Dubai's 'living laboratory' in the desert

  • Alessandro Melis

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    Articles about Dubai's sustainable building project, Alessandro Melis is quoted discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming

    Period28 Oct 2019 → 25 Feb 2020

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    • TitleCould Dubai’s $350 million sustainable supercity work in New York?
      Media name/outletAfricaZine
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
      Date25/02/20
      DescriptionArticle featuring expert opinion from Alessandro Melis who says that older heavily built cities like New York need to "focus on how we can transform the urban fabric that we already have, as opposed to building a new one"
      URLafricazine.com/could-dubais-350-million-sustainable-supercity-work-in-new-york/
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • TitleNew Dubai city pushes for green revolution in the desert
      Media name/outletThe Arab Weekly
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date3/11/19
      Description quotes from Alessandro Melis discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds
      Producer/AuthorAgence France-Presse
      URLhttps://thearabweekly.com/new-dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • TitleThis new city near Dubai is aiming to be 'net-zero'
      Media name/outletWorld Economic Forum
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritorySwitzerland
      Date1/11/19
      DescriptionCoverage of Dubai's sustainable building project, quoting Alessandro Melis discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming
      Producer/AuthorUmberto Bacchi
      URLhttps://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/11/uae-aims-reduce-energy-intake-40/
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • TitleBuilding green cities in the Middle East are ‘living laboratories’
      Media name/outletBusiness Day
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritorySouth Africa
      Date29/10/19
      DescriptionArticle featuring quotes from Alessandro Melis discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming
      Producer/AuthorUmberto Bacchi
      URLhttps://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/middle-east/2019-10-29-building-green-cities-in-the-middle-east-are-living-laboratories/
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • TitleDubai's 'living laboratory' in the desert
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletDaily Mail
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date28/10/19
      DescriptionArticle about how Dubai's sustainable city, filled with 'biodome' greenhouses and electric buggies, is testing how the UAE could hit target of 40 per cent renewable energy by 2050. with quotes from Alessandro Melis
      Producer/AuthorIan Randall
      URLhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7621537/Living-laboratory-New-Dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert.html
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • Titlehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7621537/Living-laboratory-New-Dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert.html
      Media name/outletReuters
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date28/10/19
      DescriptionArticle about Dubai's sustainable building project, Alessandro Melis is quoted discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming
      Producer/AuthorUmberto Bacchi
      URLhttps://uk.reuters.com/article/emirates-climatechange-cities/feature-living-laboratory-new-dubai-city-pushes-for-green-revolution-in-the-desert-idUKL5N27259W
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • Title'Living Laboratory': New Dubai City Pushes for Green Revolution in the Desert
      Media name/outletAsharq Al-Awsat
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritorySaudi Arabia
      Date28/10/19
      DescriptionArticle about UAE plans for a range of projects aimed at having more than 40 percent of the country’s energy come from renewable sources and cutting consumption by the same margin by 2050, with quotes from Alessandro Melis
      Producer/AuthorAsharq Al-Awsat
      URLhttps://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1965011/living-laboratory-new-dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert
      PersonsAlessandro Melis
    • TitleUAE pushes for green revolution in the desert
      Media name/outletMiddle East Online (MEO)
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date28/10/19
      DescriptionArticle about the UAE, and especially Dubai, who have long seemed the antithesis of sustainability, but are looking to change that with a range of renewable energy projects. With quotes from Alessandro Melis
      URLhttps://middle-east-online.com/en/uae-pushes-green-revolution-desert
      PersonsAlessandro Melis

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