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The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is a non-profit organization and a coalition of national Green Building Councils (GBCs). With member organizations in over 80 countries, it is the largest international organization influencing the green building marketplace. It also represents over 30,000 property and construction companies. The WorldGBC supports existing and emerging GBCs, and provides them with tools and strategies to promote green building across the globe. The WorldGBC also addresses global issues such as climate change. ==History== The WorldGBC was founded at a meeting of representatives from eight national GBCs in November 1999 in California. The countries represented were Australia, Canada, Japan, Spain, Russia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. This meeting predated the creation of Green Buildings Councils in most of the countries in attendance. The WorldGBC was formally incorporated in 2002. Its primary role was to formalize international communications, help industry leaders access emerging markets, and provide an international voice for green building initiatives. A secretariat was established in 2007 to respond to the growing international interest in green buildings. The secretariat was based in Toronto, Canada where it worked in conjunction with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), an organization that also focused on environmental conservation.〔 The founding officers of the WorldGBC were: * Ché Wall, of Lincolne Scott Pty Ltd. and the Green Building Council of Australia * Rick Fedrizzi, of Greenthink, LLC. and the founding chair of the US Green Building Council * Nellie Cheng, of the Canada Housing Mortgage Corporation and the Canada Green Building Council * Huston Eubank, of Rock Mountain Institute Green Development Services * Dan Slone, of McGuire Woods * David Gottfried, of WorldBuild Technologies Inc.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Green Building Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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