Climate change is increasing fire risks in the Middle East, and technology and innovation are essential to adapting to these challenges. This challenge will be a key focus of the Fire & Rescue Conference at Intersec 2025, where leading fire safety experts will discuss how rising temperatures, water scarcity, and extreme weather events create new th...
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Grant Tuchten, Portfolio Director at Messe Frankfurt Middle Eas
As climate change accelerates, cities and communities worldwide are feeling its effects—rising temperatures, unpredictable weather, and frequent natural disasters. The built environment being an acknowledged major contributor to this climate emergency on account of conventional energy intensive and highly polluting ways of constructing buildings as...
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Dr. Prof. Anand Achari, Principal, VES College of Architecture
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Dr. Prof. Anand Achari, Principal, VES College of Architecture
Modern architecture is responding to climate change in a variety of ways. From reusing and recycling materials to energy-efficient designs and sustainable building materials, architects are utilizing a variety of innovative strategies
UAE-based smart and green facilities management company Farnek has launched a new state-of-the-art online remote digital platform called PowerTek, which was developed by in-house experts, at Farnek’s innovative digital solutions, sister company HITEK.
Among the many other problems that climate change poses, an increase in the number of pests plaguing urban areas is predicted to be one of the most obvious and impactful on quality of life. According to Voice of America News, pest outbreaks are at the highest they’ve ever been, beating a previous high thirty years ago.
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Jennifer Dawson
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Milica Spasojevic
The impacts of climate change are being experienced across the globe in a variety of ways. In Australia, for example, architects have been working tirelessly to design modern homes that are better equipped to withstand the threat of bushfires.
Climate change is the biggest challenge to face our planet in the modern age, but how will it affect homeowners?
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Maxwell MacKenzie (Riggins House by Robert M. Gurney Architect)
Abu Dhabi is making significant progress in implementing its various policies and initiatives to build resilience and prepare the emirate to confront the impacts of climate change.
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Kamil Rogalinski
