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SirajPower seals solar partnership deal with Al Shirawi

Published on April 8, 2021

SirajPower said it has been engaged as a long-term partner starting with a significant 7 MWp solar rooftop installation for Emirates Printing Press in three of their plants, one of the region’s leading, high-quality press facilities in Dubai Industrial City (DIC) and Al Quoz. The solar rooftop project covers an area of 56,000 sq m, […]

Emirates RDF to start production of alternative fuel for cement factories

Published on September 28, 2020

Emirates RDF, a partnership between water treatment expert Besix, Finnish group Griffin Refineries and Ajman-based Tech Group Eco, has announced that is set to start production of alternative fuel at the company’s facility in Umm Al Quwain. In a statement, it explained that the household waste collected will be converted into an alternative energy source […]

Landmark Group signs 2.6 MWp solar deal with Yellow Door Energy and AMANA Investments

Published on September 11, 2020

Landmark Group, a leading retail and hospitality conglomerate in the Middle East and India, has signed a 2.6 megawatt-peak solar agreement with Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based sustainable energy provider, and AMANA Investments, a renowned design-build construction company. As the first joint venture between Yellow Door Energy and AMANA Investments, the solar agreement will bring clean […]

Mitsubishi research addresses carbon dioxide capture in concrete

Published on September 6, 2020

Carbon dioxide drawn from construction industry and related processes, such as steel mills, power plants and cement manufacturing facilities, may soon be injected into concrete to help the industry reduce carbon emissions. According to research being carried out by Japanese industrial giant, Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), the waste CO2, once embedded in concrete, will mineralise and […]

Green goes greener: Hira Walraven signs solar contract with Yellow Door Energy

Published on July 27, 2020

Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based sustainable energy provider for businesses, has been awarded a solar contract with Hira Walraven AC LLC (“Hira Walraven”), a Dutch and UAE joint venture for construction material and piping systems, for its facility in National Industries Park in Dubai, UAE. The 524 kilowatt-peak rooftop solar plant is expected to generate […]

Scottish startup Kenoteq launches sustainable brick made almost entirely of construction waste

Published on July 14, 2020

Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. Invented by engineering professor Gabriela Medero at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, the K-Briq generates less than a tenth of the carbon emissions in its manufacture than a regular brick. Medero spent over 10 years developing the product […]

Ecolog International and Siemens Energy to provide industrial wastewater treatment solution

Published on June 23, 2020

ECOLOG International and Siemens Energy's Water Solutions business have joined forces to provide an efficient and service-oriented treatment option to the water and wastewater industry Siemens, with a highly-trusted brand in wastewater treatment solutions, with Ecolog's portfolio of end-to-end services including its design, build and operate model, create a very strong team and compelling value […]

The green legacy of Ras Abu Aboud Stadium

Published on May 13, 2020

Ras Abu Aboud Stadium will be the first of its kind – a pioneering solution in stadium design and a blueprint for future sports events – but its sustainable legacy began long before construction even started. The stadium is being made primarily from shipping containers and is set to host matches up to the quarter-finals […]

Ceramic tiles enter into GGC’s recycling equation

Published on January 19, 2020

Cairo - Two UAE-based companies, Bee’ah and Seramic Materials Ltd., announced their signing of a MoU during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020. Bee’ah is a long established integrated environmental, recycling and waste management company. Seramic Materials is a startup with its own patented waste integration technology for recycling industrial solid waste into sustainable and […]

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