[1] Unified measures have been adopted from the national community in an effort to avoid further man made calamities due to climate change and higher emissions.
With the support of IFC-world bank the HBRI Drafted the Guideline for Gren Building Code in 2012, in the same year a new chapter on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability was included in BNBC.
The Bangladesh Bank[4] with te support of SREDA also created a point-based rating system "Green Building Features" for their Refinancing scheme in 2017.
[5] Since 2008, Sustainable Built Environment Initiative – Bangladesh (later Bangladesh Green Building Council) founder, Sanwar Azam had worked to unify the stake holders towards a greener country, saying that with growing population in a diminishing land and rapid urbanisation to major cities, 'Going green' had become a marketing ploy for various organisations as there were no quantifiable way to judge a structures sustainability.
Citing that in cramped environment, such buildings and structures would be far more comfortable and satisfying but most importantly directly address some national issues, like conserving water and energy.
The Government of Bangladesh in 2009 stopped giving connections to newly constructed buildings meaning that new homes would not have access to energy, and even water due to shortages.
[10] The first proposed rating tool aimed to fulfill the seventh target from the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as for the first time the council provided support for green building certifications.
About the feasibility of widespread utilisation of LEED certifications, he said that it is very expensive and the Bangladesh is in the process of developing a green building rating system in the regional context.