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WorldGBC appoints Interim CEO
Thu, 11th Oct 2018WorldGBC is delighted to announce the appointment of an Interim CEO, Cristina Gamboa; who will take over from Terri Wills, the current CEO in November 2018 whilst she goes on maternity leave for a year.
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WorldGBC responds to IPCC: The entire building and construction supply chain must decarbonise by 2050 to reach 1.5 degrees
Mon, 8th Oct 2018Following the IPCC report warning that every secotor must decarbonise by 2050 to mitigate the effects of climate change, WorldGBC will begin work to assess how the increasing emissions from building and construction can reach net zero by 2050.
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Ensuring the Habitats of Future Generations through Green Buildings
Fri, 5th Oct 2018WorldGBC's Head of Advancing Net Zero Victoria Burrows explains how the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment marks an unprecedented breakthrough on climate action for buildings that will improve the lives of millions for generations to come.
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Notes from the Network: GBCs in Asia Pacific Galvanise Green Building Action
Thu, 4th Oct 2018Following the latest APN meeting in Singapore in September 2018, WorldGBC's Asia Pacific Regional Head Joelle Chen outlines the outstanding achivements and breakthroughs from the region's GBCs to advance and upscale green building in their local markets, and the next steps to increase green building uptake acorss the region.
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Bogotá Doubles Down on Efficiency Efforts With Support From Building Efficiency Accelerator
Wed, 3rd Oct 2018Today, Bogotá, Colombia announced a new policy for more energy-efficient construction that is expected to reduce energy and water use in new buildings by 20 percent and 30 percent, respectively, when fully implemented, as part of a new phase of the Building Efficiency Accelerator initiative.
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World Green Building Week 2018 - celebrating the biggest week in green building to date!
Mon, 1st Oct 2018Over the past seven days, thousands of climate action advocates joined together to celebrate the power of green buildings during World Green Building Week 2018.
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Building up to a greener residential sector in India
Fri, 28th Sep 2018The Indian Green Building Council believes the vision of a "sustainable built environment for ALL” can only be holistically achieved if sustainability is truly addressed in the residential sector. With this in mind, IGBC has developed three green building rating tools for homes - IGBC's Anand Muthukrishna explains how these are helping improve millions of lives across India.
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Public Realm - Gateway to our Communities’ Sustainable Future
Fri, 28th Sep 2018According to UN Habitat, public spaces now comprise just 2% of the area of Middle Eastern cities. As our cities expand, the needs of urban dwellers for high-quality public realm have grown more pressing. Majid Al Futtaim is working to create “Great Moments for Everyone, Everyday", blogs Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi.
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Energy Retrofitting of the Existing Building Envelope - Jordan GBC Produces Guidelines to Accelerate Greening of Existing Buildings
Fri, 28th Sep 2018Retrofitting existing buildings is more economically feasible than constructing new green buildings; Jordan GBC has produced a detailed guide to help accelerate market action for retrofitting buildings, blogs Hala Al-Shooha.
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Home Green Home – The pathway to transform Brazil’s residential sector
Thu, 27th Sep 2018With green building increasingly recognised as the best business option in the Brazilian real estate market, GBC Brasil CEO Felipe Faria explains how this market trend led to the creation of GBC CASA & CONDOMÍNIO, a certification rating tool for the residential sector.
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The Global Push for Net Zero Buildings and Homes
Thu, 27th Sep 2018Reducing the energy consumption of our buildings isn’t just a policy issue for governments – it’s a change we’re all empowered to make. Our homes are where we sleep, eat and build our lives, so it makes sense that they’re also the first place most of us can have our biggest impact, says WorldGBC's Angela Howarth.
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How to Make Money from Climate-Proofing Your Property
Thu, 27th Sep 2018In this exclusive blog for World Green Building Week 2018, WorldGBC's James Drinkwater and Judit Kimpian of the Architects Council of Europe explain how ‘green mortgages’ and value adding extensions could be a winning combination.
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WorldGBC membership surpasses 75 Green Building Councils as Serbia joins
Fri, 8th Sep 2017Membership of the World Green Building Council has surpassed 75 Green Building Councils – as Serbia has joined as the 76th member at the Prospective level.
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Promoting wellbeing at work is more than a 'box-ticking' exercise, finds JLL report
Thu, 31st Aug 2017A new study by JLL, the global real estate firm and a member of WorldGBC’s Corporate Advisory Board, has found that helping people to feel good at work is more than a 'box-ticking' exercise and can help companies realise measureable benefits.
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The countdown is on… four weeks until World Green Building Week 2017
Tue, 29th Aug 2017In four weeks’ time, hundreds of businesses, NGOs and individuals around the globe will unite to celebrate the positive role green buildings play in our lives, as part of World Green Building Week 2017.
