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World Green Building Council

World Green Building Council
Abbreviation WorldGBC
Formation 2002
Type Organization
Head Terri Wills
Website www.worldgbc.org

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is a non-profit organization and a coalition of national Green Building Councils (GBCs). With member organizations in over 80 countries, it is the largest international organization influencing the green building marketplace. It also represents over 30,000 property and construction companies. The WorldGBC supports existing and emerging GBCs, and provides them with tools and strategies to promote green building across the globe. The WorldGBC also addresses global issues such as climate change.

The WorldGBC was founded at a meeting of representatives from eight national GBCs in November 1999 in California. The countries represented were Australia, Canada, Japan, Spain, Russia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. This meeting predated the creation of Green Buildings Councils in most of the countries in attendance.

The WorldGBC was formally incorporated in 2002. Its primary role was to formalize international communications, help industry leaders access emerging markets, and provide an international voice for green building initiatives. A secretariat was established in 2007 to respond to the growing international interest in green buildings. The secretariat was based in Toronto, Canada where it worked in conjunction with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), an organization that also focused on environmental conservation.

The founding officers of the WorldGBC were:

The WorldGBC is dedicated to creating a vast network of GBCs that meet a comparable standard and promote green building practices, strategies, and education throughout the world. The WorldGBC provides each member council with the framework and necessary resources for its implementation and operation. These green building councils are dedicated to improving building practices across the globe. Buildings are one of the primary consumers of energy and use 40% of raw global materials, which results in 3 billion tons per year.


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