Environment ministry's Carbon Footprint App
The UAE Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW), in cooperation with the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du), has announced the launch of the Carbon Footprint App, during its participation at Gitex Technology Week 2014, which is taking place from October 12 to 16, 2014 at Dubai World Trade Center.
The edutainment-based application is designed to encourage environment responsibility across all age groups by calculating consumption of power, water, transportation, waste and carbon emissions by simply entering relevant data by the user.
Abdul Rahim Al Hammadi, the Assistant Under-Secretary for Support Services at MoEW, explained that the Carbon Footprint App aims to support the country’s smart transformation.
The application, Al Hammadi continues, serves as a new educational step towards raising awareness on the importance of reducing carbon footprint in the country in line with Ministry’s strategy of educating and increasing awareness on the reduction of carbon footprints.
Al Hammadi further added that the App is part of the Ministry’s ongoing commitment to reduce carbon footprint in the country in support of the Ecological Footprint Initiative aimed at introducing the public to best environmental practices and monitor their consumption of natural resources and energy in order to boost environmental sustainability across the UAE.
For his part, Fahad Al Hassawi, Chief Commercial Officer, du said, "Sustainability is no longer an issue limited to the attentions of institutions and governments. Today, the wider community is conscious of their obligation towards the environment, regardless of age, gender or nationality. We are proud to be doubling our efforts with the Ministry of Environment and Water, to help them to harness innovation in support of its efforts to meet sustainability commitments."
He added that the importance of this app is not only to allow the public to monitor their consumption of electricity and water, and their emissions from transportation and waste disposal, but to contribute in raising the level of public awareness. Additionally, it will serve to encourage more individuals to adhere to environmental and social responsibilities, to ensure a greener future for generations to come.
Throughout Gitex Technology 2014, the Ministry is set to unveil a number of new online projects and smart solutions that fall in line with its strategy to ensure that all services are delivered with highest standards of quality, efficiency and transparency as to achieve higher levels of user satisfaction.
"Taking part at Gitex Technology Week, for the eighth time in a row, demonstrates our utmost concern to introduce the public and Ministry personnel to tech-savvy smart applications and services which can greatly contribute to boosting smart transformation and encourage the public to attain a simpler and smarter lifestyle", Al Hammadi added.
"The launch of new projects and smart applications translates the Ministry’s robust efforts to improve and simplify delivery of its services and procedures, as well as to activate new channels of communication with users in line with our strategic objective of ensuring the delivery of all administrative services with high quality, efficiency and transparency. We are excited to have unveiled the Higher Management Smart Reports App which offers an exceptional experience in providing information in a seamless, clear and transparent manner," he concluded.