Green Buildings for Everyone Within This Generation (RUS) Read more about Green Buildings for Everyone Within This Generation (RUS) This presentation discussed the history of green building development and its importance in the advancement of the net zero emissions goal.
Green Buildings for Everyone Within This Generation (EN and CN) Read more about Green Buildings for Everyone Within This Generation (EN and CN) This presentation discussed the history of green building development and its importance in the advancement of the net-zero emissions goal.
Scene Setting: Green Buildings and Eco-Districts Financing and Implementation Mechanisms Read more about Scene Setting: Green Buildings and Eco-Districts Financing and Implementation Mechanisms How do you promote green building, energy efficiency, performing cooling, and heating methods in countries/cities that are lacking capacity? In this presentation, Mr. Heckmann discussed ADB's Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Project. It is a large-scale demonstration project and complete solution leveraging private sector investment to deliver affordable and green housing stock. The project also established policies, mechanisms, and standards for sustainable and affordable housing and green urban development.
Zulkifli Zahari Keywords ESCO energy efficiency green buildings energy management Energy Audit and measurement Read more about Zulkifli Zahari Zulkifli Zahari is the President of Malaysia Association of Energy Service Companies (MAESCO) a post he has held for the past 12 years. Zulkifli Zahari is an Architect by profession. He is also a practicing Green Building Facilitator and an Electrical Energy Manager registered with the Malaysian Energy Commission.
Ommid Saberi Keywords green buildings climate-smart buildings property development green building code sustainable buildings Read more about Ommid Saberi Ommid Saberi is a Senior Industry Specialist, Green Buildings in IFC’s climate business department based in Washington DC. As the global technical lead for EDGE green building certification, Ommidworks across the projects within World Bank Group including IFC investment and advisory projects. He has done extensive work with the property sector, as well as funds and commercial bank clients to divert the investments to climate-smart buildings and projects.
Gordon Falconer Keywords Urban Development smart cities cities urban infrastructure green buildings clean energy partnerships master plans property development sustainable development chartered surveyor asset management feasibility studies strategy stakeholders real estate Read more about Gordon Falconer Gordon is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the UN United Smart Cities program and is a city developer, city consultant, global thought leader in cities, technology clusters, property& infrastructure developer, chartered surveyor who has been based in Singapore for the last 10 years. He has previously been Head of Masdar City Strategy in Abu Dhabi and Director of Cisco Urban Innovation. He has worked worldwide with governments, NGO’s, the UN, World Bank, and the European Commission.
Nature-based Solutions for Cities Read more about Nature-based Solutions for Cities Re-examine the importance of nature-based solutions (NBS) to help achieve water management objectives. NBS for water promote innovativeness by embedding the perspectives of ecosystem services, enhanced resilience, and livelihood considerations in water planning and management. Biomimicry is a nature-inspired solution that embeds ecosystem services into cities and towns.
Nature-based Solutions for Developing Cities Read more about Nature-based Solutions for Developing Cities Tony Wong, CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, presented the concept of biomimicry and its applications in embedding nature-based solutions in cities. He discussed using examples and case studies on the opportunity for leap-frogging and the role of multilateral development banks in catalyzing such initiatives. This event is part of ADB's in-house Urban Studio lecture series.
Energy Efficiency Multi-Project Financing in the People’s Republic of China: Reducing Energy Consumption in a Rapidly Growing Economy Read more about Energy Efficiency Multi-Project Financing in the People’s Republic of China: Reducing Energy Consumption in a Rapidly Growing Economy Energy consumption in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is growing at an alarming rate, almost as fast as the country’s economic growth. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) introduced the concept of energy financing to assist the PRC in jump-starting energy efficiency measures to address the rapid surge in energy use. Read about ADB's other energy projects in Knowledge and Power: Lessons from ADB Energy Projects.