How far does a strawberry travel from the plant it is plucked from to reach your lips? In the UAE, where demand for fresh produce is growing all the time, the answer is perhaps hundreds or even thousands of kilometres. But a French company is trialling a...
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently embarked on Phase 4 of the Driverless Vehicles Project within Sustainable City at Dubailand, Al-Qudra Road over a track extending 1250m. The step is a part of RTA’s efforts to boost the Dubai Government strategy to raise...
The Sustainable City (TSC), the Middle East’s first fully-operational sustainable community, is commemorating International Youth Day by aligning with Dolores Shelleh, the first and youngest Jordanian woman set to climb the Everest, and appointing her as Brand Ambassador. The Sustainable City selected Dolores because she represents the epitome of...
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...
