Works Ministry focuses on green buildings

Manama

The Assistant Undersecretary for Construction Projects and Maintenance at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Eng. Mona Al Motawa stressed that the construction and maintenance sector at the Ministry is working on stabilizing green buildings principles in government buildings for the purpose of ensuring sustainability and improving the competency and quality of those buildings.

She also explained that the green buildings initiative has always received much support from HE the Minister of Works, which helped them in applying the initiative on many government buildings; including the new or existing ones.   

Al Motawa explained that the Human Resources Directorate at the Ministry, represented by the Training and Development Department, has arranged to hold a number of specialized workshops in the field of green buildings; aiming to fully enable the sector to carry out their responsibilities and apply green buildings measures and principles in a professional manner.

The first workshop has recently taken place under the theme 'LEED Green Associate', which was presented by accredited specialists from Marvel Management Training Institute- Bahrain. The number of participants in the workshop amounted to 23 engineers with various specializations and levels. Other workshops are to soon follow.

The workshop prepares engineers to apply for the LEED Green Associate, which is a test issued by the American Council for Green Buildings. The test is designed to test general knowledge of green buildings practices and how to support specialists working in LEED projects (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design).