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Kent College Dubai goes Solar with SirajPower
First school project and new sectorial expansion for SirajPower in 2020 following the first foray into residential Kent College’s project will displace approximately 1,600 metric tons of carbon dioxide emission (Co2) per annum (the equivalent of 200 Mn smartphones being charged) Educational opportunities associated with the use of solar energy in schools UAE, Dubai: 7 […]
Vertical Farming Partnership Enters The UAE Market
A new vertical farming partnership is set to enter the UAE market as leading systems vendors IGS signs a partnership deal with AgTech R&D experts and growers Madar Farms. A local Emirati company, based in Abu Dhabi, Madar Farms has already developed a range of premium quality indoor-grown crops to supply into the local UAE […]
Farnek’s Vertical Rooftop Garden Comes to Life
Leading UAE-based smart and green facilities management (FM) company Farnek, in partnership with Dutch green-tech projects specialist developer Urban Ponics, has created a 240sqm vertical rooftop garden at Farnek’s brand new staff accommodation centre in Dubai South – Farnek Village. Farnek arranged for a team of experts from Urban Ponics in the Netherlands to fly […]
UAE’s The Storey Group Launches One Billion Trees Initiative
The UAE’s The Storey Group (TSG) has launched an ambitious initiative to encourage the Emirates’ residents and corporates to come together to help plant one billion trees globally by 2026 in a transformational project designed to help offset the country’s carbon emissions. OBTI enables people to buy or gift trees, with each tree delivering […]
SWS Industries Is Now Using Solar Energy At Their Facility
SWS Industries is proud to mark its three-month anniversary since Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) Middle East powered a 0.55 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop at their facility in Dubai. Operating since 2004 in the United Arab Emirates, SWS Industries became a valued business in the industry specializing in innovative solutions for action sports […]
Sustainability-Focused Building for Greater Wellness
By Francis Alfred, Managing Director and CEO of Sobha Realty We are nearing the end of what will be a year to remember; a year where everything else was overlaid by the unpleasant pandemic. Recently, amidst all these COVID-19 conversations there was a brief respite as we remembered another threat to our planet – climate […]
Tadweer Environmental Awareness Drive Delivers
Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) revealed that its awareness activities and campaigns in 2020 delivered significant results in promoting environmental awareness across Abu Dhabi Emirate despite the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic to its operations. “Tadweer’s awareness efforts articulate the Center’s strategic objective of providing the highest health environmental safety standards to […]
‘Earth Day is a symbol of cooperation among all segments of the community towards the common objective of preserving the environment’
His Excellency Mohamed Bin Jarsh Al Falasi, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), asserted that Earth Day is a special occasion and a symbol of cooperation among all segments of the community towards the common objective of preserving the environment. It is an opportunity to promote positive behaviour that helps ensure the […]
1 in 3 Are Buying More Locally Sourced Products
Leading management consulting firm Kearney Middle East has revealed insights into changes in community, family and sustainability behaviors. This is following a survey of more than 1000 UAE residents conducted by YouGov which revealed that 62% of the respondents in the UAE have experienced a significant or complete change in their lives during the pandemic […]
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment Inaugurates National Air Quality Platform
Ministry introduces initiative in collaboration with National Center of Meteorology, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah Launch coincides with International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Abu Dhabi-UAE: 7 September, 2020 – His Excellency Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, today attended the […]
