Senegal Green building readiness program

The Green building readiness program is designed to contribute to create an enabling environment to green building mainstreaming into major governmental projects and relevant policy documents to promote energy efficiency and resource efficiency in building by minimizing energy use, saving water resource, reusing wastes, reducing GHGs impact and creating green jobs. It is initiated as part a component of the Senegal Green Secondary City Development Program to support the government's efforts for sustainable green growth, poverty reduction, gender equality, social inclusion, environmental sustainability and economic growth. It also covers the entire value chain of GGGI: Green impact of the strategy, Sector/sub-sector strategy & planning and Design, finance and implementation. As part of Senegal Green secondary city development Program, the Green Building Program will increase energy and water efficiency and protect human health as well as it will contribute to the integration of inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainability, which is the belief GGGI was founded on.