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

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

11:30 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

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:

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

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

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

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