RESEARCH ARTICLE
Towards Sustainable Buildings in Bahrain, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
N. W. Alnaser*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 30
Last Page: 45
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-2-30
DOI: 10.2174/1874836800802010030
Article History:
Received Date: 30/01/2008Revision Received Date: 20/02/2008
Acceptance Date: 20/02/2008
Electronic publication date: 7/4/2008
Collection year: 2008
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Abstract
In this paper we had highlighted on the current sustainable building in Bahrain, United Arab Emirate and Kuwait. Some of these buildings are integrated with wind turbines, i.e. Bahrain World Trade Centre , Bahrain , with Photovoltaic, i.e. The Euro-University , Bahrain, and The English School , Kuwait, and combination of both ( wind turbine and Photovoltaic) ,i.e. The Lighthouse, Dubai, UAE. There is also a building that is sustainable due to its unique cooling and innovative design, i.e. the MKM Commercial Holdings LLC, Dubai, and UAE. We also had discussed the hurdles of constructing sustainable buildings in these three countries and the GCC countries. We also had suggested several mechanisms and policies that will accelerate the execution of sustainable buildings.