Europe Regional Network


The Europe Regional Network is a coalition of Green Building Councils (GBCs) around Europe that work together in their common mission to shift the market to green building practices. Together they become more that the sum of their parts in furthering policy and education initiatives and building capacity within the European Region.

The European Region holds both great opportunities but also significant challenges due to its geographic and cultural diversity, and the wide range of practice with regards to green building.

The development of the Europe Regional Network has been gradual and organic, arising from networking and communications between various GBCs in Europe. The UKGBC and German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), as the first Established GBCs in the region, began looking forward to the opportunities of bringing influence on the European region scale. Meanwhile, other GBCs in the region (at various stages of development) began networking in order to learn from one another’s successes and challenges.

Currently, 29 GBCs at various levels of development- bringing significant strength, representation and potential for driving the green building agenda from a regional scale.

Meetings

The Europe Regional Network meetings are paired with GBC conferences.

  • 2009 Consense Conference in Stuttgart
    The initial discussions around developing a Europe Regional Network began at the 2009 Consense Conference in Stuttgart, which was attended by several GBC groups. At this point in time a pilot network model was introduced in the Asia Pacific Region.
  • 2010 Build Green CEE Conference in Budapest
    The next official Europe Regional Network meeting was held at the Build Green CEE Conference in Budapest (April 2010) where discussions around the needs of (and possible structure for) the Network yielded three main areas of focus: Capacity Building, Education and Policy. Tapping in to the resources currently available it was agreed that the European Network would have a coordinator, a Policy Taskforce, an Education Taskforce and a possible Steering Committee in the future.
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  • 2010 Consense Conference in Stuttgart
    The third Europe Regional Network Meeting took place at the 2010 Consense Conference in Stuttgart (June 23-24th). This meeting held very positive results in further developing the network into a strong coalition of GBCs focused on supporting one another's initiatives while coming together to further the green building agenda within the region.
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  • 2010 SAIE International Building Exhibition in Bologna, Italy
    The Europe Regional Network Meeting met on October 26th in Bologna, Italy in line with the SAIE 2010. This meeting had the aim to review key actions of the last meeting, to introduce possible sponsors for supporting the Network, to discuss common challenges of the GBCs partners on Policy and “Green Building” Education Programs across Europe and further strengthened the direction and strategy of the network going forward.
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  • 2011 EcoBuild in London, UK
    The latest Europe Regional Network meeting, organized by the UKGBC, took place on March 4th in London, UK in line with the EcoBuild 2011 Conference, the world's biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment. This meeting showcased a rapid progression in the development and organization of the Network since the last meeting and set a new momentum forward.
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  • 2011 CONSTRUMAT in Barcelona, Spain
    The next Europe Regional Network meeting will take place in Barcelona, Spain on May 20th, in line with the CONSTRUMAT Conference hosted by GBC España. Here some more information
  • 2011 European Commission in Brussels, Belgium
    During the WorldGreenBuildingWeek 2011 the GBCs will meet at the EU in Brussels. There will be a parliamentary reception with members of the European Parliament on September 22, 2011, followed by the Europe Regional Network Meeting on September 23, 2011.
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  • 2011 Symposium Expo Gala in Krakow, Poland
    The last quarterly meeting for 2011 took place in Cracow, Poland on November 15th hosted by the Polish Green Building Council. Focus of this meeting was a main overview and discussion of network activities, followed by side meeting around specific topics proposed for discussions.
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  • 2012 EcoBuild Conference in London, UK
    The next Europe Network meeting has been scheduled for March 19th in London alongside the EcoBuild Conference. More details around the meeting will be posted in early 2012.
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