Emirates Green Building Council (EGBC), established in 2006 with the objective of promoting green building principles to safeguard the environment and ensure sustainability in the UAE, is uniting industry leaders, innovators, policymakers, and students across the UAE under the global campaign BuildItReady for the 18th annual World Green Building Week.
This year’s Dubai program aims to transform high-level climate aspirations into practical execution, as stated by the event organisers. They have designed the program to weave together key pillars of the built environment into a cohesive narrative.
The week commences by highlighting female leadership through the event ‘Women in Sustainability: Building It Ready’. This event celebrates the crucial role of women in driving sustainable project delivery across design, engineering, and construction.
The momentum generated by this event continues into youth empowerment with ‘Design for Practice: A Student Design Challenge’ at the American University in Dubai. In this challenge, architecture students collaborate with seasoned experts to address real-world urban design challenges.
EmiratesGBC will then mark a significant industry milestone alongside its independent partner Meyaar. They will officially launch the ‘EmiratesGBC Energy and Water Benchmark’, which provides essential performance reference data for UAE hotels, malls, offices, and schools.
The program concludes with a joint session with Expo City Dubai titled ‘Build with Less Carbon: The UAE Materials Transition’. This session introduces a practical embodied carbon baseline to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon materials nationwide.
