This section of the website is designed to help guide you through the world of green buildings

European countries urged to create ambitious plans for cutting emissions from buildings to meet Paris Agreement
Wed, 27th Apr 2016Governments, businesses, consumer groups and NGOs across Europe are being urged to come together to create ambitious plans for how their countries will cut emissions from existing buildings, in order to meet the Paris Agreement and halt global temperature rises.
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Let’s make 2016 a record breaking year for climate action
Fri, 22nd Apr 2016Later today, history will be made as the heads of state and politicians from over 150 countries gather at the UN headquarters in New York to officially approve the Paris Agreement...
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WorldGBC & EBRD collaborate to drive sustainable buildings
Wed, 20th Apr 2016The World Green Building Council’s Europe Regional Network and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in support of sustainable property development.
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Humanising the workplace
Wed, 20th Apr 2016A workplace should help you be your very best. Yet all too many offices, factories and laboratories overlook vital human factors that affect employee wellness and impact organisations.
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Volvo CE joins WorldGBC’s Corporate Advisory Board
Wed, 20th Apr 2016The World Green Building Council has today announced that Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has joined its Corporate Advisory Board
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World Health Day and the growing case to build with people in mind
Thu, 7th Apr 2016Today is World Health Day and this year’s theme is “Halt the rise: beat diabetes”. As you may be aware, one of the best ways to prevent diabetes is through regular physical activity...
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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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Research highlights which countries are leading on green building
Thu, 10th Mar 2016New research by the law firm Baker & McKenzie has highlighted which countries are leading on green building around the world.
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Which women are leading the way in the global green building movement?
Tue, 8th Mar 2016Today is International Women’s Day – an opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural political, and of course, environmental achievements of women around the world.
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World’s largest collaborative retrofit project launches to cut emissions from buildings
Tue, 1st Mar 2016The world’s largest collaborative project on building renovation has been officially launched today by Green Building Councils across Europe, in a bid to tackle one of the region’s biggest climate challenges – its existing buildings.
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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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Chairperson of GBC Indonesia Honoured
Fri, 24th May 2013GBC Indonesia’s Chairperson, Naning Adiwoso, has been acknowledged by Forbes Indonesia in its April 2013 edition, as one of Ten Inspiring Women for 2013.
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Latest GBC Brasil News
Mon, 20th May 2013The Arquiteta Cristina Hana Shoji and Engenheira Lourdes Cristina D. Printes represented Brazil in Bogota event CCCS Consejo Colombiano de Construcción Sostenible SBCI and UNEP-United Nations Environment Programme for Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative in Bogota, Colombia...
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Croatia Green Building Council has New Leadership
Fri, 17th May 2013At the annual General Assembly members of Croatia Green Building Council elected a new president and eight members of the Board.
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Construmat - Building Solutions World Congress
Fri, 17th May 2013The world’s top 65 experiences in building solutions will be showcased at the Building Solutions World Congress to reveal the keys to success for the sector.
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Arab-African Forum on Green Building, 17-19 Dec
Thu, 9th May 2013Egypt Green Building Council, (Egypt-GBC) and Regional office for Arab States of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, invite you to attend the Arab-African Forum for Green Building,[AAFGB], which will be held in Cairo, Egypt, 17-19th December, 2013.

Kuwait Green Building Forum on 30- 31, Oct, 2013.
Thu, 9th May 2013Kuwait Green Building Forum aims to educate, inform, network and unite forces for spreading the green building movement. It will provide developers, architects, building consultants, engineers, contractors, facility managers and decision makers with a platform to explore latest trends in green buildings and to showcase green building products, equipment, services and technologies.
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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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