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Green Buildings Are Our Choice

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 72)

The Russian Green Building Council (RuGBC) founded in 2009 defines ambitious goals, notably, to drastically change the building ideology in our country adapting it to green standards. Starting almost without any basis, the Council has results not only in popularization of these ideas, but in their realization as well. The General Director of the Council Guy Eames is speaking about the present and future of the Council.

BREEAM – Now Available in Russia

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 76)

First green buildings appeared in Russia and were certified by the international BREEAM standard. It means that the damage environmental effect of these objects is minimized thanks to an implementation of up-to-day management systems and considerable reduction of water and energy consumption. Among them there is the business centre “Japanese house”, the first which obtained the certificate BREEAM In-Use Good as an exploited building. Kseniya Agapova, sustainable development manager of the international house “Jones Lang LaSalle”, took part in the work.