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Buildings Feature in Sustainia's 100 Solutions
Thu, 11th Jun 2015The 2015 Sustainia 100 study showcases 100 sustainability solutions from around the world. These innovative ideas highlight new and original ways to save resources and build better homes and lives, and buildings feature prominently amongst them
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Philippine GBC Chairman Recognised
Mon, 8th Jun 2015Ramon Rufino, Chairman of the Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC), has been named Property Report's Real Estate Personality of the Year at the third annual Philippines Property Awards
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GBCSA Celebrates Milestone 100 Green Star SA Certifications
Sun, 7th Jun 2015Greening in the South African commercial property sector has reached a significant milestone with 100 Green Star SA certifications by the Green Building Council SA
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Slovak GBC Holds Successful Green Building Conference
Sun, 7th Jun 2015The Slovak Green Building Council and publishing house Eurostav recently held the council’s fifth annual conference, “Sustainability in Architecture and Construction.” This international conference is Slovakia’s most significant event focused on sustainability in construction.
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Seeking Australia's Future Green Leaders
Tue, 2nd Jun 2015The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) is calling for nominations for this year’s Future Green Leader Award
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We Welcome Our New CEO
Mon, 1st Jun 2015We welcome our new Chief Executive Officer, Terri Wills, who joins us on 1 June. Terri will lead our initiatives to support members, promote collaboration and innovation, and play an advocacy and policy role to accelerate global change
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BUILD UPON Launch Report Released
Fri, 29th May 2015Our flagship European project, BUILD UPON, aims to build a community, a place for us to come together. Our mission is to work with European stakeholders to co-create ambitious national strategies to improve our existing buildings: your community spaces
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BUILD UPON Launch Report
Fri, 29th May 2015Our flagship European project, BUILD UPON, aims to build a community, a place for us to come together. Our mission is to work with European stakeholders to co-create ambitious national strategies to improve our existing buildings: your community spaces.
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Call for Case Studies
Thu, 28th May 2015Do you know of projects that show how green building or retrofitting have improved people’s lives
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Congress 2015 Registration Now Open
Wed, 27th May 2015Registration is now open for WorldGBC Congress 2015 Hong Kong.
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Nominations for Europe Regional Awards Still Open
Tue, 26th May 2015Nominations for the Europe Regional Leadership Awards 2015 are still open. Nominate a green building champion in your country now
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India Stacks Up 3 Billion Square Feet of Green Building Space
Mon, 25th May 2015The green building movement continues to gain momentum in India, with the country recently reaching three billion square feet of registered green building space
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A Message From The Africa Regional Network Chair 2
Wed, 1st May 2013In the last quarter we have received tentative enquiries from two new countries - Benin and Tanzania, so interest continues to spread.
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Coast Expo and the Green Coast Award
Wed, 1st May 2013Coast Expo, the most qualified event in Italy dedicated to coastal zone management and protection takes place from 18th to 20th September 2013 at Ferrara Fiere Congressi, in parallel with RemTech Expo 2013, the most specialized expo dedicated to remediation technologies and territory requalification.
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News from the Green Building Council of Mauritius
Wed, 1st May 2013The Government of Mauritius is currently working on the design of a Green School. GBCM is assisting in the design phase with valuable input on sustainable building practice. The retrofit of the existing governmental school aims to be Mauritius first green school.
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The Countdown Has Begun!
Wed, 1st May 2013As of today the clock is ticking on what might just be the greatest challenge the European built environment community has ever undertaken. There is now exactly one year for EU governments to establish long-term national renovation strategies, which somehow have to result in reducing energy use across the entire existing building stock by a massive 80% by 2050 against 2010 levels.
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A Message From The Asia Pacific Regional Network Chair
Sun, 28th Apr 2013It’s been a great start to 2013 building on a productive and successful 2012 for the WorldGBC Asia Pacific Network (APN).
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A Message from the Europe Regional Network Chair
Sun, 28th Apr 2013"There is a real sense of growing cohesion across the Europe Network, as GBCs build on the things they have in common and proactively share lessons learned. It was great to be able to share some of what we’ve been doing in the UK through an ‘open house’ forum at UK-GBC just before Ecobuild in March, with a wide range of Councils from across the Europe region and beyond, and to go on to a very productive Network meeting during the conference and exhibition itself. As ever we focused on where we could do more together – around education, events, awards and policy, and each of the taskforces has a packed agenda to deliver over the coming months.
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A Message from the Americas Regional Network Chair 2
Sun, 28th Apr 2013The WorldGBC Americas Regional Network (ARN) is a coalition of 24 Green Building Councils (GBCs) across the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, working to drive collaboration and increasing the profile of the green building market. Our purpose is to ensure that green buildings and urban planning are part of national strategies to reduce the built environment’s impact on natural resources and biodiversity.
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Emirates GBC Updates
Sun, 28th Apr 2013Emirates Green Building Council will host its 2nd Annual EGBC Congress on 11-12 December 2013 in Dubai, UAE. The theme of the EGBC Congress will be “Building a Green Future”.
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Singapore Green Building Council Updates April 2013
Sun, 28th Apr 2013A new Board has been elected for 2013-2015 at Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC), with Mr. Ng Eng Kiong as new President. He is taking over from Mr. Tai Lee Siang, who will serve as the Immediate Past President for the coming two years.
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HKGBC Latest Updates - April 2013
Sun, 28th Apr 2013HKGBC put forward an activation plan for the HK3030 Campaign at this remarkable event on 3 March 2013, with the witness of officiating guests from various government bureaux and departments, as well as key stakeholders like the professional institutions, education sector and the green groups.
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New Green Leaders Emerge in Australia
Tue, 23rd Apr 2013As 2012 drew to a close, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) celebrated its most successful year, with 145 Green Star projects certified.
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