The efficiency of a building is not linear. It drops off as key parts within the building age. This talk looks at efforts to improve the energy efficiency of an aluminium factory. The factory produces 18,000 tonnes a year of aluminium parts. Following an energy audit, Enova used its rooftop ...
For a new building that is fully compliant with building codes, half of its carbon emissions are likely to be from embodied carbon. Today, about 40% of global energy rated emissions are due to buildings and construction, making the embodied element about 20%. As populations rise and the trend of ...
This talk, given by Pierre Piniau, General Manager, Milwaukee Tool MEA, presents an outline of usage costs for certain types of onsite equipment if electric options are chosen versus diesel-generator based kit. https://youtu.be/9O2604xvj38 Below is the audience Q&A session with all speakers from the Measuring & reducing carbon in construction ...
This interview with Amer Bin Ahmed, Managing Director, Knauf Middle East explores different aspects of carbon reduction in construction, including supply chain localisation, dealing sustainably with construction waste, promoting reuse, and standards in the industry. https://youtu.be/GTxz8jbd0Eo
There is a balance between embodied carbon and operational carbon, with both emissions types having similar impacts today. Where there is a high contribution of renewable energy or in countries where there is a net zero strategy, when predictive analysis is done for a building's lifecycle that looks 20-30 years ...
José Francisco García, Senior Project Director, Acciona outlines the novel reuse approach the company took that saved time and money, and reduced the emissions associated with an expansion project. The case study looks at the circular construction approach taken at the Umm Al Houl Independent Water & Power project in ...
Embodied carbon is a significant part of the construction industry's emissions, and an area that will need to be reduced if the sector is to decarbonise. Today, it stands at about 11% of total annual carbon emissions, and cutting this will be difficult if the industry in the Middle East ...
With 2021 being a turning point in the construction industry’s attitude to climate action and how end-users view built assets, most serious players in the market are embarking on a sustainability strategy. This discussion outlines different approaches to decarbonisation across the value chain regarding both green and brownfield assets. It ...
The construction industry has begun to take decarbonisation far more seriously, with many companies now writing strategies that set out their approach to achieving a low carbon future. But, if you've never developed a low-carbon strategy before, where do you start? And how do you get internal and external stakeholders ...
What sustainability and net zero commitments do major companies want from the buildings they use? Here, Savas Cizmeci, Portfolio Manager – Middle East, Real Estate Operations, Microsoft, explains what the software giant expects. He looks at six Microsoft campuses, outlines the company's decarbonisation strategy from its built estate, and explains ...
David Glennon, Senior Digital Delivery Director, The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), provides an update on the organisation's digital strategy and how it is being used on its extensive hospitality project in Saudi Arabia. Phase one of the project includes the development of 16 hotels - totalling 3,000 rooms - ...
ASGC has developed a centralised control room in its headquarters that integrates various technologies, and pulls data from its construction sites into the smart command room. "The importance of having the smart room in the head office is to build a bridge between the site office, the head offices, and ...
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