AMCA to launch Air System Engineering and Technology Conference–Middle East
The event will be an annual engineering conference on air systems in the Middle East, says AMCA
Added: Jan 15, 2019 | By CCME Content Team
Stories tagged with: Emirates Green Building Council
‘Retrofitting is crucial to achieving a net-zero target’
The challenge lies in fixing existing buildings and then focusing on new projects, says Principal, Integral Group
Added: Oct 7, 2018 | By Ranjana Konatt
‘Retrofitting is the solution to energy efficiency,’ Emirates GBC says
Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman, Emirates Green Building Council (Emirates GBC), shares how the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) programme, aligned with the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement, announced a Call for Action to achieve 100% Net Zero Carbon Buildings, which are energy efficient by 2050.
Added: Aug 20, 2018 | By Ranjana Konatt
7th Annual EmiratesGBC Congress to discuss net zero cities
Event to be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Climate Change & Environment; has sub-themes that focus on the values that mark the Year of Zayed, official says
Added: Jul 15, 2018 | By CCME Content Team
EmiratesGBC to organise workshop on WELL Building Standard
Workshop to focus on harnessing the built environment, organisation says
Added: Mar 26, 2018 | By Benwen Lopez
Deadline extended for MENA Green Building Awards
Last date to apply is February 15, 2018, EmiratesGBC says
Added: Feb 11, 2018 | By CCME Content Team
Climate change mitigation high on Dubai’s agenda, says government official
Samira Al Rais, Director of Policy and Strategy Sustainable Development, the General Secretariat of the Executive Council, outlines the projects for 2017
Added: Oct 25, 2017 | By Hannah Jo Uy
Emirates Green Building Council to conduct building-retrofit training programme
Certification course, which aims to offer viable retrofit methods, is in partnership with the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Masdar
Added: Aug 2, 2017 | By CCME Content Team
World Green Building Council appoints Bushnaq as Chair of its MENA Regional Network
MENA region has tremendous potential to implement green building best practices, says Chair-elect
Added: Jul 3, 2017 | By CCME Content Team
Winners of 2017 MENA Green Building Awards honoured during gala ceremony
HVAC companies, Daikin and Edmonds among winners at the ceremony; Majid Al Futtaim walks away with twin honours; Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) wins ‘Contractor of the Year’ award
Added: May 20, 2017 | By B Surendar
6th Annual EmiratesGBC Congress to focus on ‘Urban Energy: Powering Smart, Happy & Efficient Cities’
Congress to host expert speakers on three core sub-themes – Powering Smart Cities, Powering Efficient Cities and Powering Happy Cities
Added: Apr 5, 2017 | By CCME Content Team
EmiratesGBC’s Building Retrofit Training programme to be launched in Q2 2017
Programme to provide professional capacity building, with certification, for the industry to retrofit existing buildings to be more energy-efficient.
Added: Apr 3, 2017 | By CCME Content Team
EmiratesGBC and DSCE collaborate to undertake ‘benchmarking’ of 100 buildings in Dubai to promote energy efficiency
Benchmarking Project by EmiratesGBC marks the first Building Efficiency Accelerator pilot project in the UAE.
Added: Mar 15, 2017 | By CCME Content Team
Global and regional experts on sustainability to address the 5th EmiratesGBC Congress 2016
Experts to discuss diverse aspects of sustainable built environments at the Congress, held under the theme ‘UAE of the Future: Looking Backward as a Way Forward’.
Added: Oct 22, 2016 | By CCME Content Team
‘Dubai Municipality’s Al Safat set to improve corporate sustainability’
Summertown Interiors says implementation of the system will help Dubai become a ‘green’ city
Added: Oct 12, 2016 | By CCME Content Team
EmiratesGBC celebrates 10 years of Green Building excellence
Dr Sadek Owainati, Co-Founder of EmiratesGBC, says that the Council continues to serve as a hub for promoting principles of Green Buildings.
Added: Oct 5, 2016 | By CCME Content Team
Daikin VRV IV series receives Abu Dhabi QCC certification
Product was earlier awarded Green Product of the Year by Emirates Green Building Council
Added: Jul 20, 2016 | By CCME Content Team
EmiratesGBC announces MENA winners of 2016 awards for setting new standards in sustainability
The Awards to be rebranded as MENA Green Building Awards from 2017
Added: May 22, 2016 | By CCME Content Team
‘Buildings and cities have a pivotal role in tackling climate change’
Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), shares with Fatima de la Cerna of Climate Control Middle East details of his experience at COP 21, as a member of the UAE delegation, as well as his thoughts on the country’s efforts to reduce emissions and fight climate change.
Added: May 2, 2016 | By Fatima de la Cerna
Emirates Green Building Council Chairman calls for greater push towards Net Zero Energy Buildings in the UAE
Saeed Al Abbar says that buildings can strive to achieve a power consumption profile of between 40 and 60 kWh/m2/year, but urges the importance of balancing expectations with other factors of equal national importance
Added: Apr 26, 2016 | By B Surendar
EmiratesGBC and MEFMA to conduct Networking Series
Focus on food and construction waste
Added: Mar 16, 2016 | By CCME Content Team
Greenspeak – EmiratesGBC
Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC) and a member of the World Green Building Council Board of Directors, shares with Climate Control Middle East his thoughts on...
Added: Oct 13, 2015 | By CCME Content Team
