun's heat and help to reduce the local temperature and even energy consumption. The proposal of the campaign is so practical and the results are so quick and efficient that today we have here, in Brazil, several initiatives that were implemented. The secretary of Energy of United States of America, Steven Chu, claims to be favorable to white roofs, and the Secretary of State for Housing of Sao Paulo and CEO of CDHU, Lair Krähenbühl, painted the roofs of several buildings in Ilhabela, an island in the southeast of the country. Its challenge for the next years is the consolidation of a national educational program and the establishment of strategical partnerships to strengthen its activities in domestic territory. |
| Contacts: |
Communications : Info +55 11 4191-7805 gbcbrasil@gbcbrasil.org.br |