Construction Magazine June 2017 | Page 16

PROFILE

“ I LOVE WORKING WITH AMAZING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE GROUNDS IN THEIR COUNTRIES AND UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL , POLITICAL , CULTURAL , AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THEIR COUNTRY ”

Successful partnerships In order to scale up their operations , the WGBC works with several partners who provide technical expertise and financial support in order to drive efficiencies . Architecture 2030 has become the organisations lead partner , and has been advocating net zero energy buildings prior to the launch of the project .
Led by architect Edward Mazria , who is equally passionate about raising awareness of net zero buildings , he informed Wills that time is running out for the industry to reduce emissions from buildings . Wills thoughtfully admits “ it was a really important conversation for me , because I realised the responsibility that we have in driving this movement . He was our inspiration , but he also has a lot of technical expertise and supported us in writing a draft a report , which will be coming out shortly .”
Other partners for the project include Blackstone Ranch , Integral Group , The Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Climate Works , who were all selected based on their strong leadership and interest in reducing climate emissions and ambition to combat climate change . Other corporate partners , such as insulation company Rockwool Group have market interests in achieving
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