Incentives sufficient to promote green buildings, says Minister
Exising regulations good enough in Saudi Arabia for sustainability
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister for Electricity Saleh Alawaji told the MEED Saudi Green Buildings Forum 2011 in Riyadh this morning that existing regulations are good enough to promote high standards of sustainability in new buildings.
“I think the Saudi building code is a sufficient document in my opinion,” Alawaji said. “But I believe that we have a huge amount of energy being consumed in existing buildings.
“We need to work hard to tackle this issue. Providing (government) incentives is one of the effective tools but who will be in charge of these incentives? And the government needs to see a return on incentives.”
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