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Dubai – The City Of The Future
What is your advice for start-ups? And how strong a role do they play in the R&D sector of Dubai? Entrepreneurship, particularly within research and development (R&D), plays a vital role in a country’s transition to an innovation-led economy. Introducing new ideas and cutting-edge technologies, while fostering innovation and creativity, is essential for economic diversification. […]
Transguard Group Launches Self-Service Payment Kiosks
With employee welfare at the foundation of Transguard Group’s business strategy, the company continues to set the standard for employee wellbeing in the region with its Corporate Social Responsibility programme and employee benefits. This includes the launch of Transguard Pay, an on-site, self-service kiosk that makes it easier than ever for site-based staff to stay […]
Caring Globally
“This year, we are looking forward to continue building schools alongside our volunteers and positively changing the lives of children in underprivileged communities around the world.” Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, in May announced that it will be organizing two editions of Volunteer Globally, one of the main pillars […]
The Future of Smart Living
It is interesting to see the smart home industry shift from a centralised, fully-fledged solution to a de-centralised mix and match of smart gadgets. Remember the days when you wanted to ‘smartify’ your home? You would need to call an expert to come in for a consultation and offer a solution that would probably cost […]
Fuelling Sustainability with HE Saif Al Falasi
1. How are you incorporating sustainability, in particular energy savings and alternative energy sources, into your corporate strategy? ENOC’s operational excellence across the length and breadth of its businesses is well-known in the market, and so is our intensive work in Energy & Resource Management (E&RM). We work closely with the Dubai Supreme Council of […]
A Living Lab for Future Technologies
The Sustainable City (TSC) in Dubai is deploying new technologies and management systems to achieve social, economic and environmental outcomes. These systems include grid-edge technologies, driverless transport, vertical farming, and smart metering to name a few. Deploying, testing, and integrating these systems in The Sustainable City – or any other community – requires an innovation […]
Promoting Public-Private Partnerships
On the sidelines of the World Government Summit here in Dubai, I had the opportunity to catch up with the recently appointed Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner. Steiner succeeded Helen Clark, former UNDP Administrator, but also the former New Zealand Prime Minister. UNDP released amazing initiatives under her administration but […]
Designed In The UAE, Made For The World
At Manarati, we believe a smart city is one that improves the quality of life and happiness of its citizens by providing a smart infrastructure that enables connectivity and other smart use cases based on the utilisation of data. The key criteria for a successful smart city is that it should blend digital connectivity with […]
Sustaining Sustainability
Most city dwellers spend much of their time indoors, inside a building. Buildings consume nearly 40 per cent of all global energy, and are both heavy on people and assets, affecting the environment at large. Despite the fact that the global facilities management industry is close to a trillion dollars, buildings continue to operate as […]
Costs of fuel motorcycles to our environment
COSTS OF FUEL MOTORCYCLES Below air transport, petrol powered motorcycles are the most damaging vehicles to the environment. We’ve researched the affects fuel-based motorcycles have on the environment compared to cars and other forms of transport. With the increasing demand and supply of petrol motorcycles in the delivery sector these statistics are shocking! ONE MOTO […]
