Green Building Japan Membership Agreement
Section 1General Provisions
Purpose
Article 1
This agreement stipulates items related to the members defined in the articles of incorporation for Green Building
Japan (Hereinafter the "Organization").
Agreement Scope of Application
Article 2This agreement applies to all acts carried out by members who have joined the Organization in their capacity asmembers.
Section 2Membership Qualifications
Members
Article 3
1. The members of the Organization shall consist of the following 3 types, and conditions of being members shallbe that the members shall be in agreement with the purposes of the Organization and accept the terms of thisagreement.
(1) Corporate members: Corporations who are in agreement with the purposes of the Organization, join theOrganization and participate in the Organization's activities(2) Individual Staff members: Individuals who are in agreement with the purposes of the Organization, join
the Organization and participate in the Organization's activities as a staff member of Organization who
has a voting right at all member’s meeting(3) Individual General members: Individuals who are in agreement with the purposes of the Organization,join the Organization and participate in the Organization's activities but doesn’t has a voting right at all
member’s meeting(4) Student members: Students who are in agreement with the purposes of the Organization, join theOrganization and participate in the Organization's activities(5) WEB members: Individuals who are in agreement with the purposes of the Organization, join theOrganization and participate in the Organization's activities(6) E-mail magazine members: Individuals who are in agreement with the purposes of the Organization,and agree to have information from the Organization
2. For entities which are not corporations, only those entities which are approved by the executive board of theOrganization shall be accepted and deemed as the corporate members in item (3).
3. Students shall be university, graduate and vocational school students in accordance with the incorporated
educational institution act.
Membership Application
Article 4
1. Individuals, corporations, etc. who wish to apply for membership to the Organization (hereinafter collectively
referred to as "Applicants") shall apply for membership via the defined procedures.
2. Membership qualifications shall come into force upon the completion of payment of the membership fees
specified in Article 6 and Article 7 of this agreement.
Admission Screening
Article 5
The executive board of the Organization shall have the right to hold screenings on whether the applicant truly
supports the organization or not, both at the time of application and after admission to the organization.
Membership Fees and Payment of Membership Fees
Article 6
1. Membership fees shall consist of annual membership fees and admittance fees. Specific amounts shall beindicated in the addendum tables at the end of this agreement.
2. The applicable period for annual membership fees for continued members shall be from January 1 to the last
day of December of the same fiscal year for the organization.
3. In the event a member joins part way through the business year of the Organization, the annual membershipfees shall be as follows.
For Corporate members, Individual Staff members and General members:
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a. If a member joins between January 1 to the last day of June of the same year, the annual membership fees
shall be the full sum of membership fees stipulated in item 1.
b. If a member joins between July 1 to the last day of December of the same year, the annual membership fees
shall be 1/2 of membership fees stipulated in item 1.
4. Payment of the membership fees at the time of admission shall be made by bank transfer to the bank accountdesignated by the Organization within 10 days of the submission of application for membership using the specifiedprocedures.
5. The annual membership fees received by the Organization from the member shall not be refunded for any reason.
6. Admittance fees shall be exempted until a period to be separately specified by the executive board.
Effective Term of Membership Qualifications
Article 7
1. The effective term of membership qualifications shall be the applicable period of the membership fees paid inaccordance with the preceding Article 6.
2. In the event a member extends their effective term of qualification for another year, they shall pay the annual
membership fees by the last day of January, the same thereafter.
Notification of Changes
Article 8
1. In the event that a member's name, address, contact information or other items submitted to the Organization
change, the member must carry out procedures to notify the Organization of said changes promptly.
2. The Organization shall accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any disadvantages or unfavorable
results which occur as a result of a member failing to carry out the notification of changes as specified in theprevious item.
Withdrawal
Article 9Members can withdrawal from the Organization by submitting the specified withdrawal application and having it
accepted by the Organization. However, in the event there are any outstanding, unpaid membership fees, etc.,
members shall not be exempted from payment of any unpaid fees, even after their withdrawal from theOrganization.
Section 3
Member Privileges and Duties
Member Privileges
Article 10
1. The Corporate members, Individual Staff members and Individual General Members, student members andcorporate members stipulated in Article 3 shall be able to obtain privileges for the items noted in the next item.
2. Member privileges shall be indicated in the addendum tables at the end of this agreement.
Member Duties
Article 11
Members shall have the following duties.
(1) Members shall act in accordance with the Organization's articles of incorporation and other regulations
and resolutions.
(2) Members shall pay the membership fees of the Organization.
(3) Members shall promptly carry out procedures to notify the Organization in the event of any changes in themember's registered information.
Handling of Member Information
Article 12
1. Members and applicants shall agree to the use of personal information provided directly by the concerned
individual to the Organization (Hereinafter referred to as the "Member Information") within the scope of thefollowing purposes by the Organization.
(1) For the admission screening stipulated in Article 5(2) In the event said information must be provided to another member for the purposes of the operation of theOrganization's business(3) In the event the Organization subcontracts member service related work or other work to third parties,
and said member information is used with an imposed duty to protect confidential information(4) In the event said member information is to be published on the Organization's website, with the priorapproval of the relevant member
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2. Members must observe the following items in relation to any member information learned or obtained in thecourse of the Organization's business activities.
(1) Handle said information in an appropriate and legal manner(2) For the personal information of other members being managed by a member, the managing party must
implement appropriate measures in the event of any unauthorized access, loss, damage or leak of said
information or any risk of such(3) Observe the stipulations of all personal information related laws and other regulations

