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Gensler, Siemens and Lendlease join WorldGBC Corporate Advisory Board for 2018
Tue, 5th Jun 2018The three companies are the latest additions to the Corporate Advisory Board, a select group of companies which are global leaders on sustainability, and which serve to guide WorldGBC on its strategy and activities.
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Kenya Green Building Society signs an MOU with Climate Bonds Initiative to stimulate take up of green buildings
Mon, 28th May 2018KGBS will work with Climate Bonds Initiative to help government and private sector actors take advantage by incorporating green debt into their investment processes and mitigating climate risks connected to their assets.
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Celebrating Diversity on Africa Day: What Green Building Means for African Communities
Fri, 25th May 2018Africa Day marks the moment when 32 countries formed what is now the African Union with its 55-member states. This Africa Day, we're talking about what green building means for African Communities and why collaboration is essential for a sustainable future.
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How one pilot project could inspire a green building revolution
Wed, 23rd May 2018Knauf Insulation Experience Center in Slovenia was selected to participate in the testing phase for Level(s); Knauf's Laura Croze blogs on how this pilot project could spearhead a new green building revolution in Europe.
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100% renewable energy for all worldwide is possible: Q&A with Mark Z. Jacobson
Thu, 17th May 2018In this exclusive Q&A, Mark Z. Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University tells WorldGBC about his theory for a world powered by 100% renewable energy and the three separate ways to avoid running out of energy.
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Notes from the Network: The buildings blocks to a greener future in Africa
Wed, 16th May 2018With 76% of Sub–Saharan Africa suffering from severe energy poverty despite being energy rich, what are the opportunities for green building to help secure a prosperous, climate-resilient and sustainable future for Africa? Jane Afrane visited Mauritius for the 4th Africa Geen Building Summit to find out.
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Level(s) Testing Phase - Everything You Need to Know!
Thu, 3rd May 2018Audrey Nugent, Senior Policy Advisor of the Europe Regional Network, outlines the stages of the Level(s) testing phase, a new framework that is set to transform the European building market.
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Building a Better Tomorrow: Q&A with WRI President & CEO Andrew Steer
Wed, 2nd May 2018In this exclusive Q&A, President and CEO of the WRI Andrew Steer discusses how revolutionising the green building industry will be key to achieving the developmental and environmental goals laid out in the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.
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How a green building improved my working day
Tue, 1st May 2018After experiencing numerous health and wellbeing benefits resulting from implementing green building features into the design of their new London office, Landsec's Edward Vaughan Dixon urges companies worldwide to follow suit and realise the results for themselves.
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Take part in the 2018 Dodge Data Analytics Green Building Survey
Tue, 1st May 2018The World Green Building Council is supporting Dodge Data to conduct the fourth iteration of the World Green Building Trends study and we invite companies to take this survey to share their insights.
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Doing Right by Planet and People: The Business Case for Health and Wellbeing in Green Building
Tue, 24th Apr 2018In conjunction with Earth Day, the World Green Building Council's new report Doing Right by Planet and People: The Business Case for Health and Wellbeing in Green Building urges companies to make green improvements.
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New report makes business case for building green with health and wellbeing features
Tue, 24th Apr 2018New WorldGBC report highlights the tangible economic benefits of green building and showcases how occupant satisfaction imrpoves when companies implement green building features in existing green structures.
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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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Better thinking, better health in green-certified buildings
Mon, 31st Oct 2016By 2050 nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. This means more buildings will be needed, and buildings already consume 40% of global energy. Clearly, the future of buildings and the future of sustainability go hand in hand.
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The New Urban Agenda and the green building movement
Wed, 26th Oct 2016As I made my journey home from Habitat 3, leaving behind the beautiful city of Quito in Ecuador, I reflected on what exactly the New Urban Agenda means to our Green Building Council movement
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When is a building 'circular'?
Thu, 6th Oct 2016If you thought this was a good example of a 'circular' building, you've got a lot of catching up to do, and now is the perfect time to start…
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Green Building Councils provide leadership on zero carbon buildings
Fri, 30th Sep 2016Last December in Paris at COP21, nearly 200 countries came together to forge an unprecedented agreement: to “limit global average temperatures to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels...
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Walking the talk – the new UK-GBC & WorldGBC office, London
Thu, 29th Sep 2016In January this year, we announced details of our project to refurbish our London headquarters, which is also home to some of our friends and colleagues from World Green Building Council.
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Philips' report advocates Better Places for People
Tue, 27th Sep 2016Philips, a founding member of the WorldGBC’s Corporate Advisory Board, has announced ambitious new targets for international lighting standards that will inherently lead to greener and healthier offices.
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Changing perspectives on green buildings
Mon, 26th Sep 2016When people think about combatting climate change, certain images pop into their heads: coal power stations replaced by solar panels; smog-spewing trucks superseded by silent electric vehicles...
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Active House – Green AND healthy
Wed, 21st Sep 2016With the release of new reports on residential health and wellbeing in 2016, such as the VELUX Healthy Homes Barometer and the UKGBC Healthy Homes Report...
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Fit for the job - What it means to be a member of WorldGBC
Mon, 5th Sep 2016In my role as Director of Membership, I’m often asked “what does it take to be a member of the World Green Building Council?”, “who’s in the club?”...
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How can we make offices more comfortable?
Tue, 30th Aug 2016At Better Places for People, we’ve talked a lot about how thermal comfort is a very important factor for an occupant’s health and wellbeing...
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Better places for a better bottom line
Tue, 23rd Aug 2016In the WorldGBC’s 2014 Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices report, we provided the evidence that strongly links office environments and productivity in the workplace...
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Health, wellbeing and productivity – What we’re doing in the UK
Tue, 16th Aug 2016We at UK-GBC are very keen participants of WorldGBC’s Better Places for People campaign. It seems to us that good health and wellbeing...
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