UNEP Launches Sustainable Building and Construction Initiative

Recognizing the role of construction in the global economy and planetary ecology, in February 2006 the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) launched the Sustainable Building and Construction Initiative (SBCI). Part of UNEP’s Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics (DTIE), SBCI will establish global baselines for green building, develop tools and strategies to help companies meet those baselines, promote and support the adoption of those green building tools and strategies, and implement pilot projects in both developed and developing countries. The building sector employs over 100 million people worldwide, according to SBCI, and contributes about 10% of global gross domestic product.
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