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Using AI for a Smarter City
As urban populations grow, forward-looking governments and industries strive to create more sustainable and efficient cities, not only to lessen their impact on the environment, but also to create a better quality of life for its citizens. Digitalisation of a city’s infrastructure enables the optimised use of energy – from transport, buildings, and industry through […]
Your Tech Curated Visit to the UAE
The direct contribution of the travel and tourism sector to the UAE’s GDP was AED 68.5 billion (US $18.7 billion) in 2016, little over five per cent of the total GDP. It is forecasted to grow to over US$31 billion in 2027, as figures published by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) reveal. As […]
Product Assessment Key To Sustainable Manufacturing
The characteristics of a company’s products’ are critical to the environmental performance of the business, as well as the customers’ ability to manage their own environmental impact. The quality of the products, often more than anything else, helps to define the reputation of the business, inspire the employees in their daily activities and decisions and […]
A Hundred Year Strategy
1. How are the principles and vision of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan being integrated within DEWA’s own corporate culture this year? A hundred years ago, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was born. He was the Founding Father of the UAE and oversaw its rapid development as a nation on the […]
An Enduring Vision for Sustainability
“We shall continue to work to protect our environment and our wildlife, as did our forefathers before us. It is a duty, and, if we fail, our children, rightly, will reproach us for squandering an essential part of their inheritance, and of our heritage”. Sheikh Zayed infused in the UAE a spirit of responsibility, camaraderie […]
Airlines
Think of carbon footprints and chances are, you’ll think of air travel. Hardly one of the most environmentally friendly ways to travel, flying has come in for its fair share of criticism in the past few years. But are airlines working towards making air travel more sustainable? Here in the Middle East region, it appears […]
d3: The Smartest Spot On Earth.
The Dubai Design District, or d3, prides itself in being a district that nurtures emerging local talent and providing a home for the region’s creative thinkers. Their premises are slick, their clientele equally so, and their events, arty, hip and happening. The district has been developed through careful consultation with the design community in order […]
Cultivating The Spirit Of The Entrepreneur
Dubai Future Accelerators, a first of its kind program, was launched in 2016 by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and the Chairman of Dubai Future Foundation under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai. The purpose was to create […]
We Believe the Children Are Our Future
Dubai Carbon and The Youth Hub join hands on a series of sustainability workshops to empower the youth of this city. The Youth Hub has collaborated with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence to produce a series of workshops on the current hot topic on all responsible minds today – sustainability. The Sustainability Workshop held in March […]
Disrupting the Telecom World
What is Virgin Mobile offering to the UAE that makes it stand apart from existing service providers? Virgin Mobile is the first fully app-based mobile brand, designed to make the mobile experience simpler, fairer and better for the consumer. Digital innovation is at the core of our brand, and our hope is that Virgin Mobile […]
