The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) bagged the smart water project of the year in 2024 award at the Global Water Awards, according to a Dubai Media Office statement. The award is for Dewa’s fully automated smart water meter system — dubbed the Hydro Insight system — which monitors over 1 mn smart meters using AI and data science technologies. The system has effectively reduced meter anomaly detection time to 1 hour from 30 days, saving the emirate some 214 mn gallons of water.

Leaders at 54 UAE-based companies were named among Forbes’ The Middle East’s Top 100 Travel & Tourism Leaders 2024. Those among the top 10:

  • Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, CEO of Emirates Airline & Group (1)
  • Helal Saeed Almarri, director general of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (3)
  • Saleh Mohamed Al Geziry, director general for tourism at the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (5)
  • Hesham Al Qassim, CEO of Wasl (7)
  • Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, CEO of Adnec Group (8)
  • Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi, CEO of Miral (10)

DP World picked up two sustainability awards at the 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards, according to a Dubai Media Office statement. The first award — the Environmental Initiative Award — is for the logistics company’s reuse of waste material for energy in its Santos, Brazil division, with DP World Santos achieving the feat of reusing 100% of waste generated at the port. The second award — SEAL Sustainable Innovation Award — is for DP World’s joint venture with SMS group — Boxbay — an automated high-bay storage container system that uses solar power and power regeneration during container lowering. The system reduced yard space by 60% and cut out unproductive reshuffling moves.

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