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Better Places for People: Join our webinars during World Green Building Week!
Fri, 17th Aug 2018During World Green Building Week 2018, WorldGBC will be hosting a series of webinars through our Better Places for People project. Join WorldGBC's Catriona Brady to learn more about health and wellbeing in green building!
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Workplace transformation: How Polish GBC is inspiring a nation of green & healthy offices
Thu, 9th Aug 2018Polish GBC’s latest research proves the indisputable link between buildings and their users’ health, productivity and wellbeing, helping strengthen the business case for green and healthy offices - and Poland is now listening, blogs Alicja Kuczera.
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Amid Climate Uncertainty, Zero-Carbon Buildings Offer a Guiding North Star
Fri, 3rd Aug 2018Decarbonizing the building sector, one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gases provides the best means in which to realize gains for both occupant and global health, explains WRI's Emma Stewart.
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Find out the latest from WorldGBC's Better Places for People project
Wed, 25th Jul 20182018 is shaping up to be a busy and exciting year for WorldGBC's Better Places for People project and today we are pleased to share the latest updates from the project, including a new Project Manager, new sponsor VELUX Group and recent project activities.
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A Green & Healthy Retrofit – India’s Platinum Case Study
Mon, 16th Jul 2018India’s Paharpur Business Centre offers a refreshing new flavour to the health and wellbeing industry. It’s an internationally relevant example of healthy, resource efficient design that is operating in an existing building and certified with a methodology developed for the local culture, blogs WorldGBC's Catriona Brady.
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WorldGBC announces finalists for its Asia Pacific Leadership in Green Building Awards
Mon, 16th Jul 2018Today, WorldGBC announced the finalists for its 2018 Asia Pacific Leadership in Green Building Awards. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony at the annual SGBC Gala Dinner in Singapore on 6 September 2018.
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Our Hero is Zero: Leading Canada's built environment towards net zero carbon emissions
Thu, 12th Jul 2018With June 2018 officially marking the half way point of the CaGBC Zero Carbon Pilot Program, CaGBC’s Fin Macdonald updates us on the latest from the program.
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Creating Green and Resilient Cities – with Women as Leaders
Mon, 9th Jul 2018In WorldGBC's latest blog in the series for Women's eNews, CEO Terri Wills and Asia Pacific Network Regional Head Joelle Chen define what makes a green and resilient city - and which cities are leading the way on liveability.
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New green building leaders join WorldGBC's Board of Directors
Mon, 2nd Jul 2018WorldGBC has elected a new Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary of its Board of Directors, while four existing members have been re-appointed and two new global green building leaders have joined the Board.
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Notes from the Network: How Buildings Connect People to the Planet
Tue, 19th Jun 201894% of people living in the Americas can be impacted by the 16 Green Building Councils that work across the region, therefore, the importance of working as a network comes as a top priority, blogs Juanita Alvarez following the Americas Regional Network meeting in Toronto.
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WorldGBC launches #HomeGreenHome resources for World Green Building Week 2018
Tue, 19th Jun 2018WorldGBC has today launched the resources for this year’s World Green Building Week, under the theme #HomeGreenHome, which focuses on green homes.
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Major European banks launch new green mortgage scheme
Thu, 14th Jun 2018Today, the (WorldGBC) Europe network and 37 major European banks launched a new energy efficiency mortgage pilot scheme, marking a major signal from investors that green building is a key growth market for Europe.
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WorldGBC appoints first Regional Head for Africa Network – Jane Afrane
Fri, 1st Dec 2017WorldGBC is excited to announce the appointment of our first full-time Regional Head for the Africa Regional Network – Jane Afrane.
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European Green Building Councils urge Europe not to ignore its renovation potential
Thu, 30th Nov 2017Green Building Councils from across Europe are urging their governments to champion strong EU policy – particularly around building renovation - that helps to deliver on global climate change goals.
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Green improvements in school buildings have positive impacts on student performance, show new WorldGBC infographics
Wed, 29th Nov 2017Achieving optimal levels in school buildings for air quality, lighting, temperature and acoustics through green improvements, can help students achieve their full potential, new infographics from WorldGBC show.
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The role of buildings at COP23
Mon, 13th Nov 2017WorldGBC attended the COP23 climate change conference, in Bonn, Germany, to urge governments to work in coordination with companies, cities and communities to decarbonise the building and construction sector
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Global study on how offices impact employee productivity & health, launched by Harvard University with backing from UTC and JLL
Tue, 7th Nov 2017A study that will examine how the indoor environments of 100 office buildings around the world impact employee productivity and health has been launched by Harvard University.
