by Faro | Dec 8, 2018 | Climate Change, Construction Industry, Green Buildings, MENA, Smart Technology
Noting some progress in greening the global construction industry, the United Nations environment agency (UNEP) co-released a report on Friday at the COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland, sounding the alarm on the need for “dramatic action” to reduce the...
by Faro | Nov 12, 2018 | Construction Industry, Design, Environment, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert, MENA
Sustainable Architecture: The Beauty Behind Energy-Efficient Buildings November 10th, 2018 by The Beam As we enter a more environmentally-conscious age, we are inevitably building more ecologically responsible and sustainable cities. Creating buildings with the...
by Faro | Aug 14, 2018 | Carbon footprint, Electric Car, Energy Transition, Green Buildings, MENA, Smart Technology, Technological development
According to Bloomberg, by 2040, 54% of all new car sales will be for Electric (EVs). Millions of them will then take a good portion out of oil demand and remove millions of barrels of transport fuel every day. It adds that the most significant factor in the EV surge...
by MENA-Forum | Jun 22, 2018 | Carbon footprint, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Green Buildings, MENA, Pollution
The World Bank in a press release on June 18, 2018 informed that When countries rebuild stronger, faster and more inclusively after natural disasters they can reduce the impact on people’s livelihoods and well-being by as much as 31 percent, potentially cutting global...
by MENA-Forum | Jun 16, 2018 | Buildings, Carbon footprint, Construction, Construction Industry, Environment, Green Buildings, Greening of the desert
As a key input into concrete, the most widely used construction material in the world, cement is a major contributor to climate change . The chemical and thermal combustion processes involved in the production of cement are a large source of carbon...
by Faro | Jun 13, 2018 | Environment, Green Buildings, MENA, Renewable Energy, Solar Power
Almost all countries in the MENA region with of course the oil exporting ones at the front, adopted some policy about installing renewable energy and planned for it, each in its own way. Some are in implementing their schemes, more successful than others, but none...
