Earlier this month the new chairman of the World Green Building Council was announced. Rick Fedrizzi is also the President and founding Chairman of the US Green Building Council.
The out-going chairman, Tony Arnel who is also the Chair of Australia’s Green Building Council commented: “It’s been a great privilege to work with the World GBC’s network over the last three years.
“During this time, I’ve witnessed a fringe green movement become a mainstream industry. Governments have begun to wake up to the costs of climate change and recognise that buildings are truly the low hanging fruit.
“Technologies and practices which were once considered extraordinary are now business-as-usual. It is a great honour to pass the reigns of the WorldGBC into Rick’s steady hands.
“In the last decade, the global green building movement has recalibrated our vision for the world’s buildings and reminded us of why we create our buildings in the first place: for people.
He added: “Buildings – whether they are schools, hospitals, offices or homes, and whether at the design stage or during operation – should be based around the people within them; their purpose, their wellbeing.”