Our Client
National Museum of Qatar
Qatar Museums, established to preserve and celebrate Qatar’s cultural heritage, manages a diverse range of museums and cultural institutions. It aims to inspire creativity, foster cultural understanding, and promote the arts through world-class exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach initiatives.
The National Museum of Qatar (NMOQ) is committed to reduce its carbon footprint and achieve carbon neutrality to promote environmental sustainability.
The business situation & our role
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The Business Situation
Meeting its mitigation goals in line with Qatar National Climate Change Action Plan 2030, to achieve the status of carbon neutrality, NMOQ went through comprehensive audits aimed at measuring and verifying the GHG emissions linked with the operations and services of the facility.
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Our Role
Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) that worked on the project as an advisory partner to support it in achieving carbon neutrality for a one-year reporting period that started in 2021.
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The scope of the work involved
- The scope of activities included in assessing NMOQ’s carbon footprint included the operational impacts linked with electricity and water consumption, waste generation, visitors commute to the museum, etc. In the assessment process, all major GHG emission sources were accounted by using international protocols.
- To conduct the GHG inventory of the museum’s operation, the guidelines of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) / GHG Protocol were referenced.
- The GHG inventory boundary of NMOQ includes the main building, the original palace, parking, restaurants, kiosks, associated facilities, and landscaping.