<p>Welcome to the Al-Attiyah Foundation&rsquo;s fourth in our &#39;New Normal&#39; series of podcasts where we seek to address the urgent energy topics of today, by hearing the opinions and insights from our invited experts.</p>

<p>The Al-Attiyah Foundation is an independent think tank aiming to provide robust and practical knowledge and insights on global energy and sustainable development topics and communicate these for the benefit of the Foundation&rsquo;s Members and community.</p>

<p>In our rapidly changing world, where Covid-19 may be abating in some places but obviously not in others, climate change issues have not gone away. There are signs that building activity in now starting to pick up in OECD countries. But are we building in the right way towards more sustainable and energy efficient buildings or are we rushing to just get economic activity going? And will this sector be affected by the &ldquo;New Normal&rdquo; we are hearing so much about?</p>

<p>In this episode, Dr Alex Amato who is Head of Sustainability at the Qatar Green Building Council shares some perspectives on how energy efficient buildings will assist the fight against climate change.</p>
