Green awards for major organisations

Msheireb Properties yesterday won two Qatar Sustainability Awards 2016 that include ‘Green Government Building’ award for its National Archive project and ‘Green Religious Building’ award for Msheireb Mosque project.
Another ‘Green Government Building’ award was given to ASTAD Project Management for National Museum of Qatar project. Qatar Foundation also won two awards; first ‘Green Educational Building’ award for Northwestern University in Qatar project and second ‘Green Residential Building’ award for HBKU Student Housing Complex project.
Kahramaa won ‘Government Initiative’ award for Kahramaa Awareness Park while Qatar Charity won ‘NGO Sustainability Initiative’ award for TAYF in-kind Donations Program.
The Qatar Sustainability Awards 2016 ceremony took place last night on the side-lines of the Qatar Green Building Conference and Qatar Sustainability Week.
Announced in October of this year, the Qatar Sustainability Awards received more than 100 nominations in six categories from various organisations across Qatar’s public and private sectors.
Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, Qatar Green Building Council (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.”
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: “The launch of the Qatar Sustainability Awards has given QGBC the opportunity to honour esteemed members of the industry.”