On May 31, 2012 Agnes Vorbrodt will present during conference: The future of human longevity: medical advances, lifestyle adjustments
The conference is organized by Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest re/insurers, in collaboration with swissnex Boston, one of five Swiss science and technology consulates worldwide. This interactive one-day conference will be held at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, United States.
http://cgd.swissre.com/events/Future_of_human_longevity_medical_advances_lifestyle_adjustments.html
On May 16 and 17, Agnes Vorbrodt will teach the first official USGBC - LEED training in Poland.
The training will take place in Warsaw Conference Center. The offered courses include LEED 101 and LEED BD+C 251.
On March 19, 2012 European sustainability leaders gathered in London.
On March 19, over 40 sustainable design leaders gathered during the quarterly WorldGBC Europe Regional Network Meeting in London, UK. The group represented 15 European Green Building Councils (Poland, Romania, France, UK, Spain, Croatia, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia), 4 other global Green Building Councils (USA, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand) as well as four Europe Regional Network Partners (Skanska, Knauf, Philips and UTC).
This highly qualified group discussed the current condition of global sustainability market, and particular position of European countries. Among other topics it focused on the opportunities and challenges present on the European market, capacity building opportunities, policy targets as well as green building education. These topics were determined to be the most important ones for this region.
“As part of this effort in Poland, PLGBC is launching new member activity: PLGBC Policy Committee – says Agnes Vorbrodt, PLGBC Founder and CEO. “ PLGBC has been active in the
WGBC ERN Policy Task Force and WGBC ERN Education Task Force since their establishment in 2010. Now it’s time to launch these in Poland. PLGBC is very lucky to have such active Member Companies – Policy Task Force took off very actively from the day it was established, with a goal to follow national and European legislation, participate in international work on green building standards and legislation as well as to positively influence the marketplace and lead the market transformation towards green economy”.
The WGBC ERN meetings take place 4 times a year. The previous meeting, took place in Krakow in November during the PLGBC Annual Green Building Symposium.
On March 15 and 16, Agnes Vorbrodt participated in the LEED International Roundtable meeting.
The meeting, organized by the USGBC, was held in Paris, and included participants from 7 European Green Building Councils. (Photos by USGBC)
AVA Agnes Vorbrodt & Associates to sign the 2°C Challenge Communiqué
On November 3, 2011 AVA Agnes Vorbrodt & Associates joined other global
leaders in the effort to urge governments to take immediate action on the
global climate change.
This year Communiqué, is the fifth one, following the previous effort of Bali, Poznan, Copenhagen and Cancun Communiqués. The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (CLG) initiated the Communique, which is currently managed by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL). It has been signed by 358 entities globally.
The 2°C Challenge Communiqué urges the governments to take joint action required for the market transformation to the green economy. This year, the emphasis is on the closing window of opportunity to stabilize warming to 2°C.
“It is critical to take action to minimize the impacts of the global climate change and to collectively work on the global transformation to the greener economy” – says Agnes Vorbrodt, the Principal and Owner of AVA Agnes Vorbrodt & Associates. “If not for us, we have to do it for the wellbeing of our children!”
PARK WILSONA IN POZNAN RECEIVES LEED GOLD PRECERTIFICATION
ALCHEMIA GDANSK RECEIVES LEED PLATINUM PRECERTIFICATION
Rendering and design by APA Wojciechowski