The economy is not separate from society, but is part of it and should contribute to building green, inclusive societies.
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Lastly participants expressed a strong need of creating a global platform for sharing the knowledge and good practices in regard of building green economies and societies.
The expert meeting will focus on four thematic blocks: target the most affected and vulnerable, draw from a variety of knowledge sources, prepare for disaster, and building green societies through green job training.
Participants also recognized the process of building green economies and societies as a source of job creation in sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency in buildings and construction, sustainable transport, and organic farming.
It was also proposed to devote appropriate attention to the principle of equity, basic education and training, and gender issues, involving young people and women in the process of building green economies and societies.
It earned the label by meeting standards developed by the Indian Green Building Council, the local chapter of U.S. Green Building Council, which created LEED standards. (Here I must give a shout-out to my hometown San Francisco International Airport, whose Terminal 2 also won gold certification, soon after Delhi did.) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad also won a LEED-Silver rating.
And most recently President Obama has demonstrated his commitment to the Green Building industry when he issued in October 2009 Executive Order 13514, which requires Federal agencies to move to green building practices.
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Dynamic windows that can change transparency to manage solar heat gain, glare, and daylighting are building buzz in the green building world.
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We've had the Empire State Building go green to save green and show everyone that it can be done anywhere, in any building.
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The benefit to a building owner is that a green building can have lower costs and there are many studies that show an improvement in building occupant productivity.
Rob was the driving force behind the LEED building rating system at the US Green Building Council.
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Other international groups promised to invest up to three billion U.S. dollars in building the green wall.
Since the plans means building on green belt land, it will be referred to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
George Osborne, the chancellor, has hinted that councils should be more willing to allow building on green-belt land.
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Manheim Neighborhood Association President Rodney Knott shared his vision for building more green homes and training neighborhood folks in construction, so they are able to rehabilitate abandoned properties in the area.
But Paul King, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, supported the latest details outlined by Mr Clegg, saying that the Green Investment Bank would play a central role in the green economy.
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Every new building completed since 2006 has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
This is driving strong demand for smart grids, green building materials and the like.
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She ended up getting her Masters in Construction Engineering Management, with a focus on Green Building.
Contractors go through a GreenCheck process to make sure they are knowledgeable and capable about green building practices.
Here at the U.S. Green Building Council, we've seen an explosion in the number of existing buildings attaining LEED.
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Borchardt: There is no additional cost to design and build a green building.
Energy and durability are the two main focuses of the green building boom.
Rockwool is far from the only green building company to predict growth in 2012, despite the generally depressed housing market.
One of the first areas where Professor Bahaj will contribute to the council's policies is in green building development.
Abolish planning restrictions far more than has been done and be much less worried about building on the Green Belt.
In green building news, architects pushed the frontier of prefab architecture by installing surprising pop-up buildings around the world.
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Editor's Note: This blog introduces readers to Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
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This article was reprinted with permission from the Green Building Chronicle.
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