Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) announced that it collected 1.208 million tons of waste in H1 2019 through the companies contracted to provide waste collection and transportation services across the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Municipal solid waste amounted to 567,721 tons, whereas bulky waste stood at 65,220 tons, green waste from residential areas and […]

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has inspected the construction of the 4th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is the largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world. Based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, the fourth phase will generate 950 megawatts (MW) with […]

Imdaad, a Dubai-based group of companies that provides integrated, sustainable FM services that enhance operational efficiencies of physical assets, welcomed a group of pupils from Al Nada Kindergarten to its stand at FM EXPO 2019 today for a special workshop. The children were introduced to healthy waste and recycling practices during the ‘Be’ati’ workshop, as […]

In 2018, web miners, applications that run in a user’s browser and mine cryptocurrencies for profit, could have consumed as much as 18.8 gigawatts of electric power, according to Kaspersky research on the economic and environmental impact of web mining. This makes it comparable to the power consumption rate of Poland and means the environmental […]

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced that it has started pilot connection of its district cooling service to The Address Residences Jumeirah Resort and Spa, located in the Dubai Marina district. The total capacity of district cooling service to this project will be 6,500 Refrigeration tonnes (RT) […]