HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and also Water Authority (DEWA) inaugurated DEWA's brand-new workshops at Al Ruwaiyah, which got LEED accreditation from the United States Green Building Council.

The facility is the biggest of its kind in the region, covering 990,903 square feet, and also consists of 24 buildings, with a complete gross flooring area of 215,793 square feet. It contains light and heavy automobile workshops, an unique devices workshop, a repair work as well as paint shop, an auto cleaning center, an establishment storage facility, a tires, storage areas for transformers and batteries, a cable television examination research laboratory, training halls, and also administration workplaces. The workshops include the most up to date global lighting technologies, cooling, as well as conservation-aware methods of maintaining water while cleaning vehicles.

During the opening, HE was accompanied with Abdullah Obaidullah, Executive Vice President of Water & Civil, Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, Dawood Khalid, VP- Commercial, Branly Nassour, VP-Water P&E New Connections, Mohammed Al Shamsi, VP- Civil Projects Engineering & Water Maintenance Engineering Projects, Mohammed Abdulkareem Al Shamsi, Acting Executive Director of the UAE Water Aid Foundation, Ahmed Abdullah, Senior Manager of External Communications at DEWA, and also various other authorities.

HE was briefed thoroughly on the workshops unique centers that were developed with sustainable style as well as engineering in accordance with the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) for New Construction and Major Renovations v3, using the LEED Campus Guidance - Group Approach for LEED certification. An unique group from the United States Green Building Council worked with DEWA, to establish the system for the job, which is the first of its kind.

"We are pleased to launch this pioneering job that has actually received LEED qualification from the US Green Building Council. This shows DEWA's initiatives to achieve our vision of ending up being a sustainable, ingenious, world-class energy, according to the Green Economy for Sustainable Development effort, introduced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and also Prime Minister of the UAE as well as Ruler of Dubai as well as the Dubai Plan 2021 for Dubai to be lasting with its sources, whose environmental components are clean, healthy and lasting in a secure as well as resistant built atmosphere," claimed Al Tayer.

"This achievement boosts DEWA's profile in relation to sustainability, as does DEWA's 'Sustainable Building' in Al Quoz, which is the initial lasting federal government structure in the UAE, and the largest sustainable government structure around the world to get a platinum LEED record. DEWA provides priority to the environment, amongst all projects and also operations, to accomplish sustainable growth in Dubai, and even more improve Dubai's location as a global hub for trade, financing, tourist, and eco-friendly economic situation.".

Following the conclusion of the workshops, the task was 'Gold LEED accredited,' on the 11 August 2015; making this task the most significant workshop on the planet with this certification, fulfilling all lasting requirements and also demands. The job showcases a low-energy lights system, a water-cooled air conditioning system, Energy Star ranked office devices as well as devices, it lowers the 'Heat Island result,' and features highly-efficient water components that save 52 % of power, cumulatively causing 31 % even more effectiveness in relation to power consumption, than the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 Baseline Building, adopting the highest of worldwide specifications.