Tony Arnel

Chairman, World Green Building Council

Tony Arnel is the current chair of both the World Green Building Council and the Green Building Council of Australia.  Tony is also Victoria’s Building Commissioner and Plumbing Industry Commissioner making him the Chief Executive of two statutory authorities.  He is responsible for the regulation of the State’s building and plumbing systems and advises the Minister for Planning on all building control and plumbing industry matters.

The WorldGBC is the peak body for the Green Building Council movement worldwide.  It is leading the coalition of councils that is globalising environmentally and socially responsible building practices.  Its objective is to rapidly build an international union that represents the entire global property industry.

Over the past decade Tony has been a leader of the international sustainability debate.  He is a keen advocate of using sustainable building as a means of reducing greenhouse emissions while sustaining economic growth particularly in Asia-Pacific.

He has influenced the national sustainability debate relating to the built environment, most recently with his leadership of the Building Commission and the Green Building Council of Australia.  Major achievements include the delivery of housing energy standards in Victoria, the implementation of new sustainability standards into the national building code, and the accelerated uptake of the Green Star rating system for buildings.

He is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, a member of the Planning Institute of Australia and a qualified company director.  He also serves on the Board of the Australian Building Codes Board.

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