"The building industry has been increasing its capacity to deal with a whole raft of environmental issues for years. There are over 80 Green Building Councils on the ground in different countries and our focus has essentially been: how do we design better buildings, better communities to reduce energy demand from our sector."
The World Green Building Council is a union of national Green Building Councils from around the world, making it the largest international organisation influencing the green building marketplace. Their mission is to be the global voice for Green Building Councils and to facilitate the global transformation of the building industry towards sustainability.
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