TO: All Business Units Of Dubai World, Their Clients , Green Building Consultants, Architectural & Engineering consultants, Contractors and relevant stakeholders
SUBJECT: Green Building Submissions –Quality Aspects
DATE: 07 September 2016
Greetings from EHS!
This circular is to express the concerns of EHS on the quality of green building submissions made by the specialist consultants. We had earlier issued a circular ref EHS/GB/3/15 dated 13 March 2015, wherein critical areas of concerns were specifically highlighted for corrective measures. We regret that despite the circular, improper submissions are continuing to be made, which clearly reveal a sense of laxity and insensitivity to the project and the stakeholders. It further indicates that they have been compiled without proper peer review resulting in diminished quality as listed under:
1. Cut and paste of another project wording / information into the project being submitted.
2. Lack of consistency across different sections of the submission i.e. Green building report, credit summary, green building statement, energy modeling report,...