Decarbonisation of The Built Environment
During CoP28, we held our Summit on UAE-UK Collaboration in Decarbonisation of The Built Environment, sponsored by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and partnered with the Centre of Excellence in Smart and Sustainable Construction (CESSC) at Heriot Watt University campus in Dubai.
This Summit was the outcome of a nine-month programme of virtual focus group discussions between senior business leaders and academics from the UK and the UAE to foster an exchange of knowledge on new initiatives and opportunities for decarbonising the built environment. These stakeholders included Mubadala, Mott MacDonald, MACE, The Emirates Green Building Council, Alpin Ltd, De Montfort University and others. The key thematic areas were:
Retrofitting of existing building stock
Developing robust datasets, methodologies and evaluations
Cement, Low Carbon construction materials and sustainable alternatives