Conference Day Two: Tuesday 9 March 2010

08:30 Registration, Refreshments And Networking

08:55 Chair’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

Stephen Oehme
Regional Director – Value Management & Sustainability
Hyder Consulting Middle East

09:00 Opening Keynote: Examining Regional Developments In Sustainable Buildings And Sustainable Communities

  • Strategic update: Where is regional sustainability headed?
  • Are rating systems encouraging sustainable development in the region?
  • How are rating systems being used and developed in the region?

Jeffrey Willis
Chairman
Emirates Green Building Council

09:30 Shedding Light On Current And Future Sustainable Construction Initiatives In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

  • Presentation of the current market situation in the region and opportunities presented
  • Examining the success of the first LEED rated building in Saudi
  • Initiatives to encourage certified and rated building projects and their potential impact on results

Sultan A.Y. Faden
Head of Founding Group for
Saudi Green Building Council

Providing clear, concise and compelling ROI for sustainable designs, materials and products

10:00 Case Study: Bahrain World Trade Centre - Utilising Smart Design And Engineering To Reduce Costs And Improve Resource Use

  • Analysing the benefits of the buildings SMART design in terms of revenue control
  • Initial feedback of the buildings performance to its sustainable objectives
  • The effectiveness of projects integrated turbine design

Rob Ruse
Director
Atkins

10:30 Building A Business Case For Sustainability

  • Differentiating between sustainability endeavours and ‘greenwashing’
  • Business drivers for building green.
  • Factors affecting the capital cost of green building and ROI.
  • Benefits of adopting green building practices.

Abdel Khan
Sustainability Consultant
Faithful+Gould

11:00 Networking Coffee Break

Technology Focus Sessions:

11:30 Design Case Study: Reed Bed Design ROI

  • Integrating a water treatment plant to realise cost savings
  • Savings made over the life-cycle on water usage, steam power generated from residual heat, landscape features, desalination methods and bio mass
  • How to communicate this ROI to a client and prove value

Peter Neuschaefer
Director, Water, Energy & Environment Middle East
Waagner Biro Gulf

11:50 Product Technology Case Study: Parametric And Digital Approaches To Enhance Building Performance

  • Offsetting building requirements and available resources to achieve optimum performance
  • Exploring regional efficiency challenges and opportunities by utilizing local conditions and user needs
  • Examining the use of digital technology and smart materials in the built environment
  • Exploring the formal possibilities and attributes of sustainable design

George Katodrytis
Professor or Architecture, Director of Scholarship and Outreach of the School of Architecture & Design
American University of Sharjah

12:10 Material Case Study: Intelligent Climate - Responsive Façades

  • Understanding climate constraints and opportunities
  • Principles and techniques for responsive façade design
  • Assessing façade performance using Estidama and LEED
  • Examination of case studies: From Old to New designs

Rym Baouendi
Senior Sustainability Consultant
Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Ltd

12:40 Supporting The Move Towards A Sustainable Industry

  • The Life Cycle Thinking - Perception and Reality
  • The building blocks to sustainable operations
  • The rewards from sustainability initiatives

Mara Beatrice Guzzetti
Head of EMEA & APAC
CIBA Expert Services

13:10 Networking Lunch

14:10 Defining Material Strategies To Meet Sustainable Challenges

  • Overcoming the issues presented by sustainable materials
  • Sourcing, procuring and installing sustainable materials
  • Benchmarking regional sustainability against global market standards

Tobias Hodsdon
Senior Structural Engineer and Zelimir Anic, Associate Director Structures
Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Ltd

14:40 Panel Discussion: Successful Material Strategies To Meet Cost-Efficiency And ‘Green’ Objectives

Panelists include:

Zelimir Anic
Associate Director Structures
Buro Happold Consulting Engineers

George Katodrytis
Professor or Architecture, Director of Scholarship and Outreach of the School of Architecture & Design
American University of Sharjah

Peter Neuschaefer
Division Manager Environment Technologies
Wagner Biro Gulf

Water, cooling, energy and waste: Essential sustainability practices to enhance bottom line performance

15:10 Strategic Techniques To Enable Heat Distribution And Effective Building Cooling

  • Integrated geothermal cooling technology to resolve cooling requirements
  • Supporting effective design to improve building performance
  • Analysis of the cost impact of effective cooling on project sustainability

Neil Kirkpatrick
Head of Environment & Sustainability
Royal Group

15:40 Networking Coffee Break

16:10 Case Study: Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi - Solutions That Maximise Energy Efficiency And Conservation Within Building Projects

  • Integrating key sustainable strategies including building orientation, stormwater management, water conservation, reduction in energy consumption, and indoor environment and air quality
  • Integrating natural resources and energy consumption strategies with facility requirements
  • Effective use of sustainable materials and products within a building project

Erik Hokanson
Lead Designer - Al Mafraq Hospital
Burt Hill

Ensuring sustainable success via total community approaches

16:40 Case Study: Tameer Towers, Abu Dhabi - Sustainable Development Master Planning; Introducing The Industrial Ecology Approach To Successful Delivery

  • Working together in a sustainable way to achieve required production outputs
  • Community benefits produced by the industrial ecology approach
  • Integrating zero-energy buildings into the master plan and analysing the impact on the development’s performance

Matthew Kitson
Director of Sustainability
Hilson Moran

Improving existing building projects

17:10 Case Study: Emaar Mall – Dubai Mall: Developing Sustainable Maintenance Strategies After Project Completion

  • Achieving improved project performance via effective facilities management
  • Methods to improve building performance and reduce waste
  • Creating UAE awareness to ensure the sustainable success of a building in the long-term

Douglas Masuku
Performance Manager
Emaar Malls Group

17:40 Final Comments From The Chair

18:00 Close Of Conference