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In the article "Buildings don’t use energy: people do", author Kathryn B.Janda from Environmental Change Institute of Oxford University talks about how even though the architectural solutions offered by the 2030 challenge are indispensable, they are not enough to fight the negative environmental effects of the building sector. [13]
In 1990, the world's first green building standard was released in the UK. In 1992, because the "United Nations Conference on Environment and Development" promoted sustainable development, green buildings gradually became the direction of development. In 1993, the United States created the Green Building Association.
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is a non-profit organisation and global network of national Green Building Councils (GBCs). [1] It has member councils in over 70 countries worldwide, which collectively have 49,000 members (25,000 member companies and 24,000 individual members).
Since 1994, much progress to sustainable construction has been made all over the world. According to a 2015 Green Building Economic Impact Study released by U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the green building industry contributes more than $134.3 billion in labor income to working Americans. The study also found that green construction's ...
Both trends started in the 1980s. ... World Green Building Council; Passivhaus Institut German institute for passive buildings This page was last edited ...
EEWH is the abbreviation of "Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction, and Health" and is established in 1999 as the fourth green building label certification in the world. It is currently the only green building evaluation system independently developed in tropical and subtropical climates, and most especially for high-temperature and high ...
A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site [1] [2] or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows ...
A Green Building Council (GBC) is any national non-profit, non-government organization that is part of a global network recognized by the World Green Building Council. A green building council's goal is to promote a transformation of the built environment towards one that is sustainable (buildings and cities that are environmentally sensitive ...