Global Sustainability Assessment System | GSAS
Green building ratings are increasingly required by owners, authorities and investors, yet many projects treat them as a documentation exercise added late in design, which raises cost and weakens results. This programme explains the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS), how its assessment categories and schemes work, and how to plan projects that meet their target rating efficiently.
04 - 08 October 2026
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5 Days
USD 2,900Projects that pursue a GSAS rating often face the same problems. The target rating is set without understanding which criteria are achievable for the building type and site. Sustainability requirements enter design too late, so changes are expensive. Contractors do not know what evidence is required during construction. Operators receive a rated building but no plan for maintaining its performance. The result is extra cost, delays in assessment and buildings that do not perform as intended.
This programme follows a project through the GSAS process. It moves through five stages: understanding GSAS and its place among green building systems, working through its assessment categories and criteria, applying the Design and Build scheme, managing sustainability during construction, and sustaining performance in operation.
Built on recognised practice. The programme references the published GSAS framework and technical guidance issued by the Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD), including its Design and Build, Construction Management and Operations schemes. It also relates GSAS to wider practice such as life-cycle assessment and ISO 14001. Participants should always refer to the latest official GSAS manuals for current requirements.
Decisions this programme improves. Which rating level is realistic for a project; which criteria to prioritise for the best value; when sustainability input is needed in design and procurement; what evidence contractors must collect and when; and how owners and operators maintain rated performance after handover.
How it is delivered. Twenty hours across five sessions, built around one running case: a mixed-use development in a hot, arid climate aiming for a GSAS rating. Participants review the design against key criteria, prepare a rating strategy, plan construction evidence and outline an operations performance plan.
In-house option. For organisations, the programme can be tailored to your own project portfolio, building types and delivery model, and delivered for owner, consultant and contractor teams together so that all parties share one plan for the rating.
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