The Commercial Bank of Dubai(CBD), claims that it has achieved a 15 per cent reduction in its annual energy expenditure over a period of 10 months ending in June 2004, thanks to the installation of revolutionary energy-saving features  at its head office.

Energy Management Systems (EMS), a leading energy management and energy conservation company in the Middle East, incorporated energy saving features into the building at the design stage and scheduled rigorous building management systems (BMS) during the first 10 months of the bank’s operations in the new building.
The CBD’s impressive nine-storey  head office is situated in Deira.
In early 2001, while the building was still on the designing board, the management of the bank requested EMS for a first energy audit that would anticipate the energy consumption in the building based on its use as a commercial space, the number of users and work hours, as well as detailed weather forecasting data available with EMS.
Subsequently, during construction and implementation of energy networks, the bank incorporated several advanced energy management measures such as lighting controls and variable speed drives for optimising the use of air-conditioning systems, recommended by EMS.
Once the head office became operational, EMS stepped in to enable the BMS and drew up comprehensive scheduling for lighting and air-conditioning units, resulting from a design that let in sufficient daylight.
While EMS had estimated a saving in energy expenditure of approximately Dh175,000 per annum, by the end of 10 months in operation, the BMS had already achieved a reduction worth Dh274,000 in energy bills due to rigorous implementation by the bank of the energy saving measures recommended.
This constitutes an actual saving of 15 per cent in the annual energy bill, with the average saving likely to be sustained in the hot summer months.