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The Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative (SBCI) is a partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the private sector, aiming at promoting sustainable buildings, with a special emphasis on minimizing their climate change contribution, and on ptimizing the performance over the entire life span of buildings. SBCI organizes every year in October the SBCI workshops presenting the work of SBCI and looking in more depth on a special issue of relevance to SBCI.

Global response to climate change in the building sector, organised by SBCI at Greenbuild 2006 Conference and Expo
Denver, Colorado - November 14-17, 2006

The workshop aimed to inform participants at Greenbuild about ongoing international efforts that addresses climate change within the building and construction sector.

Download the meeting report [Word - 1.47 Mo]

SBCI Workshop in Changsha (China)
October 16-17, 2006

The first SBCI Workshops were organized in Changsha, China on 16-17 October 2006. At this occasion the activities of SBCI since its inception in April were presented and discussed (day 1), and the special theme for the workshops, SBC in China, was presented in a special seminar (day 2). The SBCI Board also had a board meeting on day 3. The proceedings from the board meeting are accounted for in a separate report.

The meeting was generously hosted by Broad Air Conditioning at its Broad Town offices in Changsha. 49 participants from 14 countries participated in the meeting, including 11 SBCI members.

The meeting was co-chaired by the head for the Production & Consumption Branch of UNEP, Mr. Arab Hoballah, and the SBCI Chairman, Mr. Olivier Luneau, also Vice-President Public Affairs at Lafarge.

Download the meeting report [PDF - 70 Ko]