Saint-Gobain inaugurates Al MUNTADA- knowledge space at Masdar City-Abu Dhabi, UAE

Saint-Gobain inaugurates Al MUNTADA- knowledge space at Masdar City-Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: French multinational Saint-Gobain inaugurates its first Knowledge space in the Middle East at Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban community.

Hady Nassif CEO Saint-Gobain Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, Antoine Ghazal CEO Saint-Gobain Gulf Countries inaugurated today AL-MUNTADA - Knowledge Space by Saint-Gobain under the auspices of the French Embassy in the UAE represented by Jean-Baptiste Chauvel, Regional French Economic Counsellor for the Arabian Peninsula and Ahmed Baghoum Acting CEO of Masdar City.

AL-MUNTADA, a 400-square-meter space built over a 2,200-square-meter land will showcase the latest Innovations of Saint-Gobain in light and sustainable Construction, namely the lightweight façade system, internal partitions and acoustic ceilings from Gyproc, acoustic and sustainable decorative flooring systems from Weber, pre-insulated lightweight HVAC ducts from Kimmco-Isover, Best performant acoustic ceilings tiles and seamless acoustic ceilings from Ecophon, high performance glass which provides high light and visibility by using Saint-Gobain Glass, fire resistant and safety glass from Vetrotech, Safety films on glass from Solar Gard and sustainable cast iron draining pipes from Saint-Gobain PAM.

The Photovoltaic panels used are also generating 20% more energy than what is required to operate the building.

Using the latest technology of smart glass from SageGlass in its construction, AL-MUNTADA