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Estidama

ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ

๐Ÿ“ UAE Rating Systems
๐Ÿ› Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (ADUPC)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE Regulatory Context

2008
Programme Launched
4
Rating Typologies
2030
Abu Dhabi Vision Year
Arabic
Origin of Name

English Term
Estidama
Arabic Term
ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ
Authority / Standard
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (ADUPC)
Key Standards
Estidama Programme ยท Pearl Rating System ยท Abu Dhabi Vision 2030

Tags
EstidamaAbu DhabiPearl RatingSustainabilityADUPCNet Zero

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
English Definition

Abu Dhabi’s overarching sustainability initiative โ€” meaning ‘sustainability’ in Arabic โ€” encompassing the Pearl Rating System, planning policy, and the emirate’s long-term vision for an environmentally responsible built environment.

Estidama โ€” the Arabic word for sustainability โ€” is Abu Dhabi’s comprehensive sustainability programme, launched in 2008 by the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (ADUPC). It is not a single rating tool but an integrated policy and practice framework that governs how Abu Dhabi plans, designs, builds, and operates its built environment in alignment with the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.

Estidama operates across four strategic pillars: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social and cultural sustainability, and living sustainability. This holistic framing distinguishes Estidama from purely technical building rating systems โ€” it addresses not only environmental performance of individual buildings but the long-term resilience and quality of Abu Dhabi’s communities, infrastructure, and natural environment.

The Pearl Rating System as Estidama’s Delivery Tool

The Pearl Rating System is the primary measurement and compliance tool within the Estidama programme. It translates Estidama’s sustainability principles into quantifiable credits across building typologies โ€” community, building, villa, and neighbourhood โ€” allowing projects to be assessed, scored, and certified against defined performance benchmarks.

Estidama also informs Abu Dhabi’s planning and development control processes through its integration with the Abu Dhabi Building Code and the Urban Structure Framework Plan. Sustainability assessments are embedded into the development application process, ensuring that green building principles are considered from the earliest stages of master planning rather than being retrofitted at the design stage.

Relevance to UAE Construction Practice

For construction professionals operating in Abu Dhabi, Estidama defines the regulatory and cultural context within which all major development projects are delivered. Sustainability in Abu Dhabi is not an optional add-on โ€” it is embedded in planning law, building regulations, and government procurement policy. Consultants, developers, and contractors must demonstrate Estidama compliance at multiple project stages, from planning application through to post-occupancy performance monitoring.

Arabic / ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ

ุงู„ุชุนุฑูŠู ุจุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช

ุงู„ุจุฑู†ุงู…ุฌ ุงู„ุดุงู…ู„ ู„ู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ููŠ ุฅู…ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠ โ€” ูˆุชุนู†ูŠ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ‘ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ’ ุจุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ โ€” ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุถู…ู‘ ู†ุธุงู… ุชุตู†ูŠู ุงู„ู„ุคู„ุค ูˆุณูŠุงุณุงุช ุงู„ุชุฎุทูŠุท ูˆุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุฉ ุทูˆูŠู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฏู‰ ู„ุจูŠุฆุฉ ู…ุจู†ูŠุฉ ู…ุณุคูˆู„ุฉ ุจูŠุฆูŠุงู‹.

ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุจุฑู†ุงู…ุฌ ุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุดุงู…ู„ ู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃุทู„ู‚ู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุณ ุงู„ุญุถุฑูŠ ู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠ ุนุงู… 2008. ูˆู‡ูŠ ู„ูŠุณุช ุฃุฏุงุฉ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู… ู…ู†ูุฑุฏุฉุŒ ุจู„ ู…ู†ุธูˆู…ุฉ ู…ุชูƒุงู…ู„ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุงุช ูˆุงู„ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุญูƒู… ูƒูŠููŠุฉ ุชุฎุทูŠุท ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠ ูˆุชุตู…ูŠู…ู‡ุง ูˆุจู†ุงุฆู‡ุง ูˆุชุดุบูŠู„ ุจูŠุฆุชู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุจู†ูŠุฉุŒ ุชู…ุงุดูŠุงู‹ ู…ุน ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠ ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠุฉ 2030.

