Overview

Green Building Council Uganda (GBCUG) is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization Uganda Chapter of the World Green Building Council working to increase environmental awareness and promote sustainability in the built environment. Our vision is of a clean green, healthy sustainable built environment that is climate resilient, environmentally sensitive, economically viable, socially inclusive, and culturally appropriate - while conserving our natural environment. Our mission is to lead transformation of Uganda’s built environment toward a more climate resilient and sustainable practice in response to climate change, to reduce greenhouse emissions, to protect our natural environment. Our changing climate means we must reshape the way we grow and build. GBCUG is a member of the World Green Building Council, since 2020. In 2021 GBCUG signed an MOU with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to support the incorporation of green building standards into the National Building Codes (NBC) under Greening Uganda’s Urbanisation and Industrialisation. GBCUG is a member of the World Green Building Council (WGBC) – a network of 70 councils that catalyses the uptake of sustainable buildings everywhere. GBCUG supports the sustainable Development Goals Focal Areas • Climate action • Health and Wellbeing • Resource efficiency and Circularity • Green and Sustainable development of cities and infrastructure Activities • Collaborate (Establish mutually beneficial sector partnerships that unlock impact) • Advocate (Support policy development and implementation around a sustainable built environment) • Rate (develop and/or administer rating tools and certification schemes) • Communicate (Knowledge sharing and communication urgency of our work and mission) • Educate (Develop resources, educational tools, events and training to develop market capacity to deliver solutions to achieve sustainability in the built environment) • Innovate • Invest