The Sustainable City, the region’s first fully integrated sustainable community in Dubai has won top honours at the Emirates Green Building Council 2016 Awards held in the UAE emirate recently.

The major advanced ecological community concept from Diamond Developers was declared winner in the ‘Green Building of the Year’ category.

Attended by Terri Wills, CEO at World Green Building Council, and representatives of the Mena Green Building Council Network, the awards ceremony and gala dinner were held last week at the Murooj Rotana Hotel in Dubai.

Diamond Developers chief executive Faris Saeed and executive director Wassim Adlouni received the accolade from Saeed Al Alabbar, the chairman of EmiratesGBC, at the event for delivering best residential development.

"It’s an honour and a privilege to be recognised by the Emirates Green Building Council for the implementation of The Sustainable City. We are committed to supporting the Dubai government’s sustainable green economy and continually aim to be leaders in sustainable communities and residential developments," said Saeed.

"Identifying and recognising organisations for innovative and outstanding sustainable building principles and practices, the Emirates GBC Awards Programme honours companies that demonstrate clear implementation of sustainable design, construction or operation of buildings and structures," he added.-TradeArabia News Service