ุชุนู…ู„ ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุนุจุฑ ุฃุฑุจุนุฉ ู…ุญุงูˆุฑ ุงุณุชุฑุงุชูŠุฌูŠุฉ: ุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุจูŠุฆูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุงุฌุชู…ุงุนูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุซู‚ุงููŠุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนูŠุดูŠุฉ. ูˆูŠูู…ูŠู‘ุฒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฅุทุงุฑ ุงู„ุดุงู…ู„ ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุนู† ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู… ุงู„ู…ุจุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ุชู‚ู†ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุจุญุชุฉ.

ู†ุธุงู… ุชุตู†ูŠู ุงู„ู„ุคู„ุค ุฃุฏุงุฉู‹ ุชุทุจูŠู‚ูŠุฉ ู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ

ูŠูู…ุซู‘ู„ ู†ุธุงู… ุชุตู†ูŠู ุงู„ู„ุคู„ุค ุงู„ุฃุฏุงุฉ ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠุฉ ู„ู„ู‚ูŠุงุณ ูˆุงู„ุงู…ุชุซุงู„ ุถู…ู† ุจุฑู†ุงู…ุฌ ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ. ุฅุฐ ูŠูุชุฑุฌู… ู…ุจุงุฏุฆ ุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ู‚ุงุท ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ู„ู„ู‚ูŠุงุณ ุนุจุฑ ุฃู†ูˆุงุน ุงู„ู…ุดุงุฑูŠุน ุงู„ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉุŒ ู…ู…ุง ูŠูุชูŠุญ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู… ุงู„ู…ุดุงุฑูŠุน ูˆุชุณุฌูŠู„ ู†ู‚ุงุทู‡ุง ูˆุงุนุชู…ุงุฏู‡ุง ูˆูู‚ ู…ุนุงูŠูŠุฑ ุฃุฏุงุก ู…ุญุฏุฏุฉ.

ูƒู…ุง ุชููˆุฌูู‘ู‡ ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุนู…ู„ูŠุงุช ุงู„ุชุฎุทูŠุท ูˆุงู„ุฑู‚ุงุจุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชุทูˆูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุชูƒุงู…ู„ู‡ุง ู…ุน ูƒูˆุฏ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก ููŠ ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠ ูˆุฎุทุฉ ุงู„ุฅุทุงุฑ ุงู„ู‡ูŠูƒู„ูŠ ุงู„ุนู…ุฑุงู†ูŠ. ูˆุชูุฏุฑุฌ ุชู‚ูŠูŠู…ุงุช ุงู„ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุถู…ู† ุฅุฌุฑุงุกุงุช ุทู„ุจุงุช ุงู„ุชุทูˆูŠุฑุŒ ู…ู…ุง ูŠุถู…ู† ู…ุฑุงุนุงุฉ ู…ุจุงุฏุฆ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก ุงู„ุฃุฎุถุฑ ู…ู†ุฐ ุงู„ู…ุฑุงุญู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู„ู„ุชุฎุทูŠุท ุงู„ุดุงู…ู„.

ุงู„ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ ู„ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุช

ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ู„ู…ู‡ู†ูŠูŠู† ููŠ ู‚ุทุงุน ุงู„ุฅู†ุดุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู…ู„ูŠู† ููŠ ุฃุจูˆุธุจูŠุŒ ุชูุญุฏูู‘ุฏ ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุณูŠุงู‚ ุงู„ุชู†ุธูŠู…ูŠ ูˆุงู„ุซู‚ุงููŠ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุชูู†ููŽู‘ุฐ ููŠู‡ ุฌู…ูŠุน ู…ุดุงุฑูŠุน ุงู„ุชุทูˆูŠุฑ ุงู„ูƒุจุฑู‰. ูˆูŠุชุนูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุงุณุชุดุงุฑูŠูŠู† ูˆุงู„ู…ุทูˆุฑูŠู† ูˆุงู„ู…ู‚ุงูˆู„ูŠู† ุฅุซุจุงุช ุงู„ุงู…ุชุซุงู„ ู„ู…ุนุงูŠูŠุฑ ุงุณุชุฏุงู…ุฉ ููŠ ู…ุฑุงุญู„ ู…ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน โ€” ู…ู† ุทู„ุจ ุงู„ุชุฎุทูŠุท ูˆุญุชู‰ ู…ุฑุงู‚ุจุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฏุงุก ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ุฅุดุบุงู„.

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