Qatar Foundation’s HQ awarded for sustainability

(MENAFN – The Peninsula)
Doha: Qatar Basis’s headquarters the 2015 constructing at Training Metropolis has been awarded a high regional sustainability rating from the Gulf Organisation for Analysis & Improvement (GORD) for setting an instance of how a constructing will be operated in an eco-friendly means.

The constructing obtained the World Sustainability Evaluation System (GSAS) Operations Certificates from GORD with a ‘gold’ score after being assessed by sustainability specialists, reflecting Qatar Basis’s (QF) function as a pacesetter of sustainability and its efforts to scale back the carbon footprint of its personal atmosphere.

Founding Chairman of the Gulf Organisation for Analysis and Improvement, Dr. Yousef Alhorr, stated: ‘Relating to inexperienced constructing certifications, we see that the main target of undertaking house owners and builders is basically on assembly sustainability requirements in design and development phases solely. 

‘Whereas these efforts are praiseworthy, it isn’t the tip however solely the start of a undertaking’s journey in direction of sustainability. In actuality, a undertaking’s general carbon footprint is outlined by the design, development and operations phases mixed, and the most important a part of it in relation to the age of the buildings is decided by how they’re operated and managed.

‘Nearly all authorities tasks in Qatar have adopted GSAS requirements for design and development. Nonetheless, the appliance of sustainability necessities within the operations and administration of buildings remains to be in its early phases and has not gained a lot traction but. By choosing GSAS Operations to observe and enhance its environmental efficiency, Qatar Basis has taken a pioneering step, and the group’s initiative additionally represents a sensible implementation of Qatar’s efforts to combating the results of local weather change and charting out the methods to confront it.

Govt Director of Metropolis Operations, QF, Hamad Mohamed Al Kuwari, stated: ‘From its first day of operation, QF has been devoted to making sure that the 2015 constructing is an exemplar of sustainability — not solely in its design, however in how it’s run and the way it’s used.

‘Even buildings which have the very best requirements of sustainable design can solely really be environmentally-friendly, and educate folks concerning the significance of sustainability, if they’re frequently operated as a inexperienced constructing. QF’s dedication to each working towards and selling sustainability is illustrated via the way in which wherein we proceed to function our headquarters, from its use of vitality and water to the measures we’ve got carried out to handle waste.

‘We’re delighted that these efforts to make the 2015 constructing a standard-bearer for sustainable operations have been acknowledged via the awarding of the GSAS Operations certification from GORD. 

GSAS is the MENA area’s first inexperienced constructing certification system that assesses and guides tasks on how they cut back their environmental footprint through the design, development and operation phases.

Its Operations scope focuses on the influence of buildings as soon as occupied, as their operational and upkeep practices have a direct influence on the pure atmosphere, the economic system, and folks’s well being. 

The GSAS Operations certification program goals to reduce a constructing’s environmental footprint whereas additionally bettering the wellbeing of its occupants.

The 2015 constructing has 11 storeys and a complete ground space spanning 27,366 sqm, accommodating quite a few QF departments and govt workplaces. Designed with sustainability and vitality effectivity in thoughts, the operations and upkeep of all its services had been completely analysed earlier than it obtained its Gold score for the GSAS Operations certification, which is legitimate for 4 years. 

To realize this score, the constructing was evaluated in six classes: vitality efficiency, indoor atmosphere, waste administration, facility administration, water efficiency, and environmental coverage and consciousness. 

The evaluation included thermal imaging evaluation of the constructing envelope, vitality and water labelling, indoor environmental high quality evaluation, and techno-commercial evaluation of its vitality administration alternatives. Moreover, the constructing’s indoor environmental high quality and waste and facility administration practices had been assessed and located to be according to trade requirements.  
 

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