Engineers and Project Managers for the first LEED™ Green Building in Dubai, U.A.E and the Middle East

Chairman, World Green Building Council, Visits Green Technologies’
ABN AMRO Project

L-R: Mr. Jitin N. Kandy, Head of Property Services, ABN AMRO, Mr. Kevin Hydes, Chairman, World Green Building Council, Mr. Mario Seneviratne, Director, Green Technologies FZCO and Mr. Narayan Banerjee, Project Manager, Green Technologies FZCO, at the site.


Mr. Kevin Hydes, Chairman of the World Green Building Council, visited ABN AMRO’s proposed Call Centre offices in Dubai, UAE on the 25th of June 2007. The 83,000sq.ft. spanning buildings are owned by TECOM Investments FZ - L.L.C. and has been leased out to ABN AMRO. After viewing the interiors of the office complex, Mr. Hydes congratulated Mr. Jitin N. Kandy of ABN AMRO Bank for taking the leadership and the project team consisting of KS & Associates (Project Managers), Sankalpan (Interior Design Consultants), Maunsel (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Consultants) and Green Technologies (LEED Consultants) for the outstanding work done on the project’s sustainable design and construction, keeping in mind, the client’s keenness in being environmentally and socially responsible.

Green Technologies provided professional services to assess the design, recommend viability of LEED certification and rate this project according to the LEED rating system for Commercial Interiors. It is believed that the project can be certified and strive for a LEED® Gold rating under LEED®-CI for Commercial Interiors. The certification process is underway.

 

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