Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council Magazine Issue 6 April 2012
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council Magazine Issue 6 April 2012
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council Magazine Issue 6 April 2012
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active proponent of the UPC’s Estidama programme<br />
and a true partner in implementing the principles of<br />
sustainability.<br />
For developers, building strong relationships with<br />
regulators such as the UPC helps them to navigate<br />
a consistently changing environment. Meeting<br />
with the development community is more than<br />
a communication exercise, the UPC proactively<br />
engages with developers to evaluate how they<br />
perceive Estidama, and understand the changing<br />
trends in real estate in order to better comprehend<br />
and anticipate the implications of these changes.<br />
To further extend the implementation of Estidama,<br />
the UPC updated developers on its state-of-the-art<br />
Development Review Streamlining Process. This is<br />
an inter-agency mechanism designed and led by the<br />
UPC to inform and direct developers on Emirate-wide<br />
regulations and policies to improve overall integration,<br />
whilst providing the UPC with the necessary data<br />
to make informed decisions on project applications.<br />
The process also provides all external agencies<br />
with the necessary data and ensures a transparent,<br />
consistent system. In addition, an implementation<br />
booklet has been jointly produced to clearly explain<br />
the roles, responsibilities and requirements for both<br />
the <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Dhabi</strong> Municipality and the UPC.<br />
This first Estidama Forum is a clear example of the<br />
UPC’s well-defined and carefully-crafted approach<br />
of having a two-way communication channel with<br />
all stakeholders to present them with Estidama’s<br />
plans, initiatives and programmes, whilst gaining<br />
their feedback and suggestions to be further studied<br />
and incorporated. Stakeholder-engaging activities<br />
are instrumental tools to enable the UPC to gain<br />
genuine insights on how development and facilities<br />
should be orchestrated to achieve Vision 2030<br />
objectives.<br />
E-Villa Configurator: an ‘edutainment’ tool for villa<br />
owners<br />
As part of its commitment to providing information<br />
to the community and concerned parties in an<br />
accessible, user-friendly and interactive manner,<br />
the UPC recently unveiled the ‘E-Villa Configurator’,<br />
a bespoke new awareness tool for villa owners and<br />
developers aiming to comply with Estidama’s One<br />
Pearl Rating System, the mandatory rating for all<br />
private villa developments in the Emirate of <strong>Abu</strong><br />
<strong>Dhabi</strong>.<br />
Configured to operate across multiple platforms<br />
and applications such as the iPad, the internet, and<br />
also on DVD, the E-Villa Configurator encompasses<br />
the six categories of the Estidama One Pearl Rating<br />
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