Over 70 companies involved in green building and construction will spread throughout the summit exhibition from January 19-21, including 6 national pavilions - Germany, Holland, Spain, United States, Switzerland and Denmark.
8 world leaders in green architecture, planning and energy efficiency in building will be dominating the commercial technical session on Jan 21st including Ken Yeang of Llewelyn Davies Yeang, Pooran Desai, Bioregional Quintain and Prashant Kapoor, Director of sustainability, WSP. The 2 sessions - Green Building and Urban Scale Built Environment - will be followed by the highly anticipated closing ceremony speech by Tony Blair.
"Simply sticking some solar panels on the roof will only add cost and not necessarily save much carbon." says Mr. Desai, who will discuss how to successfully plan green buildings at the Summit. "We need to think about taking a holistic approach to energy efficiency, building management systems and renewable energy."
The Summit will offer developers and construction companies details needed to adapt to the new regulations of ESTIDAMA n Abu Dhabi and Dubai Green Building Regulations, which are unique given the climatic factors, availability of technology, skills and materials relating to building design and operation.
While the long term demand for green building is very high. The short term financial distress is affecting all development, not just green buildings, but according to Prof Phillips Jones, "The downturn in the economy has had a major impact of the construction industry. This may bring benefits to sustainable design. The slowdown in construction may allow more time to be given to issues of sustainability."
With over 15,000 attendees expected, 20 government delegations, 110 speakers from 23 countries, over 300 exhibiting companies from 27 countries and 500 media expected from all over the world, the renewable energy industry shows no sign of weakness.
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Thousands of architects, developers, planners and construction companies are gathering together to discuss Green buildings and Urban Built Environment at the World Future Energy Summit.
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About the World Future Energy SummitThe World Future Energy Summit held its inaugural event on 21-23 January 2008 in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
The first summit in January brought together 11,272 attendees from 77 countries, 213 exhibitors from 23 countries, over 80 speakers and 423 international and regional media.
Hosted by Masdar, WFES 09 will be hosted in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It is proudly supported by its principal sponsor, Credit Suisse and principal international media partner, TIME magazine.
About Turret Middle East
Turret Middle East is a leading organiser of conferences and exhibitions and a foundation partner of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre. It organises the World Future Energy Summit on behalf of REED Exhibitions.
The company organises some of the region's biggest events including the internationally acclaimed World Future Energy Summit, winner of the AEO Best Launch Event this year, The Middle East Waste Summit, Dubai, and consumer shows such as the award winning Taste of Dubai food extravaganza, and a new event for 2009 - The International Motorsports Festival, Abu Dhabi.
With a new publishing department expanding rapidly into new markets, the Turret ME team is going from strength to strength.
About Masdar
The Masdar Initiative is Abu Dhabi's multi-faceted, multi-billion dollar investment in the development and commercialization of innovative technologies in renewable, alternative and sustainable energies as well as sustainable design.
Masdar is driven by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC), a wholly owned company of the government of Abu Dhabi through the Mubadala Development Company. In January 2008, Abu Dhabi announced it will invest $15 billion in Masdar, the largest single government investment of its kind.
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Posted by Nadeen El AjouThursday, January 15 - 2009 at 17:30 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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