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Knauf Insulation celebrates double sustainability breakthrough
Mon, 6th Nov 2017The global insulation company and a member of WorldGBC’s Europe Regional Network has achieved two of its core 2020 sustainability targets this year, four years ahead of schedule.
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WorldGBC announces Congress 2018 to be held in Toronto – with Canada Green Building Council
Thu, 2nd Nov 2017WorldGBC is delighted to announce that its Congress 2018 will be held in Toronto, Canada, in June, in partnership with the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) Building Lasting Change conference.
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Be a green building pioneer! Join an EU workshop to test Level(s) reporting framework
Tue, 31st Oct 2017Take part in the European Commission's testing phase for Level(s) - a new voluntary reporting framework aimed at improving the sustainability of buildings – by joining a special workshop on 4 December in Brussels
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New reports set out actions for how green mortgages can meet EU climate & building renovation goals
Thu, 26th Oct 2017A series of new reports published today set out the actions needed to ensure mortgage lending can support the EU’s climate and building renovation goals.
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Join green buildings leaders at COP23 – Registration for ‘Building Action Symposium’ now open
Mon, 23rd Oct 2017How can the building and construction sector help to achieve the Paris Agreement? Find out by joining green building leaders at this year’s COP23 climate change conference in Bonn, Germany.
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Former WorldGBC Chair Bruce Kerswill receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Wed, 18th Oct 2017Bruce Kerswill, the former Chair of the World Green Building Council, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA)
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Green Building Councils forge new path on energy efficient mortgages
Tue, 17th Oct 2017Ten Green Building Councils from Europe met in London today ahead of the publication of new research strengthening the case for energy efficient mortgages.
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Building a better Bogotá
Thu, 9th Nov 2017Bogotá is the biggest city in Colombia and it’s growing fast. Colombia Green Building Council explains how it is rising to the challenges associated with this growth through the BEA programme.
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Building for body clocks: How human-centric lighting can improve people’s wellbeing & performance
Wed, 8th Nov 2017In the latest in our Better Places for People blog series, Harry Verhaar of Philips Lighting looks at the need to focus not on daylighting or artificial lighting, but on “human-centric” lighting.
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Voices of efficiency: Dubai's quest to improve energy performance starts with benchmarking
Fri, 3rd Nov 2017As part of the Building Efficiency Accelerator project, Emirates Green Building Council discuss Dubai's benchmarking project as part of a proposed policy to improve energy performance labels for existing buildings.
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Recognising rights and dignity: Green, affordable homes in Jordan
Mon, 30th Oct 2017Jordan faces big challenges when it comes to natural resources - exacerbated by the refugee crisis in neighbouring Syria. Jordan GBC explains how its Green Affordable Homes project is providing a solution.
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Charting a course towards carbon neutral portfolios
Wed, 25th Oct 2017What does a carbon neutral building or precinct look like? For years, we had no definitive answer. But now we do, writes Romilly Madew, CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia.
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How green building is facilitating rapid sustainable growth in Africa
Tue, 24th Oct 2017In this blog written for GBCSA's 10 year anniversary book, WorldGBC's Dominika Czerwinska discusses how green building is helping facilitate rapid economic, environmental and social growth across Africa.
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Wellbeing: Quality not quantity
Wed, 18th Oct 2017In the latest in our Better Places for People blog series, Henry Pelly at Max Fordham discusses how designers need to think about optimising intangible and qualitatively measured wellbeing objectives.
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Air quality in green buildings: Re-imagining the balance between ventilation & carbon emissions
Wed, 11th Oct 2017Our blog series on the tensions and compatibilities between reducing carbon emissions and improving health and wellbeing in buildings continues with Jenn McArthur from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
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My passage to India: Green Building Councils unite in Jaipur
Tue, 10th Oct 2017Following a trip to Jaipur for WorldGBC's annual Members' Day and AGM, Georgina Eldridge, our Marketing and Communications Officer, talks about how India is inspiring green building.
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Championing our cause – The winners of WorldGBC’s Global Awards 2017
Thu, 5th Oct 2017WorldGBC Chairman Tai Lee Siang writes about why he chose the winners of this year's Chairman's Award and the David Gottfried Global Green Building Entrepreneurship Award.
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Comfortably compatible: Building features that reduce carbon & promote wellbeing
Wed, 4th Oct 2017In the fourth article in our series of blogs on the potential tensions between reducing carbon and promoting wellbeing, WorldGBC looks at building features where compatibilities exist.
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Green building – it’s child’s play
Fri, 29th Sep 2017What happened when two WorldGBC staff members visited a classroom of school children during World Green Building Week to introduce green buildings? Dominika Czerwinska explains.
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