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By Ahmad Lotfy
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f you are an enthusiast of the green building revolution, and the way it is trending in Qatar, you need not travel more than 20 minutes north of Doha International Airport, till you reach Energy City Qatar – a head-turning property development. Still in the offing, the City stands as a tangible testimony to top-notch business knack and the highest sustainability benchmark region-wide. ECQ is set to be the region’s first integrated energy hub, with an initial investment of $500 million (QR1.8 billion), arranged and managed by Gulf Finance House. And within 18 months, angel capitalists were rewarded with 36% return on investment and exited. Today almost all land plots of the projects are sold out to local, regional and international investors, and the concept of Energy City has been extended to India and Libya. Qatar Today spoke with Eng. Hesham Al-Emadi, the project’s CEO, and a pioneer of energy sustainability and green
Qatar Today November 10
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