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Experts in diverse aspects of power administration will certainly merge in Dubai for the sixth Annual EmiratesGBC Congress on October 17 and 18, 2017, to talk about techniques for advertising lasting developed atmospheres.

Organised by Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC) an independent forum targeted at conserving the environment by strengthening and advertising green building techniques, the annual Congress will be held at the Pullman Dubai Creek City Centre hotel, under the theme Urban Energy: Powering Smart, Happy & Efficient Cities.

The event has gotten strong assistance from industry stakeholders with AkzoNobel as Principal Sponsor and Majid Al Futtaim as Location Enroller. Also on board as Sustaining Organizations are Tidy Energy Business Council, Emirates Environmental Group, EWS-WWF and Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA).

The Congress will commence with welcome addresses by the Congress Moderator Holley Chant, Executive Director of Corporate Sustainability, KEO International Consultants; Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of EmiratesGBC; Eng. Aisha Al Abdooli, Director of Green Development, Ministry of Climate Change & Environment; and Rajiv Rajgopal, Regional Director, AkzoNobel Middle East & Africa.

Saeed Al Abbar said: "With a raising concentrate on expanding city energy sources and demand side management in the region, the Annual EmiratesGBC Congress is reviewing an extremely topical problem that has fantastic importance and relevance to the general public and economic sector, and for the community at huge. By dealing with the three key columns of a modern city - effectiveness, brilliance and happiness - the Congress will offer not only path-breaking achievements in metropolitan power monitoring however likewise review techniques to attend to future challenges. We have a line-up of specialists at the occasion who will certainly provide engaging insights on lasting built environments. We say thanks to the assistance of all our partners in arranging this Congress and eagerly anticipate solid collaborations that will certainly offer considerable worth for all stakeholders."

The discussions are centred on three sub-themes: Powering Efficient Cities, Powering Smart Cities and Powering Happy Cities. Each session will be addressed by experts in the field.

Powering Efficient Cities will check out local, regional and worldwide clean power approaches prior to diving right into the function of retrofitting the existing structure stock to achieve the needed targets. Karim Elgendy, Founder & Coordinator; Senior Sustainability Architect, Carboun Initiative, Dar, will deliver a keynote discussion on 'Carbon Emissions in the Middle East' followed by a conversation on Clean Energy Strategies to be resolved by Meshayel Omran Lehssoni, Director for Future power and Protection of Supply, Chief Happiness & Positivity Officer, Future Power & Safety of Supply Division, UAE Ministry of Power; Faisal Ali Rashid, Power Need Side Director of Dubai Supreme Council of Power; and Fareed Bushehri, Regional Source Performance Officer, UNEP Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA), UNEP.

Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of EmiratesGBC, will certainly provide a keynote on Accelerating Building Efficiency complied with by a discussion to be resolved by Ali Al Jassim, Chief Executive Officer, Etihad ESCO; Michel Abi Saab, Manager of Sustainability, Masdar; Charles Blashke, Founder and Managing Director, Taka Solutions; and Maria Malo, Business Development Manager MEA, AkzoNobel.

Powering Happy Cities talks about the relevance of smart innovations in green buildings design, construction, upkeep and operations. Abdulla Ali Ahli, Manager - Sustainable Energy Programmes, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Facility, will certainly supply a keynote on the Autonomous Home, complied with by discussions by Marco Janssen, Director Smart Grid PMO, DEWA; and Gauthier Dupont, Director of Clean Energy & Sustainability Solutions, EY.

Powering Happy Cities concentrates on exactly how green structures could make us healthy and balanced, pleased and productive. John Alker, Campaign & Plan Director, Steering Committee Better Places for Individuals, UK Green Structure Council, World Green Structure Council, will certainly deliver a keynote presentation on 'Wellbeing' adhered to by a WELL-certified office case study by Sreya Vempatti, Environmental Coordinator, AESG. A panel conversation on 'Health and wellbeing in Structures' will certainly be moderated by Holley Chant, Executive Director of Corporate Sustainability, KEO International Consultants, and addressed by Richard Fenne, Principal & Studio Chair, Woods Bagot; Sreya Vempatti; and Hrvoje Cindri, Partner, Middle East Urbanism Leader, Arup Associates.

The 2nd day of the Congress will be committed to a field see to Town hall Me'aisem where a workshop and a Green Structure Scenic tour of the LEED Platinum Core and Shell Property will occur.

Sponsorship opportunities are still offered for Platinum, Gold, Silver & Other Sponsors, that are assured of a wide range of advantages in brand track record building. Enrollment to the Congress is also open with an enrollment fee of AED 750 for members and companions of EmiratesGBC as well as the Sustaining Associations of the Congress, and AED 1,000 for non-members and AED 250 for pupils. For even more details, contact [email protected] or contact 043468244.

EmiratesGBC regularly hosts and joins multinational events, conferences and online forums. It has actually also created a collection of activities, comprehensive of networking events, technological workshops, emphasis days and promoted training based around specific problems related to the built-environment that meet the demands of its members, of the UAE community, and the wider Middle East.

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