Engineer Tariq Shukri, Deputy Representative of the Parliament’s Housing Committee, in an interview with “Land Protectors”

Engineer Tariq Shukri, Undersecretary of the Parliament’s Housing Committee, in an interview with “Land Protectors”

“Earth Guards”She had a dialogue with the most prominent figures who believe in the importance and necessity of transitioning to green construction, whatever its cost. Rather, he took it as a vision and conviction, and began his own real estate projects, which have a large share of the specifications of green construction. . Engineer Tariq Shukri, Undersecretary of the Housing Committee in the House of Representatives, who was one of the distinguished attendees at the launch ceremony of magazine “Earth Guards”, in a dialogue about green construction and the future of real estate projects in light of this vision in construction.

Based on your speech at the launching ceremony of “Earth Guards” magazine, during which you spoke extensively about “green building,” a term that has been mentioned a lot recently, can you explain in some detail about this term?

 We must agree in principle that architecture has changed in recent years from traditional architecture based on not looking at carbon emissions, as well as non-rational consumption rates, to new standards that look at the two mechanisms with greater focus. For example, there are 3 pivot points:

First: Solar energy as alternative energy. How can you light a building and power large parts of it with solar energy? Thus, we reduce the sources of burning polluting electricity, and thus directly help improve the environment.

The second point: It is recycling. For many years, the culture in Europe has become based on primary rather than final separation, and therefore this separation helps to restart, and thus helps in general to improve industrial performance in this context.

The third point: It is lighting and ventilation and the mechanism for dealing with them in a healthy and balanced manner that makes new buildings based on reducing electromechanical as much as possible; This means that whenever you look at the building in a way that reads the axes of air, its entry and exit in the building, we reduce the use of air conditioning. This is done by making heat insulation in aluminum, or by making the aluminum double or triple; It reduces the input of heat in the summer, and reduces the output of warmth in the winter, and thus the number of cooling and heating hours will decrease. These are the elements that need electricity, or use coal, or use methods that we are forced to, but they have emissions.

But all these materials are expensive and the end user cannot afford them!

is expensive at a rate previously studied. This percentage fluctuates between 6 and 8%, and this percentage compensates for the difference in electricity use in the future. For example,  with regard to the use ofsolar energy, if the consumer considers it an additional cost of 8%, he can recover what he spent by reducing the value of electricity bills; Because lighting in public places or at entrances or stairwells is now made possible by solar energy. Therefore, the return on savings will not take more than 4 or 5 years, and I believe that the rate is very good. That is: about 20% per year.

I believe that the coming period, with demand and the new trend, will lead to an area of price examination, which will make these prices lower. It becomes more  attractive to people; Because the obstacle is always the cost.

If we remember that at the beginning the cost exceeded 15%, with time, competition and understanding, the result of experience reached 7 or 8%. If it reached, for example, 5 or 4%, it would be a very small number, and the return from it would be over 3 years, and here it would be an investment worthy of being a business model.

What is your assessment as a developer in the most important eventCOP27that will be held on the land of Egypt?

I agree with you that the event is very important; The personalities present, including world presidents and leaders, and prime ministers, are at the highest level, and therefore I estimate that this issue will carry momentum that will produce different outcomes, and that what is happening now in Sharm El-Sheikh in terms of preparation and preparation, whether in terms of positioning Sharm El-Sheikh as a model for a city that operates with solar energy and seeks to place within its foundations green building as a basic nucleus for Egypt to be a model city, will be the reason for an important shift in this regard.

Since you have faith and conviction in the idea ofGreen building, did you implement this vision in your project in West Cairo?

Indeed, we implemented it in public places and all public services through solar energy. We are convinced that this was very important; Because it will increase revenues, and thus help reduce the monthly bill over the coming months.

In conclusion, Shukri added, saying:We are also working on a second file, which is recycling, and we are studying how to begin the primary sorting process, but the most important thing is that there be a response from the people. Because this topic is based on culture; Egypt produces hundreds of thousands of tons of garbage, and a group of people benefit from it, sorting it permanently and not initially, while the primary sorting is done by an easier and more professional mechanism.