Doha: Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), will host leading sustainability and green building experts from Qatar and around the world at its inaugural annual conference from April 27 to 28.
Being held at Qatar National Convention Centre, the conference and exhibition will promote new research and innovative best practice that advance sustainability in the built environment and directly address challenges and opportunities of implementing sustainability aspirations promoted in the Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV2030).
QGBC has invited a number of internationally- recognised experts to attend the conference. Delegates and members of the community are encouraged to seize the opportunity to not only hear, but also meet these experts and discuss with them their own particular sustainability issues and concerns.
Dr Jurgen Schnieders from the German Passivhaus Institute and Dr. Joachim Gِttsche from the Solar-Institut Jülich will host interactive sessions for interested participants to discuss latest developments in the worldwide Passivhaus sector, with a special focus on Qatar’s first Passivhaus experiment.
Qatar’s first Passivhaus experiment or project Baytna features an ultra-low energy building, derived from a super insulated airtight building envelope, that requires little energy for cooling, reducing its environmental footprint. The Passivhaus villa has been designed with all the comforts of modern living while consuming at least 50 percent less energy, water and operational carbon dioxide emissions.
Anthony Wilson, Director and Fellow of Building Engineering UK at AECOM and Don McLean, the Founder and CEO IES Ltd, a building performance analytics provider, will share with participants of the interactive sessions the latest inventions in the area of energy modelling.
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