So far Dubai was known for the tallest, the largest hotels , building and towers but as per Gulf News' todays report , Dubai has been awarded the home to the "most sustainable" commercial building in the world — The Change Initiative (TCI) — on Shaikh Zayed Road.

TCI is a 4,000-square-metre shop that provides sustainable solutions in Dubai. It has secured the highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating from the US Green Building Council (GBC), a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable buildings worldwide.

TCI achieved 107 points out of 110, making it the most sustainable commercial building in the world. The record was previously held by Pixel, a four-level building in Australia, with 105 points.

I am glad that I visited ?The Change Initiative ?and had attended the workshop there . My certificate attached here with this report. The store is a great prototype for sustainable real estate applicable worldwide.

Most people believe that Dubai cannot be sustainable or is less sustainable. But TCI has proven that if Dubai can build the tallest, the biggest, then it can also build the most sustainable building.

Only one year old, TCI doesn?t only provide environmentally-friendly solutions. It practises what it preaches by incorporating all aspects of green building on its 4,000-square-metre structure from its roofing to energy-efficient lighting to its water system.

TCI has 26 technologies, including solar panels and heat-reflective paint, on its roof that provides 40 per cent of the building?s energy requirements. Its outer structure has insulation three times more than that of a normal building all its windows have heat-reflective films water in the building is re-used and recycled and most of the materials used for the building?s interiors are recycled.

This high LEED Platinum rating is not the first in Dubai, which is also home to the Dewa (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) Sustainable Building, the largest government building in the world with 98 out of 110 points.