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Sustainability Overload - Options, Challenges, Opportunities And Risks
Stephen Oehme, Regional Director – Value Management And Sustainability,
Hyder Consulting Middle East, UAE
Introduction
The agenda of this conference reflects the broad recognition of the need for sustainability action along with the associated options, challenges, opportunities and risks. Exceptional Government and Industry initiatives and direction has started to occur in the region. Sifting among the competing options, technologies, methods, aspirations and rating tools is a task in itself; decisive, timely and cost-effective actions on all of these is a very significant challenge for developers, designers, authorities and all participants in the property industry.
Topics covered in the workshop;
• KPI’s for sustainability
• LEED based rating tools
• BREEAM based rating tools
• Other international (and sector) rating tools
• Cost savings CAPEX
• Cost savings OPEX
• Overcoming the many sustainability risks
• Methods, strategies and outcomes
After this workshop you will have an understanding of the following:
• The scope and application of various “green building” rating tools
• Green-washing – identifying and dealing with the risks
• How design and delivery processes can, and need, to be defined and managed to produce superior and sustainable outcomes
• Value assessments of sustainable outcomes
Meet Your Expert Workshop Leader
Stephen Oehme, Regional Director – Value Management And Sustainability,
Hyder Consulting Middle East, UAE
Stephen Oehme, has over 20 years experience including in Australia where he has participated extensively in numerous mega-projects as well as Australian national environmental initiatives and standards.
He has been involved in sustainability and significant projects in the Middle East region for many years, and in 2005 was Keynote Speaker and Session Chair at the first Green Building conference in the Middle East hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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