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100			_aRichards, M.
245		4	_aThe International Brigade
260			_c2002
490			_aBuilding _v267(8248) 30 August 2002, 18-19(2)
520			_aReports on UK consultants at the Johannesburg earth summit who are keen to promote global sustainability in construction and development. GABS (Global Alliance for Building Sustainability) is a new voluntary body. Led by the RICS foundation this coalition of professional industry bodies, non governmental organisations and government agencies hopes to present different strategies in cooperation with the market economy. It concedes that it will be very difficult to introduce regulations at national and internatonal level to bring in green buildings and others are sceptical about what a voluntary body can achieve. However, there are a number of general ideas such as best practice schemes that the alliance can start to transfer from the developed to the developing world.
590			_aABS
650			_aGLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY
650			_aABOUT RICS-RELATED ORGANISATIONS-RICS FOUNDATION
650			_aCONSTRUCTION METHODS
650			_aSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
650			_aEARTH SUMMIT
690			_aDEVELOPMENT-SUSTAINABLE
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999			_c71102 _d71102