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Dr. Abdullah Alrefaie
Director of The Home of
Innovation
SABIC
SABIC initiatives in green LEED certified building
Abstract:
One of SABIC big initiative is the Home of innovation at SPADC site it is under
construction and it is planned to be LEED certified and the goal is to have it as
zero net energy.This presentation will present the green thinking and effort of
SABIC in these buildings
Biography:
Abdullah joined SABIC in 1998 as a Corrosion Control Engineer at STC-Jubail,
responsible for providing technical expertise to mitigate corrosion and other
forms of materials degradation problems within SABIC’s petrochemical plants.
During his tenure at STC-Jubail, he successfully led more than 80 technical
service requests (TSRs) and research projects. These TSRs and projects yielded
estimated operations savings greater than SR300 MM, multiple corporate awards
and 20 scientific publications. He has been elected as chairman for National
Association of Corrosion and Engineering (NACE-J) Jubail chapter (+450
members), and effectively managed the whole activities (2010-2012). In 2012,
he joined SABIC CRI as a staff scientist conducting various fundamental
researches relevant to flexible electronics and water disinfectant processes. In
2014 Abdullah was appointed as senior manager for the Fundamental
Engineering & Design department under the Innovative Engineering Solution
(IES). He has played a major role in fostering innovation culture within SABIC
through SABIC Technical Meetings (STMs) and Innovation Days activities
during his career. Recently, he appointed as a director of the Home of
InnovationTM Program. Abdullah obtained a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
from Kind Abdulaziz University (1997), and MSc (2002) & PhD (2009) in
Corrosion Science and Engineering from the University of Manchester-UK.