TO: G All Business Units Of Dubai World, Their Clients, Green Building Consultants, Architectural & Engineering consultants, Contractors and relevant stakeholders
SUBJECT: EHS GREEN BUILDING REGULATIONS GB 8.0 Mandatory Enforcement
DATE: 12 May 2014
Greetings from EHS!
Greetings from Trakhees-EHS
This is to bring to the attention of all the stakeholders that effective from 1 June 2014, compliance to the Green Building Regulation "GB-8.0 for Villas & Residential Developments" would be mandatory for all new construction projects. Accordingly the application for NOC-BP and NOC- BCC for such developments should be accompanied by a full-fledged green building submission that is consistent with the requirements of the procedure EHS-GBP-9 and EHS-GBP-10 respectively.
You would recall that this regulation was made optional vide circular 04-13 on a temporary basis with a view to grant the owners and clients greater flexibility in adopting various sustainability standards in their projects. However, with an encouraging trend that it demonstrating greater maturity levels and awarenes...