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May 18, 2007
Canadian appointed chair of World Green Building Council
TORONTO
Canadian Kevin Hydes, outgoing chair of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has been appointed chair of the World Green Building Council. Hydes is Vice President of Buildings Engineering and Sector Leader for Sustainable Design with Stantec.
He is also a co-founder and former director of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).
A long-time leader in the field of sustainability in North America and abroad, Hydes has focused on green design and advancing its cause for the past 15 years.
Kevin Hydes
His vision led to the first LEED Gold Certified project in Canada, the first LEED-EB (Existing Building) Gold Certified Project in North America and the successful completion of more than 30 LEED Certified projects and dozens more awaiting certification, Stantec said.
Widely recognized for his contributions to the building industry, Hydes is an honorary member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
A registered professional engineer in Canada and the United States, he also is an Adjunct Professor at McGill University School of Architecture in Montreal.
As the sector leader at Stantec, the Toronto-based Hydes provides leadership to a team of more than 800 professionals who are actively involved with sustainable design projects spanning the world and including airports, health care facilities, higher education, commercial, and industrial projects.
The World Green Building Council is a global, non–profit organization, providing a federation union of national Green Building Councils whose common goal is the sustainable transformation of the global property industry. Hydes succeeds Ché Wall.
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