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During a conference on the innovative future of real estate market UREC Innovations Conference 2011 that was held on November 23 in NSC Olimpiyskiy became aware of the creation in Ukraine of the Green Building Council (Ukrainian Green Building Council - UAGBC). This is a professional non-governmental organization whose activities are aimed at the development and introduction of modern technologies in the field of ecological construction in Ukraine.
UAGBC officially is a member of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) - the largest and most influential organization representing more than 75 national Councils around the world. In September 2011 WorldGBC assigned Ukrainian organization an initial status - «Perspective». To date, UAGBC completes the procedure of registration in the state bodies of Ukraine.
According to speakers at the conference, the emergence of a specialized body will be an important factor in the promotion of environmental standards and promote «green» projects in Ukraine. «The Council will not have a task to issue certificates of compliance to «green» construction standards - it has appropriate certification organization. Council will promote the implementation of «green standards» of construction in Ukraine, - thanks to this work, consumers in our country will be able to feel all the advantages of environmental projects», - said business development manager of the company Knauf Insulation Ukraine, Anna Dukhno, participant of an initiative group to create this Council.
According to Aleksei Evchenko, managing partner at ArtBuild Hotel Group (the company is one of the founders of UAGBC), creation of the Ukrainian Green Building Council is a very important and necessary step in the development of modern real estate market: «In our country appear more responsible and professional companies, for whom the environmental (sustainable) development philosophy is not an empty sound. Speaking purely on economic terms, we believe that constant rising of prices for energy resources in Ukraine will make many companies supporters of an energy efficient construction. UAGBC task is to help Ukrainian companies to meet and learn from the existing international experience in environmental construction. The Council will promote ideas, talk about the opportunities, promote standards and adapt them to national circumstances».
Determining the conditions under which can be carried out promotion of «green» standards in Ukraine, the speaker of the conference, Managing Partner, Ukrbudcontract Sergei Fedorik, highlighted the weight of public support in this area. Such may be the development of regulations and new standards of construction, the introduction of «green» standards in urban development projects, as well as support by local authorities during the concurrence of the certified projects. In addition, environmental projects should be supported by business, as well as the media and the public.
Speaking of international experience in certification of «green» projects, the experts noted three of the world's environmental standards. The first system for the international «green» certification was developed in 1990 as a method for assessing the ecological efficiency of buildings BREEAM. The peculiarity of this standard is its ability to flexibly change the specifics of the projects in a given country. The American system LEED (developed in 1993) - is a «green» building standard for measuring energy efficiency and environmental projects and buildings. In 2011 in Ukraine there are two buildings that are registered for certification under this system.
The latest of these, certification system DGNB was developed by German Council for Sustainable Building for use as a tool for designing and evaluating the quality of buildings. DGNB certification is the second generation system.
«Obtaining of environmental certificate improves the projects image and opens up new opportunities for more income from the operation of the building, as well as add value to the property itself», - concluded Sergei Fedorik.
