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9. Recommendations Based on the UAE’s current status and relations to other countries progress in this field, some recommendations are proposed, and the Energy Green Building Council (EGBC) recommendations were provided through an interview with the engineer Khaled Bushnaq the CEO of Energy Management Services (EMS) in Table 1: Technical Strategies Legislation & Regulation Table 1: Recommendations Policy Term Experienced Gained from Facilitate establishing obligatory building codes for retrofitting the existing buildings. EU Facilitate establishing an Energy Performance Certificate EPCs. EU, USA Mandate all large public buildings over 1000m2 to have Energy performance certificate and should be displayed to increase the public awareness. EU Facilitate the retrofit for all the government public housing to the 1 pearl Estidama regulations UAE or equivalent local regulations. research paper Mandates upgrades of the least efficient existing buildings in Abu Dhabi & Dubai to a higher level of energy performance, through restrictions on rental or sale of those buildings with low energy performance. UAE research paper Benchmarking laws. USA Provide subsidies and guarantees to risk- free investment. USA Encourage continuous communications between involved parties: government and policy makers, financial institutions, representatives of the building industry, vendors/suppliers. EGBC (Emirates Green Building Council) Retrofit different market segments: Residential, commercial, institutional. USA Establish a forum for all involved stakeholders for consultation, comments on practical matters EGBC and policy implementation. Show leadership examples through accelerated ambitious retrofit for public buildings and all provided with a displayed energy performance certificate EPC. USA, EU Increase the public awareness level through media and different ways of communication. EU, USA Provide different package measures that can be replicated in similar cases. EU, USA Simplification of Monitoring & Verifications protocols to suit the local conditions. EGBC Ensure of compliance with building regulations. EU Provide measures that are flexible to be enhanced in response to new technological measures. EGBC Provision of access to database or data bank. EGBC Fiscal / Financial Provision of standardized contracts, supported by government agency. USA A third institution (DEWA) should be between the client and the ESCO. This institution should be in charge of collecting the payment from the client and paying the ESCO. USA FiT incentive to pay electricity from clean energy like PVs. USA Provision of Green Deal / UAE version. UK Replace the fossil fuel subsidies with clean energy subsidies. EU Provision of local insurance companies for Energy Performance Contactors (EPCs). EGBC Retrofitting existing buildings in UAE: barriers, opportunities, and recommendation 665