Product & Materials Database

• Our Expertise
• Consulting / Sustainability Practice
• Materials / Facade Testing
• Product and Service Co-Development
• Product and Materials Database
• Opportunities for Technology Partnerships
• Education and Training

Reflecting Masdar City’s expertise in sustainable supply chain management, The Future Build has been developed to assists architects, engineers and contractors in identifying and sourcing building products and materials that have been independently assessed to ensure they deliver the environmental benefits claimed. The first portal of its kind to originate in the Arab world, The Future Build also provides the latest green building news, and sustainable procurement and supply chain consulting and training services.

The Future Build offers an unrivalled platform for suppliers of green building products to bring their products and materials to the attention of all elements of the construction industry, particularly in the United Arab Emirates and wider Arab world, concerned with sustainable construction.

Achieve your environmental objectives

The Future Build is the same directory being used by specifiers and contractors working on projects in Masdar City, and so the portal reflects the vital need of Masdar City – similar to any project that seeks to accurately manage its environmental footprint – to understand and manage its supply chain and the embodied carbon and other environmental implications of products and materials used to construct and operate the city.

Twelve green criteria

Listings on the portal provide a brief product description, supplier contact information and then an assessment of the product across 12 sustainability criteria:

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• Recycled content
• Renewable energy
• Reusable
• Biobased material
• Recycled packaging
• Volatile organic compound (VOC) content
• Embodied carbon
• Durability
• Maintenance/cleaning
• Availability
• Code of conduct
• Indicative price

The Future Build is making it easier for architects, engineers and contractors to construct more sustainable, environmentally friendly buildings that also are healthier for those who build them, and live and work in them.

While The Future Build has been developed to serve specifiers and contractors in the UAE and wider region, the strength of its assessments and user-focused design make it a valuable tool for industry professionals worldwide.