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Green growth indicators
This page visualised the key data for 'Green Growth Indicators 2017' report, by allowing users to compare the air pollution, carbon production, land resources and green innovation in between OECD countries.
Briefing paper
Energy efficiency brief – Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgia will soon be releasing its first National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP), which covers a comprehensive set of policies and cross-sectoral measures in power, transport, industry, buildings and services. Energy demand in Georgia stems primarily from transport (33 per cent), the residential sector (30 per cent) and industry (15 per cent). In 2017 Tbilisi...
Article
Benchmarking in cities
USGBC local communities around the country are helping cities jumpstart their building performance benchmarking efforts. And the results are pretty exciting. After four years of benchmarking in New York City, buildings there are using almost 15 percent less energy according to MIT professor David Hsu, one of the most widely recognized experts in energy benchmarking...
Report
Building the business case: health, wellbeing and productivity in green offices
Employers, building owners, designers, developers, and investors throughout the world are learning, in response to an increasing body of evidence, that office design affects the health and wellbeing of occupants in many ways and so it is a smart business move to create green buildings that are healthy. Staff are the most valuable resource in...
Presentation
Municipal engagement in international forums to advance energy efficiency in buildings: the case of Mexico City
In the absence of a strong national code or a gap between code adoption and implementation, cities can take initiative. One option is to engage with international platforms and forums.