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BUILD UPON project cited in Forbes as example of large scale transformation
Wed, 16th Aug 2017WorldGBC’s BUILD UPON project has been cited in a recent Forbes article as an example of large-scale societal transformation, alongside disruptive platform businesses such as Airbnb and Uber.
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GBC Brasil launches net zero building certification through WorldGBC project
Mon, 14th Aug 2017GBC Brasil has launched a new net zero building certification scheme, which aims to reduce carbon emissions from new and existing buildings to meet the Paris Agreement and supports WorldGBC’s goal to ensure all buildings are net zero carbon by 2050.
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New Zealand Green Building Council raises performance of new homes, with support from Prime Minister
Wed, 9th Aug 2017Following extensive industry consultation, NZGBC has launched a re-engineered version of its Homestar rating tool for new residential homes and buildings.
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Join us for Members' Day & more in Jaipur, India, this October
Mon, 7th Aug 2017WorldGBC is heading to Jaipur, India, this October for Members' Day, India Green Building Council's Congress and much more - and we invite Green Building Councils and Partners to join us!
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Overwhelming response to call for case studies for new WorldGBC report on green & healthy buildings
Wed, 2nd Aug 2017WorldGBC received over 60 submissions from 10 countries of buildings hoping to be showcased in an upcoming report showing the positive effects of green and healthy buildings on occupants' experience.
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JPMorgan Chase commits to 100% renewables & greater building energy efficiency
Fri, 28th Jul 2017JPMorgan Chase has made an ambitious commitment to source 100 per cent of its global energy needs from renewables and to reduce energy consumption in its buildings around the world.
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EmiratesGBC launches interactive website to promote green homes, offices & schools
Thu, 20th Jul 2017EmiratesGBC has launched a brand-new interactive website called Green Building Tooltips to encourage green building best practices in homes, offices and schools
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Homebuyers could borrow more with better forecasting of energy bills, says new research project involving UK-GBC
Tue, 18th Jul 2017More accurate assessments of home energy bills by mortgage lenders could vary loans by up to £11,500 between the most energy efficient properties and the most energy hungry homes, according to a new research.
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JLL UK accomplishes 78 per cent of sustainability targets
Mon, 17th Jul 2017JLL achieves 14 of its 18 corporate sustainability targets set in 2016, including cutting absolute energy across all corporate offices by 26 per cent since 2012.
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The power of communication - introducing our new blog
Mon, 4th Apr 2016On 3 December 2015, something truly remarkable happened. An unprecedented alliance of key players from within the buildings and construction industry...
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Indoor Air Quality and its Impact on Cognitive Functions
Sun, 20th Mar 2016A landmark report published in the fall by Harvard’s School of Public Health’s Center for Health and the Global Environment in conjunction with SUNY Update Medical University and Syracuse University...
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Health, wellbeing & the business case for green retail
Tue, 1st Mar 2016Napoleon was supposed to have called us “a nation of shopkeepers”. I imagine it wasn’t meant favourably, but 200 years on and retail accounts for 10% of employment, over 5% of GDP and apparently London is the “retail capital of the world” (according to BIS).
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Could greener stores improve the customer experience and lead to increased profit?
Fri, 5th Feb 2016Imagine if the supermarket you shopped in made you feel healthier or happier? If the assistants packing your groceries were more productive because the space they worked in had particularly good air quality and daylight?
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A world of wellbeing at our fingertips
Wed, 20th Jan 2016Early findings from a recent study show that our Head Office refurbishment is making people feel happier, healthier and more productive. This is good news for our radical programme to promote wellbeing and productivity across our portfolio.
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Better and better
Mon, 9th Nov 2015It’s no coincidence that the word ‘better’ features in two of the World Green Building Council’s current and high profile campaigns.
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Wellbeing and energy efficiency at the heart of SUSTAINABLE buildings
Thu, 1st Oct 2015COP21 is coming soon, and those who care about safeguarding future generations are advocating for a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions to limit global warming and its potentially disastrous consequences.
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Finding the feel-good factor
Mon, 21st Sep 2015Nobody likes being in a building that is too hot or too cold, too stuffy or draughty, dark or bright. People are uncomfortable in such places, unlikely to revisit them and often unproductive there. By contrast, common sense tells us better places are better for us.
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Putting people at the heart of property – Are we at a tipping point?
Thu, 17th Sep 2015This year, the discussions around health, wellbeing and productivity in the workplace feel very exciting, they’ve stepped up a gear and are motivating lots of real activity and changes to long-standing practices.
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Count Your Change: The WorldGBC Retail Metrics Framework
Thu, 10th Sep 2015The WorldGBC is currently developing and piloting a Retail Metrics Framework based on the Metrics Framework in last year’s landmark Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices report.
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