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day which is Estidama’s highest set target. Installing domestically water controlling equipment,
such as basin taps, BD flushes, shower heads that runs on a minimized flow is guaranteed to reduce furthermore the water consumption levels to up to 40%, a percentage that is targeted within Estidama for building rating system. Setting ways and equipment for waste management such
as segregation waste containers, waste management brochures and proper waste segregation
related signage, forms an important approach drawn by this study’s aim of achieving a modular
sustainable package. Establishing a proper waste management plan for the community assures
high values in operational recycling, thus improving the environmental level and the social responsibility towards a better community quality.
As for the final basic methodology, a renewable energy source of production has to adopted in
upcoming design considerations, in the UAE solar energy, by adapting a PV panel system, is highlighted among numerous existing projects and is prevailed as the best relevantly easily applicable approach as to reduce the burden on producing energy in traditional ways, that depend on
non-renewable resources. Adapting the above sustainable environmental package can positively
affect the behavior of any given community in terms of achieving a proper environmental quality
and an ambitious sustainable output.

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