Eco-friendly energy park for Dubai

Dubai's Tecom Investments today launched an eco-friendly business park aimed at promoting sustainable and clean living.

The Energy and Environment Park (Enpark) will be developed on an eight million square foot area, with phase one scheduled for completion by 2010.

The development will consist of green commercial office space and retail and boutique manufacturing facilities, as well as showrooms for energy saving technologies.

It will also house energy efficient residential units and green hotel and conference areas.

The buildings will have intelligent building systems, including energy management control, renewable energy production monitoring, fire alarm monitoring and security systems.

Renewable water utilities and clean transportation facilities will also be a part of Enpark’s infrastructure.

An academic component at Enpark will offer renewable energy and environment related education programmes, and it will also feature a sustainable development research centre.

“The new initiative is in line with Tecom Investments' proven track record of continuous excellence, innovation and commitment to international standards,” Abdullatif Almulla, CEO of Tecom Investments.

Ali bin Towaih, director of Enpark, added: “Enpark will host a model community with a significantly reduced ecological footprint demonstrating that it is possible to have lower overall lifecycle costs and increased energy savings by adopting a sustainable culture.”

Tecom, a member of Dubai Holding, said it would work with leading energy and environment companies to ensure best practices and policies are implemented in the design and construction of the park.

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