First LEED Platinum Building in Middle East, Guess Where?

The headquarters of Pacific Control Systems is the first LEED-Platinum building in the Middle East and the 16th in the world

Pacific Control Systems, an automation company with operations around the world, inaugurated its headquarters in Techno Park, Dubai.

The award winning headquarter building has achieved LEED certification from the USGBC, accumulating a total of 55 points. The Green building has already won two international awards one at Boston in June 2007: as the “Extreme Office Building in the world”, “Digie Award” against Taipei 101 and Shanghai Financial Centre; and the Best Intelligent Building in the World in, Chicago Buildcon 2007.

CEO Dilip Rahulan said, “Our headquarter building is built in line with our commitment to the UAE government’s drive towards achieving sustainable development in the region. It is our belief that our initiative will set a new benchmark for other green development projects in the UAE and elsewhere, demonstrating our commitment to environmental stewardship and Corporate social responsibility.”

He announced that Pacific Controls is now looking beyond the Platinum certification and will Pioneer the the World’s first “Living Building”, as its Research and Development Centre in Dubai.