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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.
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ุงูุจุฑูุงู ุฌ ุงูุดุงู ู ููุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ูู ุฅู ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุจูุธุจู โ ูุชุนูู ููู ุฉ ‘ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ’ ุจุงููุบุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ โ ุงูุฐู ูุถู ู ูุธุงู ุชุตููู ุงููุคูุค ูุณูุงุณุงุช ุงูุชุฎุทูุท ูุฑุคูุฉ ุงูุฅู ุงุฑุฉ ุทูููุฉ ุงูู ุฏู ูุจูุฆุฉ ู ุจููุฉ ู ุณุคููุฉ ุจูุฆูุงู.
ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ูู ุจุฑูุงู ุฌ ุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุงูุดุงู ู ูุฅู ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุจูุธุจูุ ุงูุฐู ุฃุทููู ุงูู ุฌูุณ ุงูุญุถุฑู ูุฅู ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุจูุธุจู ุนุงู 2008. ููู ููุณุช ุฃุฏุงุฉ ุชูููู ู ููุฑุฏุฉุ ุจู ู ูุธูู ุฉ ู ุชูุงู ูุฉ ู ู ุงูุณูุงุณุงุช ูุงูู ู ุงุฑุณุงุช ุงูุชู ุชุญูู ููููุฉ ุชุฎุทูุท ุฃุจูุธุจู ูุชุตู ูู ูุง ูุจูุงุฆูุง ูุชุดุบูู ุจูุฆุชูุง ุงูู ุจููุฉุ ุชู ุงุดูุงู ู ุน ุฑุคูุฉ ุฃุจูุธุจู ุงูุงูุชุตุงุฏูุฉ 2030.
ุชุนู ู ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุนุจุฑ ุฃุฑุจุนุฉ ู ุญุงูุฑ ุงุณุชุฑุงุชูุฌูุฉ: ุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุงูุจูุฆูุฉุ ูุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุงูุงูุชุตุงุฏูุฉุ ูุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุงูุงุฌุชู ุงุนูุฉ ูุงูุซูุงููุฉุ ูุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุงูู ุนูุดูุฉ. ูููู ููุฒ ูุฐุง ุงูุฅุทุงุฑ ุงูุดุงู ู ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุนู ุฃูุธู ุฉ ุชูููู ุงูู ุจุงูู ุงูุชูููุฉ ุงูุจุญุชุฉ.
ูุธุงู ุชุตููู ุงููุคูุค ุฃุฏุงุฉู ุชุทุจูููุฉ ูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ
ููู ุซูู ูุธุงู ุชุตููู ุงููุคูุค ุงูุฃุฏุงุฉ ุงูุฑุฆูุณูุฉ ููููุงุณ ูุงูุงู ุชุซุงู ุถู ู ุจุฑูุงู ุฌ ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ. ุฅุฐ ููุชุฑุฌู ู ุจุงุฏุฆ ุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุฅูู ููุงุท ูุงุจูุฉ ููููุงุณ ุนุจุฑ ุฃููุงุน ุงูู ุดุงุฑูุน ุงูู ุฎุชููุฉุ ู ู ุง ููุชูุญ ุชูููู ุงูู ุดุงุฑูุน ูุชุณุฌูู ููุงุทูุง ูุงุนุชู ุงุฏูุง ููู ู ุนุงููุฑ ุฃุฏุงุก ู ุญุฏุฏุฉ.
ูู ุง ุชููุฌููู ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุนู ููุงุช ุงูุชุฎุทูุท ูุงูุฑูุงุจุฉ ุนูู ุงูุชุทููุฑ ู ู ุฎูุงู ุชูุงู ููุง ู ุน ููุฏ ุงูุจูุงุก ูู ุฃุจูุธุจู ูุฎุทุฉ ุงูุฅุทุงุฑ ุงูููููู ุงูุนู ุฑุงูู. ูุชูุฏุฑุฌ ุชูููู ุงุช ุงูุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุถู ู ุฅุฌุฑุงุกุงุช ุทูุจุงุช ุงูุชุทููุฑุ ู ู ุง ูุถู ู ู ุฑุงุนุงุฉ ู ุจุงุฏุฆ ุงูุจูุงุก ุงูุฃุฎุถุฑ ู ูุฐ ุงูู ุฑุงุญู ุงูุฃููู ููุชุฎุทูุท ุงูุดุงู ู.
ุงูุฃูู ูุฉ ูู ู ุงุฑุณุฉ ุงูุจูุงุก ูู ุงูุฅู ุงุฑุงุช
ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ููู ููููู ูู ูุทุงุน ุงูุฅูุดุงุก ุงูุนุงู ููู ูู ุฃุจูุธุจูุ ุชูุญุฏููุฏ ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ุงูุณูุงู ุงูุชูุธูู ู ูุงูุซูุงูู ุงูุฐู ุชูููููุฐ ููู ุฌู ูุน ู ุดุงุฑูุน ุงูุชุทููุฑ ุงููุจุฑู. ููุชุนูู ุนูู ุงูุงุณุชุดุงุฑููู ูุงูู ุทูุฑูู ูุงูู ูุงูููู ุฅุซุจุงุช ุงูุงู ุชุซุงู ูู ุนุงููุฑ ุงุณุชุฏุงู ุฉ ูู ู ุฑุงุญู ู ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ู ู ุงูู ุดุฑูุน โ ู ู ุทูุจ ุงูุชุฎุทูุท ูุญุชู ู ุฑุงูุจุฉ ุงูุฃุฏุงุก ุจุนุฏ ุงูุฅุดุบุงู.
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