Green Building Councils - Romania Green Building Council, Nahbgreen, United States Green Building Council, UK Green Building Council (Paperback)

Chapters: Romania Green Building Council, Nahbgreen, United States Green Building Council, Uk Green Building Council, Canada Green Building Council. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Romania Green Building Council is a non-profit association of businesses encouraging the market, educational, and legislative conditions necessary to promote high performance construction that is both environmentally responsible and profitable. The RoGBC is officially accredited as an "Emerging council" with the World Green Building Council. RoGBC was formed in 2008 and since then it brings together companies and organizations from a variety of real estate and construction-related industries. The organization is owned by its members and governed by a Board of Directors which appoint an Executive Committee and CEO to perform the regular activities of the organization and work toward reaching its objectives. Membership is divided in four categories with different rights and responsibilities: founding partners, partners, members and associate members. On its official website, the RoGBC describes its formation as follows: The mission of Romania Green Building Council, is to "create an exemplary development model for the region by ensuring the built environment will not imperil future generations but rather be a source of safety, comfort, innovation, and opportunity." The RoGBC's activities interfere with different areas of interest for the construction industry, some of which are the following: In the current building environment, where buildings account for one-sixth of the world's fresh water withdrawals, one-quarter of its wood harvest, and two-fifths of its material and energy flows (Roodman and Lenssen, 1995) there is an acute necessity for applying the princi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2307975