Ms.Terri Wills, CEO, World Green Building Council gave presentation at CII-IGBC's 15th Green Building Congress 2017 event conducted at Jaipur.

1. World Green Building Council
Green Homes: Better Places for People
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2. 90 feet

3. A green house is a happy house.
Positively impacting the environment,
And the people within it.

4. “The next trillion
dollar market”
McKinsey & Company
HEALTH &
WELLNESS
“What we call the
environment, is our
extended body… you
can’t sustain one
without the other.”
–
Deepak Chopra

5. Indoor Air
Quality
Thermal
Comfort
Daylight
&
Lighting
Noise &
Acoustics
Interior Layout &
Active Design
Biophilia &
Views
Look &
Feel
Location &
Access
8 Features of a Healthy Building
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6. 46mins
Office workers working near
windows received
6.5%
reduction in sick leave of
employees with good views
and suitable daylighting2
more sleep per night on average1
1Cheng, 2013
2Elzeyadi, 2011
Daylight &
Lighting
–
99%
People surveyed
cited impaired
concentration when
exposed to
background speech
or noise
66%
Drop in performance when
exposed to distracting noise7
Noise &
Acoustics
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7. 1Wyon, 1996
2Loftness et al., 2009
3Lan et al., 2011
3%
Increase in
logical thinking
performance
7%
Increase in
typing
performance
Individual control over
temperature (in a 4 C range) 1
led to
3%
Increase in
overall
productivity2
Recent studies show air-con
standards developed in 1960s
(still used today) based on a
40yo, 70kg
male
Thermal
Comfort
–
Indoor Air Quality
–
definition
Quality of air inside an air-
conditioned environment.
Common determinants:
•CO2
•CO
•tVOC
•Mold & Bacteria
•Atmospheric Particulate Matter

8. 30%
Fewer sick building
symptoms and
better
environmental
perceptions
101%
On average, doubling of cognitive
scores in enhanced green buildings
over conventional buildings1
Indoor Air
Quality
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Location &
Access

9. Reduced obesity
Reduced
depression &
anxiety
Reduced
depression &
anxiety
Reduced
cardiovascular
disease
Improved birth
outcomes

10. A green home is a productive one
–
299%
Higher information
usage scores
288%
Higher strategy
scores
131%
Higher crisis response
scores
48%
Higher focused activity
scores
6.4%
Higher sleep quality
scores
26%
Higher cognitive
function scores
73%
Higher crisis response
scores
44%
Higher decision
making scores
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11. Over 70 Green Building Councils
32,000 members of our
Green Building Councils

12. A happy house
is a profitable one.