Sustainable Buildings & Construction Initiative

To ensure that the building sector is adequately covered in the successor treaty, the United Nations has formed the Sustainable Buildings & Construction Initiative (UNEP SBCI) that will make recommendations to the UNEP and the national leaders that will be negotiating the new climate change treaty. RESNET is a member of the UNEP SBCI. Other organizations representing the U.S. on the panel are Natural Resources Defense Council and the US Green Building Council. The SBCI has issued a call for action for the industry to support efforts to include building energy performance in the international climate treaty. RESNET supports the call for action and urges the U.S. negotiating team to the climate talks to adopt the principals contained in the call. The SBCI has produced a PDF version of the call to action on buildings and climate change that is posted at http://www.resnet.us/UNEP-SBCI-Call_to_Action.pdf The RESNET network is urged to download the call for action and share it with their partners, peers and allies.