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Interview with Jessica Préalpato, Ambassador at Expo 2020
Earlier this year, the France Pavilion at the Expo 2020 appointed award-winning pastry chef Jessica Préalpato as one of the ambassadors for the event. Jessica’s innovative and nature driven style of cooking made her stand out and led to her being voted “World’s Best Pastry Chef” in 2019 at the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards. […]
JinkoSolar Reaches Record-breaking New High Efficiency
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that the maximum solar conversion efficiency of its large-area N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cells reached 25.25%, setting a new world record for large-size contact-passivated solar cells. This result has been […]
Herman Miller Increases Use of Ocean-bound Plastic with Aeron Chair
Today, Herman Miller (NASDAQ;MLHR) announced that its entire portfolio of Aeron Chairs will contain ocean-bound plastic, including a new color, Onyx Ultra Matte, which contains up to 2.5 pounds (1.13 kg) of mismanaged plastic waste found near waterways per chair. These material changes in the Aeron Portfolio specifically are projected to save the ocean from […]
The Red Sea Development Company Announces Exceptional Results in ESG Assessment
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has achieved an overall score of 84 out of 100 in its first-ever ESG-assessment and benchmark exercise by Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). GRESB assessed The Red Sea Project against standardized targets for Environmental, Social and Governance. It […]
Interview with James Michael Lafferty, CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding
UAE-based Fine Hygienic Holding‘s products have been in our homes long before the pandemic, from facial tissues to paper towels, as well as baby and adult care goods. As a result of the pandemic and the subsequent mandatory safety measures, we can now easily recognize the Fine logo on a very important product – the Fine […]
Going “Green” Roofs
By: Dr Samar Hamad Green roofs are popular green design features that can be incorporated into the design of highly dense urban centres to enhance the sustainability and energy performance of buildings without disrupting the existing architecture. They are typically installed on flat (or slightly sloped) rooftops of any building or structure (such as […]
Eco-Friendly Eid Gift Box
Creat’Elle is a small business based in Sharjah, which offers handmade items aimed at reducing waste. The goal is to facilitate and encourage people to change their habits with simple gestures. Step by step, we can reduce waste together. We are not perfect but we can be better than yesterday. In this confinement period, […]
Noor Abu Dhabi Trains UAE Students To Become Solar Professionals
Noor Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest stand-alone operational solar photovoltaic (PV) plant located in Abu Dhabi’s Sweihan region, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi University to offer internships to students in the company’s solar power plant. The move has made Noor Abu Dhabi an ideal platform for training national engineers and […]
Interview: Adam Smith
Dubai, March 22. Adam began his professional career in the United Kingdom. He trained as a City & Guilds qualified piping engineer, delivering turn-key projects throughout the UK for various SME companies. Adam then migrated into the ‘Facilities Management’ side of the construction business with the EMS Group, focusing on specialised contracts for large multinational […]
MBRSC Releases 0.7 Meter Satellite Image “Mosaic” captured by KhalifaSat
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today announced the completion of an updated map of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai using the UAE’s first high-resolution satellite image “Mosaic”, captured by KhalifaSat. The system captures a matrix of individual digital images to create a single high-resolution picture of the UAE’s terrain. This imaging system by […]
