The Green
Workplace Summit
Event Overview
The Green Workplace Summit will focus on developing a healthy, energy-efficient and sustainable built environment for all.
Developing a green and circular economy that is responsive to national needs and consistent with the global direction of adapting to climate change is a strategic objective of the Sultanate of Oman’s Vision 2040 programme.
The buildings and buildings construction sectors combined, are responsible for 36% of global energy consumption and nearly 40% of total direct and indirect CO2 emissions. Eliminating all GHG emissions from built environment by 2050 is a must, to achieve goals set forth by the Paris climate agreement.
Organizations must take responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by adopting sustainable operating practices. These include, setting emission reduction targets, implementing energy and water efficiency programmes, overseeing recycling efforts and green building management programmes.
The Green Workplace Summit features interactive discussions on policies and solutions, that organizations can adopt to meet their commitment to fostering a sustainable environment. It will also provide the opportunity to share success stories and explore ways in which we can collectively respond to challenges.
The summit will bring together municipal authorities, environment pioneers, sustainability leaders, waste management experts and solution providers to discuss various strategies that will encourage implementation of eco-friendly practices. The summit will also offer unparalleled opportunities to network with peers and to explore new products, technologies and services.
Conserve Water
Say No To Single Use Plastic
Save Paper, Save Trees
Conserve Electricity
Reuse Reduce Recycle
Knowledge Exchange on Key Topics such as:
Aligning Oman’s environmental policy with UN Sustainable Development Goals
A methodology for successful green workplace transformation
Environmental stewardship; a norm in real estate development
Green architecture and sustainable design
Energy efficient buildings; advancements and best practices
Electricity savings and energy efficiency measures
World green building trends
Speakers
H.H. Sheikh Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Nuaimi
The ‘Green Sheikh’
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi is member of the Ajman royal family in the United Arab Emirates.Fondly known as "Green Sheikh", his title and royalty are used and invested to strive for positive impact and inspire many for greater change around the world.He is the Environmental Advisor for Ajman Emirate and the executive President of Al Ihsan Charity Association, one of the pioneers NGO’s in the UAE for sustaining less fortunate families, providing healthcare services, and creating social innovation. Sheikh Abdul Aziz is also the founder of GreenSheikh Academy, who’s vision is to support the creation of infinite possibilities for future generations, for ones to come while transforming individuals by mentorship in achieving success, fulfillment and greatness.
His mission is to provide collaborative assistance and sustainability projects related to natural resources, and creating possibilities for less fortunate families with a leading vision based on governance, corporate success and innovation within universities in a bid to improve the lives of others and sustaining resources.
Sheikh Al Nuaimi holds a PhD in Industrial Ecology from the Griffith University, Australia in 2007. He holds a Master of Environmental Science from UAE University in 1999. He possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from UAE University in 1989.
The modus operandi of "Green Sheikh" is to raise global awareness and applying best practices regarding environmental stewardship and attainment of sustainability related goals. He strives to be and being a leader and illustrious servant leader effectively through natural selfexpression based on his vision, and believe of positive change and transformation.
As global campaigner, he has been recognized universally through several awards and Goodwill Ambassadorial causes for many regional and global organization, while at the same instance building bridges of tolerance and friendship for good. His passions are life enrichment and empowering future leaders in order to prevent further damage on the Planet focusing on humanity, hope, healing, happiness, harmony and sustainability.
He has published eight books related to his philosophy of life; for community, environment, human development, leadership and philanthropy.
H.H. Sheikh
Dr. Abdulaziz
Al-Nuaimi
Mohammad T. Asfour
Head, MENA & Africa Regional Networks
World Green Building Council
As a green global citizen; Mohammad, Chaired the WorldGBC MENA Network and the Jordan Green Building Council. He served as a Senior Adviser at the USAID Energy Sector Capacity Building Program and as the Environment, Water and Energy Sector Lead at the USAID Jordan Economic Development Program. Mohammad, was appointed as an adviser to the Board of Trustees at the Princess Sumaya University for Technology, founded the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship and worked on developing the concept behind El Hassan Science City. He also worked at the Jordan Investment Board and served as a consultant for the UNDP, UNIDO, and USAID 's AMIR Program. He was appointed as a regional advisor to OECD' s MENA Investment Program, chaired UNEP - SBCI's Advocacy Committee and was a founding board member at Al Shajarah NGO. Mohammad also co founded Ahel Al Balad, which is a non-political grassroots' movement that aims at spreading positivity in community through volunteering.
Mohammad T. Asfour
World Green Building Council
Nikolaus Knebel
Professor of Architectural and Urban Design
German University of Technology in Oman
Nikolaus Knebel is an architect and professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the German University of Technology. He studied in Berlin, Singapore and the Netherlands and started to work as an independent architect a year after graduation. Over the past 20 years his works in all three fields of building, research and teaching his works in all three fields of building, research and teaching were acknowledged with numerous awards and published internationally.
