Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said its conservation programmes and initiatives have achieved cumulative savings of 2.2 terrawatt hours, TWh, of electricity and 7.8 billion gallons of water between 2009 and 2019.
 
The results are the equivalent of Dh1.3 billion ($353 million) in savings and a reduction of 1.136 million tonnes of carbon emissions, it stated.
 
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, the managing director and CEO, said these results support the objectives of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, adding that the emirate has achieved significant progress in clean energy outputs.
 
He pointed out that Dubai reduced its carbon emissions by 19 per cent in 2018, surpassing the target set by the Carbon Abatement Strategy 2021 to reduce emissions by 16 per cent next year.
 
"Last April, Dewa noted a global achievement, as Dubai received the Platinum Rating in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Cities certification awarded by the US Green Building Council. Dubai is the first city in the Arab world and the MENA to receive this prestigious certification," Al Tayer added.
 
According to him, Dubai Demand Side Management Strategy seeks to reduce demand by 30 per cent by 2030.
 
As part of this, Etihad Energy Services Company, a Dewa company, will retrofit over 30,000 buildings in Dubai by 2030 to make them energy-efficient.
Between 2009 and 2019, savings in the commercial sector amounted to 1.3 TWh of electricity (10 percent) and 4.4 billion gallons of water (27 percent).
 
According to Dewa figures, the residential sector achieved savings of 76 gigawatt hours, GWh, of electricity (17 percent) and 534 million gallons of water (26 percent).
 
"The industrial sector realised savings of 123 GWh of electricity (13 percent) and 212 million gallons of water (28 percent). Government and semi-government organisations achieved savings of 448 GWh of electricity (11 percent) and 1.1 billion gallons of water (20 percent)," stated Al Tayer.
 
Educational institutions reported savings of 279 GWh of electricity (11 percent) and 1.5 billion gallons of water (22 percent)," he added.-TradeArabia News Service

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