| Preliminary Summit Programme - Day 1, 22 April 2012 |
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10:00
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Registration
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11:00
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Official inauguration and Chairman’s welcome remarks
Praseeda Nair, Editor, Bgreen Magazine, UAE
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11:10
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Keynote Speech
Developing a sustainable vision for the future of building
H.E. Engineer Ahmed Mohamed Al Shareef, Undersecretary, Department of Municipal Affairs, Municipality of Abu Dhabi City, UAE
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11:40
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Welcome Address
Alan Frost, Director, Masdar City, UAE |
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11:45
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Presentation
Enabling cities to achieve an ecological, sustainable and low-carbon future
Session Description to come
Matthew Plumbridge, Consultant, Environmental and Sustainability Planning, Department of Municipal Affairs, Municipality of Abu Dhabi City, UAE
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12:30
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Identifying and utilising materials for sustainable construction
- Assessing sustainability with respect to materials and buildings
- Explaining the value of life-cycle analysis
- Outlining the use of life-cycle analysis in certification systems
- Adopting sustainability to local settings
Dr. Dirk Funhoff, Head of European Construction Competence Center, BASF-The Chemical Company, Germany
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13:00
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Presentation From the bottom to the summit: Identifying aspects of green building from concept to operation
- Considerations of health, environment, energy, safety, long and short-term economic returns and sustainability in all stages of the built environment
- Identifying sustainable criteria for site selection, concept, and design of the project and standards and ethics of materials
- Examining models of implementation and supervision, green construing and QC/QA
- Setting principles of sustainable operation, monitoring and evaluation for future upgrades
- Determining standards of green demolition
Dr. Ibrahim A. H. Aalem, Secretary General, Saudi Environmental Society and CEO, Alam Environment Est., KSA
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13:30
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Networking break
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14:30
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Presentation
Introduction to Carbon Market opportunities and finance mechanisms
- Carbon Markets set up and perspectives
- How the construction sector can benefit from the carbon market
- Masdar's Energy efficiency methodologies for buildings
- Approach of project implementation in the UAE: Program of activities in the building sector
Beatrix Schmuelling, Team Leader, Masdar Clean Energy, UAE
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15:00
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Panel Discussion
Is sustainable building an ideological concept or a viable and profitable business decision?
- Assessing the regulatory, economic and social variables of building green
- How viable is green building to the construction industry?
- Determining the future value of certified buildings
- Overcoming the challenges and mitigating the financial risks of building green
Wissam Yassine, Senior Sustainability Engineer, Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
Dr. Robert Cooke, Associate, Buro Happold, UAE
Holley Chant, Corporate Sustainability Director, KEO International Consultants, UAE
Ivar Krasinski, Design Director, STR-EDGE, UAE
Tareq Farhan, Executive Director, Jordan Green Building Council, Jordan
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15:45
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Networking break
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16:00
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Presentation Greening our buildings: An ongoing sustainable transformation
- Looking at the environmental impact of buildings
- Overview of the rise of green buildings
- Examining recent regulations in the region
- Assessing lessons for other sectors
- Overcoming challenges and paving the way forward
Wissam Yassine, Senior Sustainability Engineer, Habtoor Leighton Group, UAE
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16:45
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Closing remarks and end of day 1
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