Chief Operating Officer (COO)US Green Building Council®

Mahesh Ramanujam

Mahesh Ramanujam serves as both COO of U.S. Green Building Council and President of GBCI. Mahesh brings 16 years of diversified enterprise management experience to his role. He works to develop, implement and maintain strategic organizational operation plans that align with USGBC’s mission. His areas of expertise include strategic business planning, enterprise business development, customer service, business process optimization, finance, operations, productivity management and organizational design.

Mahesh graduated from India’s Annamalai University with a degree in Computer Engineering. Before becoming COO of USGBC, Mahesh served as USGBC’s Chief Information Officer and oversaw technology, customer service at the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Prior to joining GBCI in 2009, Mahesh was COO of Emergys Corp., a business technology consulting firm that leverages emerging technologies to deliver business transformation to its clients. Over a period of 11 years, Mahesh successfully led various transformation programs at IBM and Lenovo.

Key lecture points from the Distinguished Sustainability Lecture Series

IndiaSeptember 19, 2013

convened by Carrier

Abu DhabiBangkok

DohaDubai

Kuala LumpurMuscat

New DelhiRiyadh

Rio de JaneiroSão PauloShanghai

Singapore

Mahesh Ramanujam, US Green Building Council® Chief Operating Officer (COO) India 2013

The results of performance are how you measure the success of innovation.

The green building movement is rooted in the belief that we take action to propel market transformation that shifts atoms of practice that dramatically increase the prevalence of green, high -performance buildings.

Even a LEED® Platinum certified building, or a Three Star-rated building, arguably the most high-performance buildings, cannot be simply built and left alone to continue performing. They must be actively managed, monitored and maintained to return their value and deliver on their performance potential.

NEW CONSTRUCTION NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL INTERIORS

HEALTHCARE

SCHOOLSRETAILCORE + SHELL DEVELOPMENT

HOMESEXISTING BUILDINGS

OPERATIONS + MAINTENANCE

1.5 MILLION FT² DAILY

The green building movement has stimulated over 171,000 residential and commercial projects globally. LEED® has over 10 billion square feet of construction space in more than 140 countries and territories and certifies more than 1.5 million square feet every day.

NEW BUILDINGS Median operating cost savings

8%-15% Increased building values

5%-7% Median operating cost savings

9%-13%RETROFITS

8 yearsfor NEW PROJECTS

7 yearsfor RETROFITS

EXPECTED PAYBACK

Mahesh Ramanujam, US Green Building Council® Chief Operating Officer (COO) India 2013

GREEN BUILDING WELL BEING=

The USGBC is making strategic investments that foster innovation and cultivate the next phase of technological solutions to our global challenges. Already, we have seen amazing results. The recently launched Green Building Information Gateway or GBIG allows you to search, see, explore, analyze and discover a tremendous amount about a building in context to the rest of your portfolio and in context to other buildings.

We know that buildings contribute more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than any other sector, more than transportation and the energy supply industry.

Done right, the built environment can have profound positive impacts on health – both human and environmental.

In the new paradigm, human performance must be seen as important as energy performance.

Every story about a green building is a story about people; people who live, work, play, learn, heal and shop inside these buildings and in these communities.