Need to engage stakeholders directly and indirectly involved with the individual building projects, says Sougata Nandi, CEO of 3e Advisory

Posted: April 3, 2017

Show to highlight and provide details on waste management, water management, green building, sustainable cities and communities, economic growth and clean energy.

Posted: March 27, 2017

The strategic solution bridges performance gap between design intentions and operational results by augmenting consultants’ database

Posted: March 21, 2017

How manufactures support sustainable development goals by minimising leaks

Posted: March 21, 2017

On the sidelines of AMWAJ 2016*, Ruba Al-Zu'bi, the CEO of EDAMA Association, an NGO based in Jordan, spoke with Fatima de la Cerna of Climate Control Middle East about her experience as a founding member of the Jordan Green Building Council and shared details about the country’s efforts in promoting green growth and sustainable development. Excerpts from the interview…

Posted: March 1, 2017

And we are confident about the future, says John Mandyck, the Chief Sustainability Officer of United Technologies, on the company’s response to the developments at Kigali, as he in the company of Giorgio Elia, Vice President, Climate Control and Security (Middle East), United Technologies, and Mohammed Al Qaisi, General Manager at UTS Carrier, talks to B Surendar of Climate Control Middle East on a wide range of issues, including the company’s path-breaking initiative to quantify indoor environmental quality. Excerpts from the interview…

Posted: February 23, 2017

Experts feel that MEP consultants are limited to the client's design brief, and it needs to change

Posted: January 25, 2017

Summertown Interiors says implementation of the system will help Dubai become a ‘green’ city

Posted: October 12, 2016

The leadership in the GCC region has been introducing a raft of vision statements and measures to encourage, urge and support the multiple stakeholders to raise the bar on building performance. Such path-breaking initiatives and thought processes as region-specific Green Building regulations, building-retrofit programmes, nearly zero-energy buildings, smart cities and IoT point to the right direction in terms of intent. Broadly, we are witness to market transformation and positive disruptive approaches, which have the potential to cut project timelines, and improve energy efficiency, indoor environment, reliability and resource conservation. But are building owners, architects, consultants, sub-consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and FM firms prepared to align themselves with these changes, broadly speaking? Are they showing a willingness to rise to the occasion? Or, are there factors – some self-induced and some beyond their control – that are proving to be challenges in the pathway to optimising their performance towards delivering better buildings? Climate Control Middle East brings you a two-part state-of-the-industry report, with the focus on the MEP consultancy and MEP contracting sectors. At the same time, the narrative includes aspects related to building owners and the role of policymakers and planners in influencing best practices. Here, we bring you the first part of the report, where the focus is on the MEP consultancy sector…

Posted: September 22, 2016

According to the event organiser of The Big 5, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) had named the United Arab Emirates as one of the top 10 markets for Green Building space in 2015.

Posted: August 28, 2016