The health care sector in Dubai is undergoing a period of transformation and expansion, driven by reforms in health care funding coupled with a growth in population. Construction projects are taking place at existing hospitals and on new sites, in both the public and private sectors, while new, smarter electronic systems are being introduced to improve patient care and...
Spurred by ambitious targets for expansion over the next 15 years and a government committed to a sustainability agenda, the solar energy sector in Dubai offers opportunities for investors and potential savings for consumers. The country’s first solar energy generation plant fed power into the grid for the first time in 2013, and the successful bidder for the second...
Although Dubai’s bright-lights, big-city image is seemingly at odds with an energy-saving agenda, a target of the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 (DIES) is to reduce energy consumption by 30% by 2030. It may seem like an ambitious target but the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) believes it can be achieved if the smart use of electricity and water becomes a...
Hosting the World Expo in 2020 will give Dubai the opportunity to demonstrate its exponential growth, both in the development of sustainable energy sources and in the introduction of measures to foster smarter, more efficient use of power and water. Key performance indicators for the emirate’s energy goals can be benchmarked in the next few years against three specific...
Footfall numbers, sales figures and consumer confidence indicators all point to solid growth in Dubai’s retail and wholesale sector, the single-biggest driver of the emirate’s economy. Furthermore, plans unveiled in the summer of 2014 look set to take the shopping experience in Dubai to a whole new level.
While Dubai may be renowned for its numerous large-scale shopping centres, a number of the emirate’s big developers are shifting some of their efforts to retail community centres. Indeed, convenience and proximity to residential areas are the value proposition for a number of new retail developments.
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