08:50 Chair’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

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

09:00 Opening Keynote: Sustainable Development Of Masdar City Abu Dhabi - Understanding Sustainable Cities

• The development of Masdar sustainable policies using the “One Planet Living” concept
• How Social, economic and environmental perspectives impact the sustainable concepts at the Masdar project
• Applying the ten key areas of the ‘One Planet Living’ concept
• Assessment update : Introducing Masdar Star building rating system

Mark Siddorn
Manager-Sustainable Development, Sustainability Department
Masdar

Sustainability ROI – myth or reality?

09:30 Case Study: Masdar City - Understanding The Energy Cost Impacts Of Meteorological Data On Building Design

• Demonstrating and quantifying a building’s energy costs caused by the environment
• Compare the costs of energy for a future energy demand including heat island in Abu Dhabi
• Highlight the potential cost savings of using better meteorological data

Dr. Duncan Phillips
Senior Consultant - Energy
Comfort Ventilation RWDI

10:00 Application Of Sustainably Designed Water Saving Sanitary Fittings To Provide ROI

• Ensuring optimization of water consumption without compromising on quality and performance
• Examining the long term benefits of sustainable design
• Analysis of sustainable project ROI

10:30 Green Concrete: Contribution Of The Latest Technologies To Sustainability, Energy Cost And Carbon Footprint

• Understanding the benefits of Supplementary Cementituous Materials (SCM)
• Monitoring early heat of hydration
• Controlling total water content in concrete
• Accelerating the placing phase and reducing manpower

Rabih Fakih
Managing Director
Grey Matters

11:30 Analysis Of Post-Project Performance For Green Buildings Using The ‘Soft Landings’ Methodology

• Presenting the ‘Soft Landings’ methodology
• Analysing project cost and value
• Monitoring diligent processes and presenting realistic expectations for green project performance

Roderic Bunn
Building Analyst
BSRIA UK

12:00 Case Studies: LEED NC, CS And EB Projects - Life-Cycle Planning To Illustrate ROI Over The Short, Medium And Long-Term

• Eliminating the misconception that sustainable projects do not perform
• Approaching sustainability from an asset management perspective, beginning with the end in mind
• Projecting of project investment for a sustainable brief to illustrate quality, time and cost implications

Sougata Nandi
Director – Sustainable Energy & Environment Division (SEED)
TECOM Investments

12:30 Panel Discussion: What Must Change To Affect A Real Shift In Attitude Towards Sustainability ROI?

Panelists include:

Adopting and implementing sustainable design and construction principles

14:00 Community-Integrated Energy Solutions: How Will Climate Change Policy Influence The Design Question?

• How do we plan against a background of such change?
• How do we design energy infrastructure to be carbon critical?
• What are the alternative supply models?

Richard Smith
Technical Director
Atkins

14:30 Achieving Cost Effective, Sustainable Buildings Utilising Prefabricated Steel Structures

• Understanding the sustainable benefits of steel prefabrication
• Analysis of energy efficiency cost savings compared to traditional methods
• Enabling sustainable projects via a fully recyclable and accurate solution

Amir Yar
Regional Manager
DORCE

15:00 Ensuring Effective Design Of Waste And Recycling Systems For Construction Of Sustainable Projects

• Taking a sustainable and cost effective approach to construction waste
• Integrating the industrial ecology approach into material and waste systems
• Creating a strategic approach to regional implementation of this sustainable system

Jeremy Byatt
Director of Environmental Responsibility
Bee’ah The Sharjah Environment Co

15:30 Achieving Cost Effective Sustainability Through The Application Of Concurrent Engineering Practices: Designing Inefficiency Out Of Construction Projects

• Applying lessons from the aerospace sector to increase the profitability of sustainable construction projects
• Understanding the requirements pre-project development to maximise profitability
• Removing fragmentation within construction projects to maximise sustainable outcomes

Saeed Alabbar
Sustainability Consultant
Halcrow

16:30 Utilising Sustainable Façade Design To Enable Optimal Project Efficiency

• Designing sustainable façades for hot climates, what are the climatic parameters?
• Considering life cycle costing of facades – construction, inhabitance and decommissioning
• Façade design in relation to carbon footprint, considerations to embodied energy and material efficiencies
• Grading and rating of façade designs with regards to carbon footprint and their relationship to construction economies
• Future design and use of materials in facades – the next step

Robert Stephens
Regional Director (Middle East)
Meinhardt Facade Technology

17:00 Case Study: Utilising Smart Design And Engineering To Reduce Costs And Improve Resource Use

• Enabling regionally considerate design to eliminate excess wastage
• Scale and proportion factors that influence sustainable performance

Simon Clouston
Technical Director
WSP

17:30 Case Studies: Xeritown, Dubai And Al Naseem, Al Ain - Sustainability: Passive Wisdom And The Evolution Of A New Form

• Enhancing the impact of passive and active design to maximise project efficiency
• Strategic orientation of buildings in relation to elements and proportional design of structures to reduce waste
• Best practice approach to regional design and how to maximise effectiveness

Ahmed Al Ali
Executive Chairman
X-Architects

18:00 Case Study Benchingmarking Session: Ferrari World, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi & Municipal Building, Yemen

• Innovations to implement active design features within a Middle Eastern climate
• Using turbines, solar panels and other features to ensure energy-efficient projects
• Comparing the most effective active design features and potential savings

Heath Andersen
Director Sustainability & Renewables
Ramboll

18:30 Final Comments From The Chair

18:35 End Of Conference Day One