Abstract: Abu Dhabi Urban planning council (UPC) drives and supports the Abu Dhabi urban development strategy and transferring the plan and vision 2030.Physical setting and developing strategic development plan that create the guides principle and regulations that cascade over strategic project designed to shape the country by a sustainable program under the name of (ESTIDAMA is the Arabic meaning of sustainability), and is not only a rating method or something that people have to do, but it`s a strategic vision to achieve a new sustainable lifestyle in the Abu Dhabi and UAE. ESTIDAMA goal is to develop and make a new way for the life in the UAE as a physical and cultural identity and improving the quality of live for the residents and society in four equal pillars of sustainability that including, environmental, economy, and social and the culture. The green building and sustainability practice considerations into all stages of the building construction projects and focuses on the stages of design, construction and operation. The ultimate goal of sustainable building is to provide the occupant with a healthy, productive and safe way of living for communities. The aim of this paper is to study and discover the process of the green building implementation on residential building projects in Abu Dhabiand measure the degree of sustainability achieved in implementation of residential building in Abu Dhabi cityforthe future projects by depth study in this field of sustainability.
Keywords: Abu Dhabi, GBP, ESTIDAMA, PRS, sustainability, residential Construction. UAE.
Title: Sustainability Implementation on UAE Residential Building Projects
Author: Khaled Ali Alobaidi, Dr. Abdelgadir Mohammed, Dr. Shadiya Baqutayan
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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