Doha
15 November 2016:

On the sideline of Qatar Green Building and Sustainability Conference, local companies were honored on their significant contributions towards advancing sustainable development and environmental protection in Qatar.

Winner companies were selected from 100 nominations in six categories of various organisations across Qatar’s public and private sectors. Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, QGBC Director said “It’s an honour to acknowledge and award the sustainability efforts of organisations in Qatar. The collective efforts of these organisations, who are active members of Qatar’s sustainability industry, are advancing the Qatar National Vision 2030. These awards serve to raise sustainability awareness and encourage the wider industry to do their part and work towards building a ‘greener’ future.”

The Qatar Sustainability Awards, organised by QGBC, part of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), showcased an industry-wide collaboration among organisations as qualified members of the industry were nominated by their peers for their commitment and vital achievements.

Engineer Hamoda Youssef, Head of Communications at QGBC said on the occasion “ The entire process has been a great success and we are looking to expand the scope of the awards in the future editions.”

The Qatar Sustainability Awards 2016 winners are:

1. Msheireb Properties wins ‘Green Government Building’ award for the National Archive project.

2. ASTAD Project Management wins ‘Green Government Building’ award for National Museum of Qatar project.

3. Arab Engineering Bureau wins ‘Green Office Building’ award for Ghanem Holdings Headquarters project.

4. Qatar Green Leaders wins ‘Green Commercial Building’ award for Marina Yacht Club at Lusail project.

5. Qatar Foundation wins ‘Green Educational Building’ award for Northwestern University in Qatar project.

6. Arab Engineering Bureau wins ‘Green Interior Fit-out’ award for RasGas Headquarters - Interior Fit-out project

7. Msheireb Properties wins ‘Green Religious Building’ award for Msheireb Mosque project.

8. Qatar Foundation wins ‘Green Residential Building’ award for HBKU Student Housing Complex project.

9. Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel & Villas wins ‘Green Hospitality’ award.

10. KEO International Consultant wins ‘Building Consultant’ award.

11. Gulfar Al Misnad Engineering & Contracting WLL wins ‘Building Contractor’ award.

12. Bin Muftah for Energy Solutions wins ‘Facility Management Organization’ award.

13. Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) wins ‘Corporate Initiative’ for Shams Generation project.

14. Kahramaa wins ‘Government Initiative’ award for Kahramaa Awareness Park.

15. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar wins ‘University Initiative’ award for Sahtak Awalan project.

16. Qatar Charity wins ‘NGO Sustainability Initiative’ award for TAYF in-kind Donations Program.

17. ‘Hand Over’ organisation wins ‘Social Enterprise’ award.

18. Synergy United Co WLL wins ‘Green Building Technology’ award for Ciralight Active Skylights project.

19. Aamal Readymix wins ‘Green Building Material’ award Green Concrete project.

20. TRL Limited wins ‘Green Research’ award for Recycled Aggregate in Construction project.

21. Gulf Contracting Company WLL wins ‘QGBC Special Award’.