Michel Abi Saab

General Manager

Michel Abi Saab is general manager at Emerge, and has led the company's work across the United Arab Emirates and the wider Middle East. He has more than a decade of experience in energy efficiency, air conditioning, high-performance and zero-energy buildings, energy modelling and energy performance contracting. He was previously manager of energy services for clean energy at Masdar, where he helped public and private bodies cut their energy bills, and was responsible for applying sustainability practice through the design and operation of Masdar City. He wrote the Masdar energy design guidelines, the mandatory framework for energy-efficient buildings there. He holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Lebanese University and is a certified energy manager, a certified measurement and verification professional, a LEED accredited professional and an ISO 50001 lead auditor.