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Increased interest on pro-environment products as UAE energy consumption quadruples

Increased industrial growth and urbanization has seen energy consumption in the UAE quadruple in the last 20 years.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 17:50 September 21, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: Increased industrial growth and urbanization has seen energy consumption in the UAE quadruple in the last 20 years.

With the UAE ranked as the highest consumer of energy per capita in the world, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced in 2007 a decree stating all new projects are required to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards.

As a consequence, there has been an increase of interest and purchase orders from developers looking to fit out large projects with high-quality energy efficient appliances, according to Better Life.

"The new laws state that all new building projects in the UAE must be LEED certified, and to obtain certification, developers are required to gain a certain number of points so energy efficiency obviously plays a part," said Ajai Kumar Dayal, Better Life General Manager.

"We have seen a substantial increase in interest of our environmentally friendly products, and at least 25 per cent of our orders are based on these qualities. We can see that this is going to be an increasingly important factor in our sales, as awareness among customers grows," Dayal said.

A report issued by the World Energy Council stated that the energy consumption rate in GCC countries is estimated at 10 per cent in the UAE, 7 per cent in Saudi Arabia, and between 4 and 6 per cent in other GCC countries.

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