Khaled Bushnaq of Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum targeted at saving the setting by reinforcing and promoting green structure practices, has been assigned Regional Chair of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Network - a group of Green Structure Councils functioning to advance green buildings within the region.

Bushnaq has actually been assigned for his tried and tested leadership in the green building motion and devotion to boosting the sustainability of buildings, both in the UAE and at the regional level.

Terri Wills, CEO of the World Green Building Council said: "Whilst climate adjustment is a global difficulty, the solutions to it are typically local and regional. Championing green structure at these levels through our regional networks is as a result important in order to supply on our goal of green structures for every person, anywhere. Khaled has been a real champ of sustainability across MENA, and his management as Chair will certainly help to strengthen the network of Green Buildings Councils in the region."

Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of Emirates Green Building Council said: "The visit of Khaled as the Regional Chair for the MENA Network by the World Green Structure Council, is a solid declaration on his commitment to promoting sustainable developed settings in the region. At EmiratesGBC, we congratulate Khaled on this recognition, which will certainly even more drive our work in promoting green structure finest techniques. EmiratesGBC has gone to the center in driving transformational adjustment in lasting structures, and we will continuously work with our stakeholders in promoting a green structure society across the MENA region, which today focuses on energy diversification and effectiveness and sustainability as crucial growth drivers."

Khaled Bushnaq said: "It is my honour to have been chosen as the Regional Chair and I thank World Green Building Council and Emirates Green Building Council for this recognition. The MENA region has tremendous potential to apply green building finest methods, and one of the crucial remits of the MENA Network is to help with better partnership and partnership to promote lasting developed settings. The path-breaking achievements by EmiratesGBC here will certainly function as a benchmark for the region."

The MENA Regional Network consists of nine Green Structure Councils based in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Bahrain, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine, amongst others.

MENA is presently home to over 350 million individuals, and its population growth has been characterised by fast urbanisation. This is projected to proceed, with city populace expected to double from 2010 to 2050, from 200 million to almost 400 million. This suggests a huge need for buildings, complicated by the difficulties of conflict-induced variation of individuals.

Yet the MENA region is additionally readied to be essential for the development of green structure internationally over the next few years. Green Structure Councils in WorldGBC's MENA Regional Network are reacting to the obstacles and possibilities on the ground, making certain that the region's structures make certain a premium quality of life for people, minimise negative influence on the environment, and maximise economic advantages.