KARIM FARAH

PRINCIPAL
LEED Fellow, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M and Edge Auditor
Vice President / Co-founder, Egypt GBC


Contact Info

Direct Phone Number

+201001740748

E-mail Address

kfarah@reedsconsult.com

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND CERTIFICATES

  • LEED Fellow, Class 2020
  • Edge Auditor, May 2021 (Only Edge Auditor in Egypt)
  • Engineering Consultant, Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers, since 1994.
  • LEED AP, US Green Building Council, since 2007 (First LEED AP from Egypt)
  • LEED® Faculty™, US Green Building Council, since 2009 (First LEED Faculty from Egypt)
  • LEED AP BD+C, GBCI, since 2010
  • LEED AP O+M, GBCI, since 2014.
  • Estidama Pearl Qualified Professional (PQP) for Building and Community, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2011.
  • GSAS-Certified Green Professional, Gulf Organization for Research & Development (GORD), Qatar, 2011.

SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES

Senior Architect/Project Manager/Sustainability Consultant/LEED Specialist with an overall experience of 27 years in the design and execution of various types of Building projects including Airport terminals, Academic campus, Hospitals, Healthcare Centers, Research Facilities, Library, Conference Center, School, Sports Facilities, Stadiums, Housing, Office Headquarters, Railway stations, Mosque, Private Residences, Residential Buildings, Tourist Resorts, Industrial Plants and others.

Participant and Speaker at many International and Regional Green Building conferences including Green Build USA (6 times), IFI09 Dubai, IQPC Cairo, Green Business Opportunities Beirut 2011 and Oman Future Buildings Conference 2014, Intelligent Cities Exhibition and Conference (ICEC) Cairo 2015 and 2016, IKI 0-emission building ambitions in the MENA region Beirut 2018 and Danfoss event in Cairo in 2019 .

LEED coordinator for more than 40 LEED projects seeking all levels of Certifications in Cairo, Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain. 22 achieved LEED certifications: 1 LEED Platinum, 10 Gold, 8 Silver and 2 Certified. Coordinator for a number of projects seeking GSAS Certification in Doha, 1 achieved 4 stars certification, 5 achieved 3 stars certification for the design, 21 are registered with a target to achieve 2, 3 and 4 stars under different typologies. In addition to ESTIDAMA Pearl Certified project in Abu Dhabi. Dar Al-Handasah Sustainability Manager for more than 12 years.

Was honored by GBCI in 2020 with the title of LEED Fellow for Exceptional Contributions to and Achievements in Green Building and Sustainability. As USGBC LEED® Faculty™, facilitated more than 18 USGBC Workshop “LEED 201: Core Concepts & Strategies” and 7 “BD+C 251: Understanding the Building Design + Construction LEED Rating Systems” at Dar Al-Handasah offices, the American University in Cairo (AUC) and other institutions; in Cairo, Beirut and Pune.

Edge Auditor, promoting several projects targeting Edge Certification in Egypt, with the forecast that Edge will become the local Green Building Code for Egypt and the MENA Region in the coming years.

Vice President and Cofounder of Egypt Green Building Council, prospective member of the World GBC, a nonprofit NGO with the objective of promoting Green Building in Egypt. Head of the technical Committee responsible for the development of TARSHEED Residential, Commercial and Community, the Green Building Rating System.