WE CAN'T JUST CONSUME OUR WAY TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD

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By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons.

UAE through federal infrastructure projects such as government houses, buildings, in addition to developing a strong road network linking all seven emirates to facilitate the commute of UAE citizens and residents.

UAE WIND TOWER IN THE PAST:

These towers were used to direct the flow of the wind so that air could be recirculated as a home cooling technique in the past. Sometimes, water would be sprinkled at the bottom of the tower to cool down the ambient temperature within the traditional desert houses in the UAE.

If you visit the Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House in Al Shindagah, one of the landmark heritage sites in Dubai you will find the presence of homes built with coral walls and wind towers located nearby to keep the house at an optimum temperature. In fact, these four-directional windcatchers can be seen all around Dubai. They often feature protruding wooden sticks on the sides. These were used to mount cloth so as to efficiently redirect the airflow. Even when there was no wind, the towers would function as solar chimneys, allowing hot air to escape upwards and away from the house.

The Barjeel would usually rise around five meters above the roof and was open on all four sides. It would catch and direct cooler breeze into the room below through vertical shafts. Warm air would naturally rise up and leave through the same tower, creating the ultimate home cooling technique for old desert houses.

SUSTAINABLE CITY ,DUBAI:

What if you could live in a city with a net-zero carbon footprint? That’s the question that Faris Saeed, director of Diamond Developers in Dubai, asked himself in 2013. That year, his company made a splash at the International Property Show with plans for a $272 million, 43-hectare sustainable community. To some developers, it seemed like an ambitious, improbable idea. The UAE, famously a bastion of oil wealth, had tried sustainable communities before with mixed success. Masdar City, an early 2000s environmentalist project that never quite caught on, was fresh in developers’ minds. However, by 2015, aptly named Sustainable City was thriving on the outskirts of Dubai. What it has achieved since is nothing short of remarkable.

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"UAE’s sustainable buildings"

Name: UAE’s sustainable buildings
Author: AYSHA LANA

AYSHA LANA

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