Nikolaus Knebel
German University of Technology in Oman
Farah Al Barwani
Research and Development Manager
Environmental Center of Excellence
be’ah - Oman Environmental Services Holding Company
Farah Al Barwani is currently serving Research and Development Manager in the Environmental Center of Excellence (ECE) at the Oman Environmental Services Holding Company “be’ah”. Previously, Dr. Al-Barwani was a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) as well as Head of Research and Development for EOR LLC, where her focus was the development of effective treatment plans for wastewater from various sites within the Sultanate of Oman. Her current focus at be’ah is to support research and development in waste management, to facilitate corporate and national integration of broader sustainability initiatives such as circular economy activities, sustainable development goals (SDGs) and waste management hierarchy.
Farah Al Barwani
Environmental Center of Excellence
be’ah - Oman Environmental Services Holding Company
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Asst. Director - Business Development & Technical
Etihad ESCO
Pradeep Singh is teh Asst Director of Business Development and Technical departments at Etihad Energy Services, (owned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority). He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree with CEM, CEA, CMVP, PMP, and LEED Certifications, and possesses more than 11 years of experience in leading roles in energy efficiency and ESCO projects.
Pradeep is the oldes employee of Etihad ESCO who has played a key role in the shaping of the newly established company. He conducted the first ESCO project’s feasibility studies and was instrumental in developing the first ESCO Contract based on the guaranteed energy saving and performance.
He was also involved in the development of the Dubai Airport and JAFZA Retrofit ESCO project, which turned out to be the largest energy retrofit project in the Middle East. He played a lead role in the development of key ESCO projects in Dubai that will result in guaranteed saving of more than AED 100 Million per annum.
Prior to joining Etihad ESCO, Pradeep served as the energy manager for IBM, where he was responsible for achievement of the company’s energy conservation target. He has also worked with Schneider Electric’s energy management department and has done more than 100 energy audits, which includes power plant, different industrial sector, commercial buildings etc.
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Etihad ESCO
Maali Khader
CEO
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Maali takes on a hands-on approach to sustainability working with businesses to develop strategic solutions. Over the years, Maali has been a driving force in influencing the corporate culture of the region. She was recognized as a Rising Star of Corporate Governance by Yale School of Management and in 2011, Maali has been recognized as one of the top 100 Thought Leaders in Europe and the Middle East from Trustworthy Business Behaviour.
Maali Khader
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Mayada Hasni
Jotun Paints
Samah Al Naamani
Jotun Paints
Sherif Moustafa Sherif
Sustainability Manager
Qatar Green Leaders
Passionate Sustainability Manager, with 10+ years of experience, Completed Al Wakrah FIFA 2022 World Cup Stadium sustainability certifications and received several awards. Contributed to several major projects success such as Doha Metro, residential & commercial towers and buildings.
Sherif Moustafa Sherif
Qatar Green Leaders
Dr. Bejay Jayan
Technical Director
Smart Insulation Finishing Systems
Dr. Bejay Jayan received BEng degree in Civil engineering in 2011 and Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy & Environment in 2012 from Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. His PhD thesis investigated real-time energy management (buildings & districts) working for Cardiff University. During the first two years of his PhD, he played an active role working in two EU FP7 projects SPORTE2 and RESILIENT, which are related to real-time energy management in buildings and districts respectively. Dr. Jayan's thesis investigated utilizing knowledge bases/ontologies and AI techniques (such as neural networks, optimization) to support a holistic real-time energy management for buildings and their districts. Currently working for Smart Insulation Finishing Systems (Dubai, UAE), he is leading the research on "near zero energy homes" for Middle east and India, looking into innovative and smart envelope design for buildings, particularly involved in the real-time testing of solutions. He has also received CEM (Certified Energy Manger) and CEA (Certified Energy Auditor) certifications from the Association of Energy Engineers in the year 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Dr. Bejay Jayan
Smart Insulation Finishing Systems
Chaitanya P Powale
Technical Director
Smart Insulation Finishing Systems
- Responsible for Energy Performance & Services - Middle East
- Strategic Planning & Business Development
- Driving Digitalization portfolio related to Energy Performance & Services
25 plus years’ experience in Project Management , After Market Services business , Energy business. Expertise in Fire , Security, Integrated Building Automation & HVAC Contracting business with regards to project management and life cycle support business . Mechanical Engineering from Mumbai in 1993.
