Monday, 14 July 2014 01:36
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The Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity Platform of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce together with Green Technologies FZCO, Dubai, UAE and the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC is organising a presentation and interactive discussion on ‘Green Buildings: A Synergy with Biodiversity’, as yet another awareness and capacity building initiative of the platform. The event will be held on 17 July 2014 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, 50, Navam Mawatha, Colombo 02.
The keynote address will be delivered by Mario Seneviratne, Managing Director of Green Technologies FZCO, Dubai, UAE and LEED Fellow and Faculty Member of the US Green Building Council. Seneviratne is a Sri Lankan-born Mechanical Engineering Professional who pioneered the introduction of Green Building Certification to Sri Lanka and the Middle East with the LEED Certification of the Heritance Kandalama Hotel – the First LEED Green Hotel in the World and the First LEED Green Building Outside of the United States.
He is also responsible for the LEED Platinum Certification of the Rainforest Ecolodge, Deniyaya – the first hotel to receive this status in Sri Lanka, the fourth in Asia and the fifth in the world. Seneviratne is the Founder and Past Secretary to the Board of the Emirates Green Building Council and also the Past Secretary to the Board of the World Green Building Council. He is a member of numerous professional associations and has won many awards for his services to the global sustainable engineering industry.
A green building is one of which, the construction and lifetime of operation assure the healthiest possible environment for its occupants, while representing the most efficient and least disruptive use of land, water, energy and other natural resources. The optimum green or sustainable building design is one that effectively emulates all of the natural systems and conditions of the pre-developed site – after development is complete.
