Energy City Qatar (ECQ) plans to follow a global standard for high performance environment-friendly buildings, a report said.

The energy hub stated that only “Green Buildings” will be allowed in the 72 hectares where local and international oil and gas firms and other service industry and infrastructure companies will be setting up various facilities, the Gulf Times report said.

Energy City Qatar’s current plan is to get the US Green Building Council’s LEED Rating by 2010 or 2011. The process of handing over the allotted land to clients will be completed in second quarter of 2008. The construction of buildings is expected to be completed by late 2009 or early 2010.

“We will be the first energy city in the whole world to get such a prestigious rating,” Energy City Qatar’s chief technical officer Ahmad A al-Abdulla said.