TO: All Business Units Of Dubai World, Their Clients , Green Building Consultants, Architectural & Engineering consultants, Contractors and relevant stakeholders
SUBJECT: Green Building Regulations - Villas & Low Rise Residential Developments
DATE: 11 September 2011
Greetings from EHS!
This is in continuation to the announcement made in our portal in February 2011 on the roll out of its Green Building Regulation for Villas and Low Rise Residential Developments.
As you are aware, Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) is constantly striving to improve the Regulations so as to make them practical and user friendly. Regulation for Villas and Low Rise residential Developments is one of such developments and was formed by seeking the inputs of multitude of stakeholders and is applicable to all “New Constructions”.
Taking into deliberation the unique challenges posed by these developments, EHS commenced series of discussions with stakeholders to explore them from several sustainability perspectives such as minimum compliance needs, prescriptive sustainability criteria, r...