Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Global Enterprise and Sustainable Development (Ming Xu)

/sandbox Formation Inception The organisation was founded in the autumn of 2006 and launched on February 2007 in response to the 2004 Sustainable Building Task Group Report, which called for the "advisory bodies concerned with sustainable buildings to be simplified and consolidated to provide a clear direction for industry". Goals Main goal: The goal of the UK Green Building Council is to improve environmental sustainability by changing the way construction projects are planned, designed, constructed, maintained, and operated. The organization offers clarity, cohesion and leadership to a disparate sector, and brings together anyone involved in the complex process of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating buildings. Other objectives Registered Charity: The UK Green Building Council is a registered charity that works with its members, mostly businesses, but also NGOs, government agencies and academic institutions, in order to deliver radical change in the way homes and buildings are built for a more sustainable built environment. It is concerned with homes and non-domestic buildings, both new and existing, and the infrastructure that binds them together. Challenges The built environment accounts for 40%-50% of natural resource use, 20% of water-use, 30%-40% of energy use, and ⅓ of CO2 emissions. Building green buildings is the solution for the future because the construction and property sector is the forefront of finding solutions to climate change. Structure The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) is a membership organisation that is campaigning for a sustainable built environment – one that minimises negative environmental impacts while maximising benefits for people everywhere. Task groups Membership Fees Benefits Progress & Successful programs Criticisms Associated Policies & Government Involvement List of References http://www.ukgbc.org/site/aboutus http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/feb/28/communities.society www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=5961