Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices, will be hosting a virtual Building Retrofit Training Programme for the Middle East and North Africa region.
 
The programme is a flagship initiative of EmiratesGBC offered in partnership with Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company Masdar.
 
It has been designed to strengthen knowledge sharing among construction sector stakeholders on the fundamentals of building retrofit and improvement of energy and water efficiency.
 
It will also help to make current buildings significantly sustainable with the help of learnings from leading industry experts.
 
EmiratesGBC Chairman Ali Al Jassim said the training programme is being offered virtually to ensure that the council can continue to educate and strengthen awareness on best practices in building retrofits.
 
"By taking the training online, we are able to extend our reach to professionals across the region who can now benefit from the capacity building opportunity. Building retrofit is a critical aspect of building sustainability and will support the UAE’s ambitious targets of Net Zero Carbon in new buildings by 2030 and Net Zero Carbon in all the buildings by 2050," he noted.
 
The EmiratesGBC Building Retrofit Training Programme provides strategic technical guidance to industry professionals and economically viable methods that can be implemented to enhance a building’s overall environmental performance.
 
Participants acquire knowledge and skills to attain improved operational efficiency as well as achieve financial savings, he added.-TradeArabia News Service

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