Posted on : 08-02-2012 | By : admin | In : Uncategorized
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We live in an exciting, vibrant city that is embracing itsacceptance as a key player in world economics and politics with ease and maturity. Recently celebrating its 40th National Day, Dubai is young but has achieved tremendous amounts in such a short time including rapid growth. With this growth has come one major issue – that of resource scarcity.
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Posted on : 07-02-2012 | By : carol | In : General
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This snippet was in Construction weekly on line (UAE) and is a just so true.
Sustainability talk is ‘tiring’ says architect 3
I would hazard a guess that 99% of the people and companies that use the “S” word don’t understand what it really means…
Tony Marshallsay
Riyadh
Posted on : 24-01-2012 | By : carol | In : General
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7 Days Article in Dubai, UAE
UAE uses 83% more water than the global average per head of the population, and about 6 times more than the UK.
People in the UAE use about 550 litres of water each day – 200,750 litres a year.
Dr Walid Fayad an authority on energy and utilities, said excess consumption in the GCC can no longer be ignored.
“Water scarcity is a reality in just about every Arab country if the don’t make changes these countries will find themselves in serious trouble.”

The last drop
Posted on : 10-01-2012 | By : carol | In : Uncategorized
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When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its 3rd assessment report in 2001 it stated that probability of the world being 3 degrees Celsius hotter by the end of the century with there being a distinct possibility of it being almost six degrees hotter.
That 3 degrees rise in temperature is comparable with global heating that occurred between the least ice age, approximately 15,000 years ago and the warmth of the 18th century. Late this century when it is three degrees hotter glaciers everywhere will be melting in a climate of often unbearable heat and drought, punctured with storms and floods. The consequence for humanity could be truly horrific; if we fail to act swiftly, the full impact of global heating could cull us along with vast populations of plants and animals with whom we share the earth.