DUBAIS SUSTAINABLE CITY CHIEFS REVEAL PLANS TO TAKE PROJECT TO REST OF REGION DUBAI: Developers behind Dubais Sustainable City have today revealed ambitious plans to build more environmentally friendly communities here in the UAE and export Those projects to the rest of the MENA region. Mr Wassim Adlouni, a board member at Diamond Developers - the company behind Dubais Sustainable City - said that the success of the development will play a key role in Dubais aims to establish itself as one of the most sustainable cities in the world by 2020. Speaking at the Centre of Excellence for Green Development at the Canadian University of Dubai, he said: The Sustainable City project will allow people to see an example of how sustainable living benefits residents, communities and businesses, and that it can be repeated all over the region. Our ultimate target is to use the successful Sustainable City here in Dubai as a platform to build other cities here and in other parts of the world, like the rest of the Middle East North Africa. We can share our knowledge and experiences in using cutting edge technology used to build this Dubai community, with other communities in other countries. Dubai Municipality recently formed a special committee for sustainability to study green initiatives and the Sustainability City project has received huge support from them, DEWA, the Government of Dubai Land Department and the RTA, which to plans build an electric shuttle between the community and Emirates Mall . Construction of the first 100 of 500 townhouses at the site at Dubailand will be completed this year, with all residential buildings and the community centre built by 2015. The AED1.1bn community will also include a school, a university, a planetarium, a country club and a community centre with retail and coffee shops. The community also features a green belt with 20,000 trees and a 5000sqft long water canal, a 600,000 sqft solar park and water management system that will be recycled 100% of waste water. Mr Adlouni believes that the project is much more than a beacon of sustainability, but a catalyst to change how people live their lives in Dubai and around the region. The biggest challenge here and in other countries is that the end users are always looking to re-sell their units and get the benefits for the short term. Our target is to keep the residents for a long time. This will only happen when the community really benefits them and the environment. The overall design encourages health and social interaction, so there are many pedestrian paths, cycling routes and horse tracks. Sports will be available at the country club and the community centre has retail and restaurants where people can interact. There will also be a revenue share for each customer who buys a townhouse, so they own part of the retail. It gives them ownership of the community. They will want to make it profitable and be loyal to their community. Of course, building green is very expensive, he added, but we have managed to reduce costs to around those of traditional construction by properly researching different elements in the design - everything from insulation and energy-saving air conditioning units, to the direction of the sun and predominant wind direction. Mr Aldouni was speaking to packed audience of delegates from all over the world at the inaugural Centre of Excellence for Green Development summit. The purpose of the Centre of Excellence for Green Development is to help Dubai achieve the aims set out last June in its Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 at the Dubai Global Energy Forum - to make the emirate a role model to the world in energy security and efficiency For more information visit: Www.dxbedu
Posted on: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:22:05 +0000
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