GBPN DIGITAL BADGES

Recognising Achievements and Contributions

GBPN DIGITAL BADGES

Recognising Achievements and Contributions

Showcase your learning, membership and achievements online!

A digital badge is an indicator of achievement, like a certificate, that can be displayed, accessed and verified online. As digital badges have become a common currency to recognise skills, experience and achievements, GBPN has adopted this paper-free form of recognition and developed three categories of badges: Champions, Experts, and Scholars.

GBPN CLIMATE CHAMPIONS

A GBPN Climate Champion is an individual or a team who achieves a significant policy ‘win’ in realising sustainable and healthy buildings. A Climate Champion digital badge is one of our ways to thank and celebrate our Champions.

Meet our Climate Champions

GBPN SCHOLARS

GBPN develops free, online and interactive courses to support emerging and established policymakers, private sector professionals and other stakeholders involved in the building lifecycle. This badge recognizes participation in learning.

GBPN COMMUNITY EXPERT

GBPN Community Expert is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation in the building sector, energy efficiency, policy reform, climate change or a field related to the co-benefits of sustainable buildings.

Meet our Experts

GBPN EXPERT CONTRIBUTOR

GBPN pivots around a diverse network of individual professionals and scholars who are subject matter experts in their field. GBPN Expert Contributor badge recognizes the extensive or pro-bono contributions towards GBPN’s projects.

Frequently asked questions

A digital badge communicates your qualifications and achievements online with verified metadata. Digitising your credentials can help you streamline your competencies and experience to a broad range of audiences, from employers to donors and from colleagues to partners.

You can share your digital badge on Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook, you can incorporate it in your CV, and you can even add it to your e-signature. Making it public ensures that your manager, HR department, recruiters, professionals in your field, and your network are aware of your learning, skills, competencies, and experience.

A digital badge communicates your qualifications and achievements online with verified metadata. Digitising your credentials can help you streamline your competencies and experience to a broad range of audiences, from employers to donors and from colleagues to partners. By sharing, promoting, and advertising online badges, you will be recognised and promoted, hence becoming more competitive in career hunting.

Badges:

  • promote career progression based on transparent information and verifiable metadata
  • can be maintained and shared on social media like Linkedin and Twitter, on your CV, or even in an e-signature

GBPN Scholars Badge – Once you complete one of GBPN’s online courses or once you receive an email notifying you are eligible for a digital badge, you can click on “claim your badge”. Then, you will be prompted to set up a myHPass profile or add the badge to your existing one. Once an account is set up, you will be able to login to your digital credential at any point afterwards using your email address and keep, manage, and share your badges via the platform. What this video to learn how to earn and accept your first badge, and set up a myHPass profile.

Special badge categories

GBPN Community Expert, GBPN Expert Contributor and GBPN Climate Champion badges are conferred by invitation of GBPN only. Special individuals who are awarded these badges will receive an email including details of how to claim their badge.

Once you claim your badge, you will have multiple options to share it. You can share it on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, or even in your e-signature. Making it public ensures that your manager, HR department, recruiters, professionals of your field, and your network are aware of your learning, skills, competencies, and experience.

Watch this short video to learn how to share your badges to linkedin

Should you have any questions about digital badges and how you can claim one, please do not hesitate to email us at ed@gbpn.org