First 'LEED' Platinum Rated Green Building, in the Middle East, Inaugurated in Dubai

First 'LEED' Platinum Rated Green Building, in the Middle East, Inaugurated in Dubai

October 25, 2007

- The Headquarters of Pacific Controls is the First
Platinum Rated Green Building in the Middle East and
Sixteenth in the World


    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 25
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Control Systems, an
automation company with operations around the world, today
inaugurated its headquarters in Techno Park, Dubai. The
headquarter building is the first Platinum rated green
building accredited by the US Green Building Council
(USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED)
programme in the Middle East and sixteenth in the world.

    H.E. Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of State for Cabinet
Affairs of the Federal Government of the United Arab
Emirates and Executive Chairman of Dubai Holding,
inaugurated the building.

    Mr. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, Vice Chairman of the Board
of Ports and Free Zones, Group Chief Executive Officer Ports
& Free Zone World & Vice Chairman DP World, spoke
during the occasion.

    The inauguration event was also attended by Ms. Salma
Hareb, CEO Jafza and Economic Zones World, Mr. Sami Dhaen
Al Qamzi, Director General Department of Finance, Brigadier
Rashid Thani Al Matroushi, Director of Dubai Civil Defence,
Mr. Marwan Al Qamzi, Managing Director, Dubai Waterfront
and Jebal Ali Palm, Ahmed Abdul Hussain, CEO of EHS, Mr.
Jamal Lootah, CEO Imdaad, and other senior officials and
dignitaries.

    Mr. Sandy Wiggins, Chairman, US Green Building Council,
delivered the keynote address at the event.

    Commenting on the inauguration of the headquarters, Mr.
Dilip Rahulan, Chairman and CEO, Pacific Controls, said:
"We are proud to unveil our headquarters today. Our
headquarter building is built in line with our commitment
to the UAE government's drive towards achieving sustainable
development in the region. It is our belief that our
initiative will set a new benchmark for other green
development projects in the UAE and elsewhere,
demonstrating our commitment to environmental stewardship
and Corporate social responsibility."

    The award winning headquarter building has achieved
LEED certification from the USGBC, accumulating a total of
55 points. The Green building has already won two
international awards one at Boston in June 2007: as the
"Extreme Office Building in the world",
"Digie Award" against Taipei 101 and Shanghai
Financial Centre; and the Best Intelligent Building in the
World in, Chicago Buildcon 2007.

    In his concluding statement Mr. Dilip Rahulan, Chairman
and CEO, Pacific Controls, announced that Pacific Controls
is now looking beyond Platinum Green Buildings and will
Pioneer the process of building the Worlds first
"Living Building", as its Research and
Development Centre in Dubai.

    For further information, please visit
http://www.pacificcontrols.net


    For more information, please contact:

     Mr. Morris Tannon, 
     Pacific Control Systems LLC, Dubai
     Tel: [phone]
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