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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.
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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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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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