The 7th Issue of the Innovation@UAE Magazine: Sustainability in the UAE

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FEATURE

SMART NET-ZERO BUILDINGS ARE NOT ENOUGH SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDES SOCIETY Dr. Vian Ahmed

Professor of College of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering

American University of Sharjah

Sustainability requires a synergy of actions taken on many fronts, across dimensions that include social, economic as well as environmental. Dr. Vian Ahmed, Professor and researcher, at the Department of Industrial Engineering, at the American University of Sharjah UAE, has along with ISSUE 7

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UAE’S YOUNG SCIENTISTS

2min
pages 125-128

UAE’S YOUNG SCIENTISTS

2min
pages 123-124

ALL GREENERY IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; THE MESQUITE TREE IN UAE IS LIVING PROOF!

6min
pages 111-120

A GIFT FROM THE UAE TO THE WORLD, A CARBON-NEGATIVE BIO DESALINATION PROCESS USING ALGAE

7min
pages 100-111

FEATURE

4min
pages 93-99

UAE CAN PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE BY SUPPORTING HYDROPONIC FARMING

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page 92

FEATURE

4min
pages 85-91

SAY “AU REVOIR” TO EXPENSIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERIES AND HELLO TO PV PLUS THERMAL ONES

1min
pages 83-84

SMART NET-ZERO BUILDINGS ARE NOT ENOUGH SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDES SOCIETY

6min
pages 73-82

UAE MAKING BETTER DECISIONS FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SECTOR

6min
pages 65-71

AS DECREASING ENERGY CONSUMPTION

4min
pages 57-63

NEW YORK ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY IS FULFILLING SDG GOALS OF IMPROVING HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIFE

5min
pages 49-56

BRITISH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REVEALS HOW ONBILL FINANCING PROGRAM SUPPORTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN DUBAI

3min
pages 44-48

WHY GO FOR MANMADE CARBON CAPTURE TOOLS WHEN WE HAVE MANGROVES

4min
pages 38-43

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY ALLOCATES CLOSE TO $1 MILLION TO 104 STUDENTS' RESEARCH PROJECTS ON SUSTAINABILITY

2min
pages 34-37

AUS RESEARCH EXTENDS BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLES LIFETIME AND DRIVING DISTANCE

3min
pages 28-33

UAE SORBONNE UNIVERSITY STUDYING A NEW PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIAL FOR PV CELLS FOR ENHANCED ENERGY HARVESTING

2min
pages 24-27

CAN WE SAVE ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS FROM THE RISING SEA LEVELS? THE ANSWER IS YES!

3min
pages 19-23

RESEARCHERS AT KHALIFA UNIVERSITY ARE ON THE WAY TO DISCOVERING THE BEST PHOTOCATALYST FOR GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

5min
pages 11-18

USING DATE SEEDS TO TURN WASTE INTO WEALTH AND ENERGY

2min
pages 7-10

WELCOME TO OUR SEVENTH ISSUE

1min
pages 4-5
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