Our Story
The Resilient Building Council (RBC) brings together Australia’s leading independent experts to measurably increase community resilience to extreme weather and disasters. We work together to apply science into accessible, practical, transformational systems and tools.
We are leading a systems approach to adapting the built environment, co-ordinated across sectors and united by a shared vision. Our partnerships with communities, industry, research institutions and all levels of government are fundamental to achieve our common goal of an equitable, adapted, thriving nation.
In 2014, the Bushfire Building Council of Australia (BBCA) was established by founder and CEO Kate Cotter, to translate research into tangible action to reduce climate and disaster risk for households, communities, governments and industry, focusing on bushfire resilience.
Since then, we have evolved to address all hazards and energy efficiency, delivering national systems to rapidly increase resilience of the built environment.
Our new name – Resilient Building Council – better reflects our role as leading climate and disaster resilience experts addressing all types of extreme weather, disasters and energy efficiency.
Our Values
Guiding principles demonstrated by everything that we do, by our group of committed independent experts applying science to measurably improve community resilience.
Agile
We believe that developing innovative new systems and tools fit-for-purpose in a changing climate, supports the urgent need for rapid adaptation.
Collaborative
We believe that developing innovative new systems and tools fit-for-purpose in a changing climate, supports the urgent need for rapid adaptation.
Accessible
We believe that developing innovative new systems and tools fit-for-purpose in a changing climate, supports the urgent need for rapid adaptation.
Community-led
We believe that developing innovative new systems and tools fit-for-purpose in a changing climate, supports the urgent need for rapid adaptation.
Practical
We believe that developing innovative new systems and tools fit-for-purpose in a changing climate, supports the urgent need for rapid adaptation.
Trusted
We believe that developing innovative new systems and tools fit-for-purpose in a changing climate, supports the urgent need for rapid adaptation.
Our Mission
BUILDING A NEW SYSTEM FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES
The Resilient Building Council’s collaborative, systems-based approach reduces Australia’s growing risk and vulnerability to extreme weather and disasters.
If we invest in protecting the built environment from the impacts of extreme weather and disasters, we will protect lives, businesses, livelihoods and communities and deliver attractive assets for investors – creating socially and economically sustainable, thriving communities.