Toronto — Kevin Hydes, outgoing chairman of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has been appointed Chair of the World Green Building Council. Hydes is Vice President of Buildings Engineering and Sector Leader for Sustainable Design with Stantec. He is also a co-founder and former director of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). The World Green Building Council is a global, non–profit organization, providing a federation union of national Green Building Councils whose common goal is the sustainable transformation of the global property industry. Hydes succeeds Ché Wall.