Educate planners and contractors on how to construct and maintain green buildings

 
Raising awareness and training personnel on green buildings is essential, not just for construction but for renewable energy installations, pollution and waste reduction systems, and checks on air quality. Many of these require rigorous qualifications and state-of-the-art techniques to ensure a transition to reliable and safe low-carbon infrastructure.

The World Green Building Council, which started in the United Kingdom and now has offices worldwide, provides a wide range of studies, seminars and awareness campaigns on the importance and cost-effectiveness of green buildings. It has launched the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, which calls on cities, regions, states and companies to commit to achieving net-zero operating emissions by 2030 and net-zero buildings by 2050. To date, 35 countries use GBC expertise to green their buildings at local or national level, and 42 stakeholders have signed the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, committing to reduce CO2 emissions by 221 million tonnes of CO2eq, the equivalent to taking 47.3 million cars off the road each year.

The Concrete Centre in the United Kingdom also provides guidance on how to use concrete and masonry to construct sustainable buildings that are highly energy-efficient, resilient, comfortable and affordable. In support of this, they have created a package of information and tools to accompany e-learning modules on concrete materials and design.

EXPLORE FURTHER

Report: Tackling Environmental Problems with the Help of Behavioural Insights, OECD (2017)

Report: Transition to sustainable buildings, International Energy Agency (2013)