GEM wins Green Building award from Arab Water Council

GEM wins Green Building award from Arab Water Council

The Arab Water Council announced on Tuesday that the Grand Egyptian Museum won the Environment and Development Forum 2022’s “Green Building award”.

The award was presented on the sidelines of the forum held in Cairo under the title “The Road to Sharm el-Sheikh – Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP27”.

The Vice-President of the Arab Water Council and Chairman of the Awards Evaluation Committee Walid Abdel-Rahman said that a committee of specialized experts examined all submissions and selected the winner.

The GEM won the competition as the best project in the field of Green Buildings.

Major General Atef Moftah, who supervises the implementation of GEM project, received the award, which included a documentary film about the project and its implementation stages.

Moftah said that the museum’s implementation rate has reached 100 percent and has received a variety of artifacts.

The structural work and external facades of the Khufu Boat Museum have been completed by 100 percent, and the volume of achievement in implementing ICT communication and security systems is now 98 percent.

He added that all dimensions of green building and sustainable development are being integrated into the museum project, including obtaining green building certificates, in line with its cultural