iiSBE is an international non-profit organization whose overall aim is to actively facilitate and promote the adoption of policies, methods and tools to accelerate the movement towards a global sustainable built environment. iiSBE has an international Board of Directors from almost every continent .
Our most important activities are:
- networking; helping specialists and generalists to get to know each others’ abilities and needs.
- managing and providing technical support for the international Sustainable Building Challenge (SBC) process, which involves over 15 countries in the development and testing of a rating system for buildings. The process was known as the Green Building Challenge until this year. The GBC/SBC work has led to the development of a performance rating system called SBTool, which is unique in its ability to adapt to local needs and conditions.
- iiSBE (together with CIB) is founder of the SB world-conference series, which began in Maastricht in 2000, then went on to Oslo in 2002 and, recently, in Tokyo. The venue for SB08 will be Melbourne, Australia.
- iiSBE has initiated the Regional conference series, the SB04 conferences in 2004, and the SB07 ‘s in around 14 regions this year. These explore the regional SB features and prepare input for the Global conference. The SB07 series is co-supported by CIB and UNEP.
- The Sustainable Building Information System (SBIS) is a multi-language, web-based data¬base of international R&D information relat¬ing to sustainable building. The system is attracting users from around the world.
- We have established a web-based database called the Skills Registry, which features a searchable file of the skills and experience of individuals and organizations.
- Our newsletters, iiSBE News and Advanced Building Newsletter (ABN) are published on an occasional basis and have a reputation for providing stories of technical excellence as well as news items from around the world.
- Several issues are dealed with by members in separate working groups