Industry leader retires from Green Building Council

Ché Wall, a founding Board director of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), has retired from the Board after seven years.
GBCA chairman Tony Arnel said Wall has been a committed sustainable advocate for many years and leaves a significant legacy for the Australian property industry.
"Ché's contribution, particualrly in championing the creation of the Green Building Council of Australia and the development of the Green Star environmental rating system for buildings has set the GBCA on its successful path," Arnel said. "Since Ché co-founded the GBCA in 2002, green building has penetrated the commercial property sector to the extent that today around 11 per cent of Australia's commercial property is Green Star certified."
Wall, who is also the managing director of the Lincolne Scott Group of Companies, has received national and international recognition for his outstanding leadership and commitment to green building on a global scale, particularly in his previous role as chair of the World Green Building Council.
In 2002, Wall was the recipient of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects President's Award for outstanding contribution to the architectural profession in the area of sustainable development. Two years later, in 2004, Wall received the prestigious Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award from the Banksia Foundation, as well as the National Exemplar Award from the ING Real Estate Year of the Built Environment, Towards Sustainable Communities. Wall was nominated as one of 20 Australian Financial Review BOSS True Leaders in 2006.