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CIOB Joins UK Green Building Council

August 20, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS

Obtain a quoteThe Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) joined the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC).

According to CIOB, the goal of the not-for-profit, membership-based UK-GBC is to improve the sustainability of the built environment by transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated.

The UK-GBC is seeking out organisations that want to share knowledge and provide leadership within the U.K. and internationally to achieve a step change in the sustainability of the U.K. built environment.

Source: Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
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