Crucial developers look at carbon footprint

ENPARK's Ali Bin Towath called for developers to lower their carbon footprints.

It is a "crucial time" for developers, institutions and individuals to commit to technologies that will reduce combined carbon footprints.

This was the message from Dubai Energy and Environment Park (ENPARK) director Ali Bin Towath on the opening day of the ‘Architecture and Daylight’ conference, held recently in Dubai.

And many of the 200 regional and international specialists in the sustainable energy field who attended the event agreed.

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“What is crucial to an endeavour such as this is that it not only earns benefits in terms of financial rewards such as cost savings, but also contributes to enhancing employee morale, well-being and increased productivity,” said TECOM Investments’ director of sustainable energy and environmental division, Sougata Nandi, presenting a case study on TECOM’s LEED Platinum management office.

“The LEED Platinum TECOM management offices, combined with the Dubai International Academic City’s achievement of LEED silver certification for Phase-III, have made it possible for the region to craft its own success stories and case studies without having to resort to examples from other countries to justify our practices,” concluded Nandi.

‘Architecture and Daylight’ was the third module in the Green Building conference series; the fourth will be held in December 2009.