Green Building Forum Bahrain
Jeffrey Willis
Chairman, Emirates Green Building Council
4 May 2010
Emirates Green Building Council
 Emirates
Green Building Council
Global Issues
U.A.E. Focus
Case Studies
Emirates Green Building Council
 Founded
on 02 July 2006
Member of World Green
Building Council
250 members as of end
December 2009
Members from all elements of
the Construction Industry
Emirates Green Building Council
The Vision of the Emirates GBC
“The UAE will be one of the 5 global leaders in the
reduction of the built environment’s ecological
footprint by 2015.”
Mission Statement
The Emirates Green Building Council is an independent
non-profit forum that shapes policies for the built
environment and facilitates collaborative solutions to
promote sustainable practices in the UAE.
Emirates Green Building Council
What do we do?
Work to influence policy and regulation in the advancement of
sustainable built environment
Capacity build the community towards green building principles
applicable to the region.
provide networking opportunities, technical workshops and conferences
for member and non members.
act as a conduit between members and non members looking for
support, services and products in relation to the built environment.
Provide the link between international Green Building movements and
the local industry.
Emirates Green Building Council
What is a Green Building?
It does NOT have to
have
a
closely
controlled
have
an
integrated
transport
have
be
powered
zero
be
Zero
waste
by
Carbon
renewables
/
pollution
be
green
in
colour
recycle
itsinnovative
watersite
be
beextremely
on brown-field
environment
solution
Emirates Green Building Council
Green Buildings are
designed to respect the planet’s
resources
without compromising the quality
of life in and around the building
whilst being affordable to the target
income group
Emirates Green Building Council
Green Buildings are
Environmentally
Correct
designed to respect the planet’s
resources
Socially Responsible
without compromising the quality of life
in and around the building
whilst being affordable to the target
income group
Economically Viable
Emirates Green Building Council
GLOBAL URBANISATION
The Issues
• rapid pace is forcing compromise
• exacerbated by population / standard
of living increase
• complex design relationships
• very few urban sustainable successes
• no advanced holistic design tools
by 2030 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities……
The Future
• more recycling
• more sustainable stewardship schemes
• carbon labelling
• alternative and innovative materials
• material efficient design
• more local manufacture
• all deleterious materials banned
• global databases
Materials
60% of all materials globally go into the construction industry
Water
over 60% of the earth’s population will face a
water shortage
The Future
• more better recycling
• innovative demand reduction
• more and innovative desalination
• integrated grey & black water recycling
• sea water WC flushing
• new irrigation strategies
Transport
25% of all energy used is by transportation
The Future
• integrated public transport solutions
• higher density development close to hubs
• fewer automobile miles
• low carbon emission solutions
• alternative fuels
• ‘product mile’ schemes
• more cycling / walking
• more congestion charging / taxation
The Future
• low emission design solutions
• intelligent living building solutions
• low water design solutions
• higher density and more mixed use
• better public transport connectivity
• socially superior
• more local materials
• more durable
• more recyclable
• more refurbishment
• inclusively designed
• automated parking
Buildings
• improved indoor environmental quality
50% of all energy
and 30% of all water generated globally is consumed by buildings
• more integrated
renewables
• lower embodied carbon
The Future
• self sustaining communities
• more ‘heart & soul’
• higher densities with transportation hubs
• integrated transport solutions
• low carbon infrastructure
• more urban renewables
• ‘total process’ recycling hubs
• better bio-diversity & ecological solutions
• vertical farming
• more ‘green – blue’ structures
•Developments
more secure
•Even
inclusively
designed
though buildings
are becoming ‘greener’ the ecological footprint of large
•developments
more urban
andregeneration
cities continues to increase
• less pollution
BEAMs and Legislation
The Future
• increased BEAM popularity
• some compulsory BEAMs
• development of DEAMs
• more & increasingly complex building
control legislation
• carbon emission capping & and trading
• building / development labelling
• renewables proportion fixing
Courtesy of Atkins
U.A.E. FOCUS
New Regulations
New Green Building Assessment Method
Clear Government Backing
Emirates Green Building Council
U.A.E. ACCREDITED BUILDINGS-LEED
4 Interiors – 1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 1 certified.
5 New Construction, - 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 1 Silver.
4 Core & Shell, - 4 Silver.
1 Existing Building, certified.
Emirates Green Building Council
U.A.E. Green Buildings
•TECOM (ENPARC)
•Dubai Chamber of Commerce
•Royal City Contracting
Emirates Green Building Council
ENPARC
•1 Interior – Platinum.
•4 Core & Shell, - Silver.
•Less than 1% additional cost
Emirates Green Building Council
Dubai Chamber of Commerce
•Existing Building, Certified.
•Zero additional cost
Emirates Green Building Council
Royal City Contracting
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Half the time to construct.
60 years life span of concrete buildings internationally.
High insulation value of R-22.
Seismic resistant construction.
Cracks free internal & external surfaces.
Early Return of property investments.
A/C tonnage savings up to 60%.
40% less building dead load.
Extension friendly structure.
4 hours of fire resistive rating.
Better indoor air quality.
LEED certified building system.
10% - 15% more economical construction.
Emirates Green Building Council
STUDY CONDUCTED BY INDEPENDED CONSULTANT FOR AIR CONDITIONING SAVING AT
WARE HOUSE FOR HAWK FREIGHT SERVICES IN DAFZA – AED 340,000.00 PER ANUM.
Power requirement of a 5-TR capacity air cooled unit at an
ambient temp of 46C
KW
7.20
Total power consumption in 24 hrs
KW
172.80
Power requirement after applying diversity factor of 85%
Monthly requirement of this unit
Monthly billing of unit @ Dhms.0.40/unit
Per ton cost of power at 24 hrs operation
KW
KW
AED
AED
146.88
4,406.40
1,762.56
352.51
Total A.C requirement of warehouse with conventional
block costruction
Expected power charges/ month
A.C load with "ICF" construction
T.R
AED
T.R
110.00
38,776.32
30.00
Maximum power charges expected with reduced tonnage
Saving
/ Green
month
Emirates
Building Council
AED
AED
10,575.36
28,200.96
Annual saving
AED
338,411.52
It does not have to cost more to construct
It is not too difficult
It makes economic sense
It makes sense for our planet
It makes sense for our future
Thank you for listening
chairman@emiratesgbc.org
Jeffrey.willis@arup.com
Emirates Green Building Council