Dubai: The municipality is exerting its efforts in educating UAE nationals in the field of green buildings, and launched an awareness campaign yesterday under the slogan, ‘Be Educated on Green Buildings’.
Building officials at Dubai Municipality explained that while all government buildings have to start adapting environmentally sustainable measures by 2014, it is optional for private buildings.
Engineer Yousuf Abdullah, acting director of the Buildings Department, said that the awareness and educational programmes designed by the department include a number of activities such as training courses, seminars, exhibitions, publications and advertisements in all means of media targeting all categories of the society from consultants, contractors, suppliers, manufactures and developers. The programme also contains special activities for the public and students.
Engineer Abdullah Al Shezavi, Head of Rehabilitation and Building Studies Section, further explained that a number of activities to educate the public on green buildings has been running since last January.
“We started the programme with seminars and exhibitions that was aimed at introducing the public to the methods and procedures of building their own houses in a sustainable way, as well as to encourage them towards the green building considering its environmental benefits,” he said.
The green building rules and specifications are now publicly available on Dubai Municipality’s website.
