Climate Change and Green Economy opportunities

Steven Borncamp – Romania Green Building Council

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objectives

- short history on the RoGBC- opportunities in a green economy- enthusiastic support!

a very short history…

fragmented interest

Romania green building council

…is a non-profit association of businesses encouraging the market, legislative, and educational conditions to promote high performance construction that is both sustainable and profitable.

RoGBC activities

- networking between investors and solution providers- training - awareness building - support regulatory conditions- pilot projects- knowledge sharing- position Romania as a leader in sustainable

construction

Number of Building projects

Minimum legal

standard

Energy efficiency

Innovation

USA Canada UK MexicoTaiwan

Emirates Brasil AustraliaIndia

Germany

New Zealand

An “emerging member” of the…

towards a greener economy…

…with innovation, quality, and economic opportunity

what is the additional cost?

what is the additional cost?

300-400%

green finance

green mortgages

natural daylight

air quality

health, productivity, retail, thinking….

living building video

RoGBC supports- strengthening for the Energy Performance for Building Directive (EPBD)- Fiscal and other incentives for achieving high energy efficiency in the construction and operation of new and existing buildings- Incentives for the availability and use of sustainable construction materials

RoGBC supports- The improvement and relaunch of the “casa verde” program- Use of green criteria to provide non-financial incentives - Promotion of energy efficient and sustainable construction practices for the “Do It Yourself” market

multumesc

thank you

steven.borncamp@RoGBC.org

www.RoGBC.org