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EmiratesGBC to discuss sustainable housing at Big 5

DUBAI, November 19, 2015

Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices, will be focussing on innovation at its presentation and seminar taking place at The Big 5 in Dubai, UAE.

To be held from November 23 to 26, The Big 5 is the largest construction event in the Middle East, with more than 80,000 participants and over 2,800 exhibitors.

The event brings all stakeholders from the construction industry together to share best practices, as well as to showcase and explore the latest and best construction solutions available in the sector.

Highlighting its support to the UAE Innovation Week, EmiratesGBC will be hosting a two-hour seminar at the conference as part of its ‘Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities’ workshop programme, said the organisers.

The seminar will see experts discuss sustainable housing in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region and how innovation can be used to provide solutions.

The workshop will give the floor to other Green Building Councils in the Gulf region including representation from Lebanon, Qatar and Jordan to discuss whether implementation of the concept of ’sustainable affordable housing’ is feasible in the region, they added.

The ‘Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities’ workshop, will be held on November 23 from 2pm to 4pm.

Saeed Al Abbar, the chairman of EmiratesGBC, said: "The Big 5 is a key conference for the construction industry stakeholders and we have been its strong supporter over the past years. This year, we wanted to support the government’s UAE Innovation Week initiative, so we decided to take a more active role at the conference by hosting a seminar on sustainable affordable housing, with a special focus on innovation and how it can resolve challenges faced by the industry."

Innovation, he stated, plays a key role in any industry, particularly when it comes to energy efficiency, where great savings can be made by using the correct technology solutions.

"One of the challenges we have identified on sustainable affordable housing is the tendency by project developers to overlook the long-term benefits of green building in the face of higher upfront cost," Al Abbar pointed out.

"Our hosted seminar will provide us with a strong platform where we can help remove such misconceptions and guide developers through the best ways to match sustainable building with affordable housing so that developers, owners and end-users can all benefit, while providing sustainable development to the country," he added.-TradeArabia News Service




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