Even as supermarkets in the UAE stock up on fresh dates from the current harvest season, residents of one community in Dubai are savouring the summer fruit without having to buy it. In fact, they are receiving basketful of dates for free. The Sustainable City,...
Collaboration with Google Cloud Platform and SnapLogic, Shift Technologies will provide innovative methods to help the city gain better insights from its sustainability data. Shift Technologies, a subsidiary of the AW Rostamani Group that delivers digital transformation with some of the world’s most advanced technologies, is partnering with...
Diamond Developers has adopted B100 biodiesel to fuel the construction of the new buildings in phase 2 of Dubai Sustainable City, the new developments include Fairgreen International School, Hotel Indigo, and the innovation centre. The renewable fuel alternative is manufactured from used cooking oil consumed by restaurants located...
The Sustainable City, Middle East’s first fully-operational sustainable community, has become the first gated community in the region to release its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory The initiative is part of The Sustainable City’s strategic collaboration with Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF). The Sustainable City’s...
We are proud to announce that The Sustainable City has signed an MoU with Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai (RIT Dubai), one of the leading technically-focused universities. This collaboration is part of our commitment to to further research and innovation surrounding sustainability....
The iftar in the homes of Sustainable City is unlike any other in Dubai. Here, each day a Muslim resident invites the entire community to their home to end the fast together. Recently awarded the ‘happiest community‘ in Dubai, Sustainable City on Al Qudra Road is...
Shatha Al Kaud still remembers the figure on her first Dewa bill after moving into her home in The Sustainable City in December 2016. ‘My husband showed it to me and it was only 27 fils,’ says Shatha. ‘I was in complete disbelief.’ The family...
New programme aims to provide residents with organic honey and raise awareness of the important ecological role of bees Residents can now purchase their own beehive and receive around 10kg of honey every year. A new programme ‘My Hive,’ was launched by The Sustainable City (TSC) in...
The idea to host its very own Bee Garden came when several residents started to notice wild beehives popping up in places like balconies and windowsills. Residents of The Sustainable City (TSC) in Dubai have turned their hand to beekeeping and in the space of just...
We are honored to have received Philip McCabe, the President of Apimondia (the International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations) today to discuss the importance of bees in our eco-system and our efforts to prevent the decline....
