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Frontier Technologies to Protect the Environment and Tackle Climate Change

The use of IoT to promote sustainability, increase resilience and reduce its impact on
the climate is timely for Dubai given the region’s increasing consumption of water and
electricity (as shown in Figure 13 from DEWA’s promotional material on electricity and water
conservation) and the city’s commitment to make progress toward achieving the aims of
the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050.

Furthermore, the IoT network deployment for its electrical grid is accompanied by the city’s
latest conservation initiative, Green Dubai, which according to HE Saeed Mohammed Al
Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of DEWA, ‘supports the Demand Side
Management Strategy to reduce electricity and water use by 30% by 2030, generating clean
solar energy, and encouraging the use of eco-friendly electric vehicles.’

The tri-fold aim of the initiative is seen in Figure 14.

Figure 14: Green Dubai [xiv]

Infrastructure modernization efforts overall have been a key priority for DEWA in recent
years. The ITU case study found that, among its working relationships, DEWA ‘works with
U.A.E.’s Supreme Council on Energy (DSCE) to define policies and measurement frameworks
for energy, GHG emissions and climate change targets in the country. Dubai’s energy
integration and carbon reduction policies are designed to drive energy efficiency across its
transportation, building, energy and water sectors’.
The case study also reported that ‘DEWA’s infrastructure supplies buildings, households,
industries and the service sector. The Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy 2021 has specific
greenhouse gas reduction targets for each sub-sector.

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