Section 4

Prohibitions, Compensation for Damages and Exemption from Liability

Prohibitions
Article 13
1. Members shall not engage in any of the following specified acts.
(1) Transfer, grant, mortgage or otherwise provide any of the rights or responsibilities based on the memberqualifications.
(2) Leak any secrets learned in the course of the Organization's business to any other parties. In this case,"secrets" refers to information not planned to be disclosed outside of the Organization.
(3) Use materials or information obtained or acquired in relation to the Organization's activities for any
purposes that would cause serious disadvantage to the Organization or the Organization's members.
(4) Carry out any other illegal acts which infringe upon the rights of other parties in the work activities of theOrganization, or any activities which pose a risk of such.
2. The stipulations prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall remain in force for 3 years even after the member
withdraws from the Organization, or loses or has cancelled their membership qualifications.
Compensation for Damages
Article 14
In the event a member causes any damages to the Organization, other members or any third parties as a result of
the prohibited items from the preceding Article 12, said member shall be responsible for compensation for theentire sum of the damages.
Exemption of LiabilityArticle 15
The Organization shall accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any of the following items.
(1) In the event a member uses the Organization's website and causes any type of trouble or damages(2) Any items related to compatibility or details of other websites, software, etc. introduced through theOrganization's website(3) Items related to information or services provided by other websites linked to by the Organization's website
Section 5

Additions and Changes to this Agreement

Additions and Changes to this Agreement
Article 16
The Organization shall have the right to makes changes, additions or deletions to this agreement with theauthorization of the general meeting of members.
Supplementary Provisions
This agreement shall come into force on the date of the registration of establishment as a general incorporated
association as stipulated in Article 106, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Revision, etc. of Related Acts thatAccompany the Enforcement of the Act on General Incorporated Association and General Incorporated Foundationand the Act on the Authorization, etc. of Public-interest Incorporated Associations and Public-interest
Incorporated Foundations.

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[Addendum Table 1]
Member Fee Type

Individual
Staff members

Admittance Fee
Annual Member Fee

0 yen
20,000 yen[Addendum Table 2]
Member Fee TypeParticipation in
general members
meeting
Voting rights ingeneral members
meeting
Participation incommittees withthe approval of theexecutive board
Participation inseminars free ofcharge or atmember prices
Browse GBJ
website dedicatedpages
E-mail magazine
subscription

Individual Staffmembers

Individual Member and Student Member Annual Member Fee List
Individual
E-mailStudentWEBGeneralmagazine
Members
Membersmembers
Members
0 yen
0 yen
0 yen
0 yen
10,000 yen
3,000 yen
3,000 yen
0 yen
Individual Member and Student Member Privileges List
IndividualE-mailStudentWEBGeneralmagazine
Members
Membersmembers
Members○*1---○----○*1*1--○

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○--

○

○

○

○

-○

○

○

○

○

*1 participation as an observer is allowed

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Member Fee Type
Admittance Fee
Annual Member Fee

Member Fee Type
Listing on member list
Display of corporate
member logo mark on
GBJ website top page
Token points granted
Browse GBJ website
dedicated pages
Token points can beutilized for seminar andevent participation
Listing in materials
library
Seminar participation
Dispatching GBJ staff
to dedicated seminar
GBJ’s Co-sponsorship tothe event and seminarto the member company
Participation in general
members meeting andcommittees by corporate
representative at samelevel as individualmembers

5Green member
0 yen
100,000 yen[Addendum Table 4]
Green member○

Silver member
0 yen
250,000 yen

Gold member
0 yen
500,000 yen

Platinum member
0 yen
1,000,000 yen

Corporate Member Privileges List
Silver member
Gold member○○

Platinum member○GBJ determines the size and layout based on the number of members of eachmembership type
100

250

500

1,000

All staff in the member company can browse without limit: 50 pints required
50200

450950Under development
3 to 10 points depending on seminar type
Possible upon request(Fee will be set based on conditions)
Possible upon request

One representative can participate. (No token points required.)
Additional representative can participate with board approval and by spending 12token points

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