AECB history

• The Association of Environment Conscious Builders founded by Keith and Sally Hall
• A quarterly newsletter is sent to members

• The name is changed to The Association for Environment Conscious Building to reflect more accurately the diverse membership
• The first issue of the AECB's Products and Services Directory is published Subscription rates introduced

• The first issue of 'Building for a Future' in magazine format is produced

• Greener Building products and services directory is launched by Professor Chris Baines

• The first General Meeting, attended by 67 members, is held at the Earth Centre, next door to Winson Green Prison, Birmingham
• Professor Chris Baines becomes President; the first Steering Committee is appointed, chaired by Peter Warm

• Andy Simmonds wins the design competition for the AECB's logo,

• The Web site goes online
• The second AGM is held at the Bishopswood Centre, Worcestershire
• GreenPro is launched as a CD ROM - based product and services directory

• The AECB Charter is adopted at the AGM held at the Pit Hill Community Centre, Bradford [the year before the Centre was destroyed by fire]
• This year the two-day AGM format is adopted to include workshops, talks and a social event
• The AECB contribute to the Greenpeace publication"Building the Future; a guide to building without PVC"

• The fourth AGM is held at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth
• The first AECB Year Book / Directory of Members is published
• Unit One, Dyfi Eco Parc is the first recipient of SPEC (Sustainable Projects Endorsement Certificate)
• Keith and Sally Hall receive the 1997 Schumacher Award for their work in establishing the Association and for "working to transform society in the Schumacher tradition"

• The AGM at Construction Resources, London attracts a record attendance of 100 members
• The AECB join a body to advise on greening of the Heathrow Terminal 5 building
• The Members' Directory is re-named 'The Real Green Building Book'

• AECB and RICS conference 'Sustaining our Heritage - the way forward for energy efficient historic buildings' is held in London
• The sixth AGM takes place at the Earth Balance Centre, Northumberland
• The Associations registers its own domain name"aecb.net"

• Membership exceeds 1000
• The seventh AGM is held at The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge
• Distribution of The Real Green Building Book tops 5000 copies
• The association join SETCO, later to become The Phone Co-op

• The Association collaborates with BRE on their web-based project"Sustainability - getting the SME's questions answered"
• The Pestalozzi Children's Village trust near Hastings is chosen as the venue for this year's AGM

• Work is put in hand to change the legal status of the Association to a Company Limited by Guarantee, replacing the steering committee with a board of trustees
• The AGM is held at the National Botanic Garden, Wales, shortly before the Garden's closure is announced
• The Real Green Building Book title is changed to The Green Building Bible by the publisher.

• The tenth AGM is held at The Earth Centre, Doncaster
• Green Building Press publishes Building for a Future and the Green Building Bible independently
• The AECB Training Initiative is established

• The eleventh AGM is held at The Weald and Downland Museum
• The new website is launched
• The AECB Training Initiative is formalised as SussEd - Sustainable Skills and Education

• The AECB's new legal status is finalised
• The twelfth AGM is held at the Somerset College of Arts and Technology where the Genesis Project is under construction
• The AECB's first Executive Officer is appointed as a paid post
• The Association becomes a Company Limited by Guarantee and the steering committee members are appointed as directors

2006
• The AECB officially transferred to AECB Ltd.