The Global Building Data Initiative (GBDI) mission is to empower industry leaders and policy makers with data-driven insights on how to enhance life cycle performance of buildings through design and engineering, to help defi ne robust benchmarks, identify effective strategies, and set meaningful targets to drive concrete decarbonization action.
GBDI equips policymakers, industry leaders, and practitioners with data, tools, and strategies to inform climate-aligned decisions at scale, focusing on reducing resource use and upfront embodied carbon. GBDI emphasizes global collaboration, especially including underrepresented Global South regions where most offuture construction is expected.
Implemented under the umbrella of GLOBE – The Global Consensus on Sustainability in the Built Environment, a network of over 5,000 experts across 150+ countries, GBDI is lead by a team of researchers and experts in the field of sustainable construction materials and whole life carbon benchmarking and policy support from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), The Institute for Regenerative Spatial System Science (RISE) and the Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
CIB is a partner in the GLOBE initiative which is pleased to support the Global Building Data Initiative (GBDI).
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