Chaitanya P Powale
Energy Performance & Services
Siemens LLC
Dr. Ali Al-Alawi
Senior Corporate Environmental Advisor
Petroleum Development Oman
Dr. Ali Al-Alawi has B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering. MSC in Renewable Energy, PhD in Solar Energy. Dr. Ali Has presented in more than 30 conference & published journal paper in the field of Renewable energy and water treatment.
Dr. Ali is member of technical committee for many conferences in the field of renewable energy, water treatment, and waste management and is an Expert of Renewable Energy with World Renewable Energy Congress / Network (WREC/WREN).
Dr. Ali worked at college of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University as an Associate Researcher for 17 years, in the field of renewable energy and water treatment.
Currently he is working at PDO as Corporate Environmental Advisor.
Dr. Ali Al-Alawi
Petroleum Development Oman
Ahmed El Hassan
Senior Director
OMRAN
Ahmed Elhassan joined Omran in June 2009 as a Project Manager and currently holds the position of a Senior Director at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre Project (OCEC) which includes development of a Word-class Convention Centre, two hotels, a business park and all infrastructure roads and utilities.
Reporting to the Chief Project Officer, Ahmed oversees the OCEC Master Plan Infrastructure Development which includes roads, utilities and a Wadi Bridge. He has been instrumental to the design, tendering and award of the Exhibition Halls, Energy Centre and car parking package at the OCEC campus. He is now responsible for the delivery of the Business Park which is being developed as premier address for businesses in Muscat and the future home of Omran HQ, Omantel HQ and other prestigious corporate clients. This role entails finalizing agreements with Tenants and managing the appointment and delivery from designers, contractors up to commissioning and handover stage to operators/facility managers. Ahmed also communicates with various utilities providers to ensure timely completion of utilities infrastructure network serving the OCEC development. Prior to the OCEC project, Ahmed worked for Omran on master planning the Redevelopment of the InterContinental Hotel project site to house two five-star hotels and a business oriented hotel apartment building.
Prior to joining Omran, Ahmed held the position of Project Manager with Sama Dubai – member of the Dubai Holding Group.
Ahmed had an extensive career in the United States from 1999 working for Engineering Consultancy and Project Management firm AMEC on the 5-star luxury hotel The Peninsula Chicago on the Magnificent Mile stretch of Michigan Avenue. He then moved in 2001 to Construction Manager giant Turner Construction working in the estimating department and then - over the next 6 years - delivering a wide range of buildings that included the new Soldier’s Field stadium for the Chicago Bears American Football team. Ahmed was then put in charge of two major renovation projects for a class A office building and residential apartment building in downtown Chicago.
Ahmed holds a BSc (Honors) in Architectural Engineering from the University of Khartoum and Master’s Degree in Construction Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
Ahmed El Hassan
OMRAN
Pradeep Kumar B
Sustainability Engineer
Qatar Green Leaders
Dedicated, ambitious and talented Techno-commercial Manager holding Bachelors of Engineering (B.E) degree in Electrical Engineering with overall working experience of 7 years’ in the field of Business Development, blended with Project Management experience. Well versed in efficiently managing projects through inspirational leadership and excellent organizing skills, formulating effective business strategies that generate quantifiable results. A resourceful and result oriented team leader and player with excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills with positive approach to problem solving. In pursuit of new endeavors, to utilize the acquired skill and competencies gained over the years. Having outstanding skills in interacting with clients, understanding their requirements and accordingly providing customized solutions/services, thereby maintaining complete client satisfaction. Having Extensive Knowledge in the various green building rating systems LEED, GRIHA, IGBC & GSAS and capable to execute the calculation/simulation, commissioning activity documentation process for Green Building certification Program.
Pradeep Kumar B
Qatar Green Leaders
Per Morten Aarvold
General Manager
Jotun Paints Co. LLC.
Per Morten Aarvold has a Paint Diploma from OTS Denmark and a management graduation from BI Norway. His working career started as a paint contractor and he was also a member of the board at The Norwegian master painter’s association.
He joined Jotun in 2005 as Head of the test lab Jotun Decorative in Norway and from 2007 Key Account Manager – in Decorative, he held the position as General Manager – Jotun Denmark for a brief period. Since 2012 to mid of 2017, he’s been holding the position as General Manager - Jotun Paints South Africa. Currently he is the General Manager for Jotun Paints Co. L.L.C.
Per Morten Aarvold
Jotun Paints Co. LLC.
Dr. Ghasan Al Nimry
Director
Eco-Structures International
Dr. Al Nimry is a regional executive who advises on and develops projects in infrastructure & construction, oil & gas, & telecommunications for MNCs operating in MENA. A leader in innovative solutions, his company Eco-Structures International has made low-cost energy storage radiant HVAC part of the construction landscape, improving indoor & outdoor environments across any climate.
Dr. Ghasan Al Nimry
Eco-Structures International
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