looking ahead
2023 highlights
THIRD PARTY
ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS
Who We Are
Multi-Stakeholder Board + Principles
Transparent + Equitable Practices
who we are
"Serving as GBI Board Chair was a transformative experience for me. We had an incredible year of growth in 2023. The opportunities to serve with other industry leaders during my year as Chair allowed me to learn about the trends and directions in the world of building sustainability."
Amlan Mukherjee PhD, PE 2023 Board Chair
Multi-Stakeholder
Board of Directors
GBI Board member Sumayyah Theron, shown here with Tim Thiel, Board Chair, and Vicki Worden, President & CEO attending ASHRAE's Winter Conference in Chicago.
The Green Building Initiative is governed by a multi-stakeholder board of directors featuring representatives that are building owners, architects, engineers, consultants, academics, and members of industry, including NGOs, manufacturers, and service providers. Board members are recruited using an open call for nominations and work together to develop GBI's long-term strategy for growing its sustainability impact while overseeing GBI's assets on behalf of its members, stakeholders, and the public.
Decrease carbon emissions and support growth of carbon neutral buildings.
Improve water efficiency through strategies that include reducing consumption, increasing recycling, and using alternative sources of water.
Promote health and well-being through excellence in planning for design, construction, use, accessibility, operations, maintenance, and low impact deconstruction of buildings.
Pursue the goal of zero waste using life-cycle thinking to reduce, reuse, recover, and recycle while emphasizing responsible design, production, purchasing, and consumption.
Support the use and advancement of smart buildings and other technology in achieving sustainability, health, and resilience objectives.
Provide quality education that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce for all levels of learners.
Foster respectful and inclusive communities where transparency, consensus, due process, diversity, equity, inclusivity, openness, and innovation are guiding tenets.
Encourage collaborative reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives and U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward collective action and achievement of positive, measurable impacts.
GBI’s primary objectives and principles are to:
Multi-Stakeholder Board + Principles
Transparent + Equitable Practices
"Serving as GBI Board Chair was a transformative experience for me. We had an incredible year of growth in 2023. The opportunities to serve with other industry leaders during my year as Chair allowed me to learn about the trends and directions in the world of building sustainability."
Amlan Mukherjee PhD, PE 2023 Board Chair
Decrease carbon emissions and support growth of carbon neutral buildings.
Improve water efficiency through strategies that include reducing consumption, increasing recycling, and using alternative sources of water.
Promote health and well-being through excellence in planning for design, construction, use, accessibility, operations, maintenance, and low impact deconstruction of buildings.
Pursue the goal of zero waste using life-cycle thinking to reduce, reuse, recover, and recycle while emphasizing responsible design, production, purchasing, and consumption.
Support the use and advancement of smart buildings and other technology in achieving sustainability, health, and resilience objectives.
Provide quality education that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce for all levels of learners.
Foster respectful and inclusive communities where transparency, consensus, due process, diversity, equity, inclusivity, openness, and innovation are guiding tenets.
Encourage collaborative reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives and U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward collective action and achievement of positive, measurable impacts.
GBI Board member Sumayyah Theron, shown here with Tim Thiel, Board Chair, and Vicki Worden, President & CEO attending ASHRAE's Winter Conference in Chicago.
GBI’s primary objectives
and principles are to:
The Green Building Initiative is governed by a multi-stakeholder board of directors featuring representatives that are building owners, architects, engineers, consultants, academics, and members of industry, including NGOs, manufacturers, and service providers. Board members are recruited using an open call for nominations and work together to develop GBI's long-term strategy for growing its sustainability impact while overseeing GBI's assets on behalf of its members, stakeholders, and the public.
Multi-Stakeholder
Board of Directors
who we are
