World Green Building Week
World Green Building Week is led by the World Green Building Council (World GBC) and generally involves all of it 76 member countries. The first World Green Building Week was launched in 2011, marked by events in 27 countries and it has been a re-occuring event annually.
The 2024 World Green Building Week runs from 9-13 September, 2024 and key messages are "Reduce, Electrify, Adapt" under the theme "taking steps for a better future", calling for the construction industry as a whole to accelerate the transition to the green economy. For further information visit: https://worldgbc.org/wgbw24/
Previous events and themes are listed below:
- World Green Building Week 2023 - BuildingTheTransition
- World Green Building Week 2022 - BuildingforEveryone
- World Green Building Week 2021 - Building Resilience for Climate, People and Economies
- World Green Building Week 2020 - Act On Climate
- World Green Building Week 2019 - Building Life
- World Green Building Week 2018 - Home Green Home
- World Green Building Week 2017 - Our Hero Is Zero
- World Green Building Week 2016 - Change Your Perspective
- World Green Building Week 2015 - Powering Positive Change
- World Green Building Week 2014 - Get Up, Green Up
- World Green Building Week 2013 - Greener Buildings, Better Places, Healthier People
- World Green Building Week 2012 - Green Buildings for Great Communities
- World Green Building Week 2011 - Green Buildings in the New Green Economy
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