Build Sustainable Awards 2016

Build 2016 Sustainable Building Awards 16 Company: GreenA Consultants Pte Ltd Name: Farizan d’ Avezac de Moran Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.greenaconsultants.com Address: One Pemimpin, Pemimpin Drive, #08-01 Singapore 576151 Telephone: +65 6339 3067 reenA recognises that most Green development decisions are made from Board/ stake-holders perspectives and supports them in becoming more sustainable, as Farizan explains. “Sustainability fits into various corporate compartments for multiple reasons, ranging from strategic fit, energy conservation to branding etc. We believe that sustainability is a long term effort. As such, our mission is to put across sustainability from its business perception in hope the sustainability agenda will be realised and valued along the way. “Green Building certification is a platform that enables this adoption and most important-ly quantifies the effort to be reported back to Board / stakeholders. However, the bene-fits of Green Building are often not translated or designed successfully to the purchaser / end user in mind and is concluded by simply attaining the certification. “As a firm we take a keen approach in translating this in a simple, relevant manner or complimenting it with a secondary certification. This will maximize the effort and im-pact of the certification. Merging both Green Building Certifications where engineer-ing/design normally entails with corporate strategies involving incentives/funding, posi-tioning, marketing etc. has led to the development of GreenA Sustainability Business So- lutions. “Over the years, GreenA Sustainability Business Solutions has taken a wider approach. With our strengths in multi-dimensional thinking, analytical skills, strategic sustainable business insights, it has become a unique service offering. Green Building Certification however remains our main service offering.” Green Building in the different regions present different set of challenges. In Africa, proving the cause, the value and walking the talk was what was required to gain faith, trust and belief in others to steer the green building movement to greater heights. Farizan talks us through how the firm aims to support clients and educate them in order to build a more sustainable future. “Green Building is a global agenda and 95% of urban expansion in the next decades will take place in the developing world. (United Nations Water and Cities Fact and Figures, 2016). Developing cities rises at exponential growths and thus, sustainability needs to be embedded at the same rate. “By debunking the belief and perception that Green is for high end projects only, we create our opportunities. Proving that Green Building originates from the basis of a good design and not constantly technologically driven, we manage to project sustainability into the developments. “We have a strong working relationship with the National Housing Corporation (NHC) in Tanzania. In 2014, we managed to develop the first Certified Green Building in Tanzania with NHC and has since collaborated on many fronts to further develop green building for national adoption.” As a concluding comment Farizan outlines the firm’s plans for the future and predictions for the industry. “In Singapore going forward, developments will aim for higher ratings in certifications and retrofit markets will be in expansion. The zero carbon building concept might also start to gain interest from forward thinking and cutting edge organizations. “Green buildings in Africa and South East Asia has more than often been a standalone affair and not well integrated into the wider urban landscape. Sustainable cities will be the focus forward. “As such GreenA Consultants will continue to trans- plant two-way knowledge transfers with our regions of presence. We are keen to focus on work involving district projects, in which communities live, play and work in a sustainable, safe and inclusive way.” Most Acclaimed Green Consultancy - Africa & Asia GreenA Consultants are a team of multi-disciplinary professionals with backgrounds in engineering, architecture, sustainability studies, as well as marketing and communications, all working toward the common goal of environmental sustainability. We invited Farizan d’ Avezac de Moran to tell us more. G AR160122