Envirolink : Green Building Consultant

Green Building Rating and Certificates Buildings have a big- impact on our environment & health. Because they use water, energy, & raw material, they generate waste & potentially emit-toxins into the environment. Through various standards & certifications that outline integrated design-processes & sustainability this harmful-impact can be minimize & mitigated, allowing us to create buildings that are environmentally responsible & are source efficient through their life-cycle. This integrated-process begin with the design and ongoing through the construction, maintenance and operation, renovation, and ends with demolition. Through every stage the rating-system has rules regulation that has performance-argets for the buildings to meet. various rating programs will have different meed, or they will aim on meeting-different attributes in order for the certification to be awarded. What they have in common though, is that they are all designed to minimize ...

In the Arabic language, “Estidama” is the word for sustainability. The EstidamaCertification   is a key-part of the “Abu Dhabi Vision 2030”. Estidamais a building-design methodology that will allow buildings to be constructed and also operated-sustainably. Even if EstidamaCertification took its root in dubai, Estidamais at time under work in all the emirates of the UAE. Inlast, to achieve a trade-license for any mainland-businesses in Dubai and the UAE, they had to rent a physical-office-space. The office had to be a reducse size of 200 square feet according to the Department of Economic Development in Dubai, UAE. After a business had rented such office-space, officials from the Department of Economic Development in Dubai, UAE would come and inspect the office. If they allow of the space, only then they would issue a trade-license. However, Current time the Department of Economic Development in Dubai, UAE started to permit small size of businesses to rent virtual-offices and ...

AL Safat Certification is launched by Dubai City Municipality. Al Safat Certifcation   will support residents and commercial save their energy bills on the long run. Under the new project system, AL Safat Certification has become compulsory for all Dubai buildings project (Commercial & Residential) to follow green-infrastructure through getting requirements for minimum bronze certification .However, building owner are encouraged to apply for elements to qualify for three remaining categories of platinum, gold & silver that will improve environmental advantage and save more energy. The new building rating system, which will go in action in September, will assure structures are environmentally responsible, resource efficient and produce less carbon-emissions. The green building code has been introduced since 2011 year where more than % of new buildings in Dubai have already became green. But since March-2014 until June-2016, the Building Department licensed more than 16,...

It is a scorcher of a day and I am browsing listings on different – different website – dreaming of a vacation away from the heat & dust of the city. A dizzying-array of resorts, boutique hotels and homestays beckon. While one resort/hotel invites me to gaze at the stars, take long nature-walks and do nothing, another property promises that their all organic-food, develop locally and prepared lovingly, will nourish my body & soul. A 3rd listing takes pride in the fact that their cottages are architected to develop around existing trees and built using compressed mud, so guests/visitor can truly commune with nature. At Present, hotels small and big are looking to woo the ecco friendly, virtuous/traveller who wants an experience that is both luxurious and sustainable. And going green has become a strong tool of differentiation in an increasingly crowded market place. But how can individual hotels/resorts develop their chances of being noticed by conscious-consumers? How ...