Dubai, UAE, 5 January 2017: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched an interactive story titled, ‘Hamad and Dana Discover Solar Energy,’ to explain the concepts of science, technology, and engineering to children. The move supports the UAE wise leadership’s efforts to instil a culture of reading and spread knowledge among younger generations. The book incorporates a simple scientific layout, with plenty of graphics and s and a scientific kit for experiments. The story revolves around two hardworking children and their parents, who are positive role models to the family. This supports and enhances innovation in children and allows them to become familiar with how to enquire, fuel their passions for knowledge and discover the world.

“This story reflects DEWA’s efforts to implement the directives of to support 2016 as the ‘Year of Reading.’ It also supports the ‘Arab Reading Challenge’ initiative of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.The project has attracted more than 3 million students from 30,000 schools in 21 different countries. Over 150 million books were read last year, which was three times higher than the set original target,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

“In adherence with DEWA’s vision to become sustainable innovative world-class utility, DEWA is keen on launching initiatives and programmes that enhance innovation and creativity among the children, while providing an educational platform for them to develop their skills in different fields. This helps in bringing up an educated and talented generation, capable of achieving ongoing development. DEWA realises the importance of investing in the youth, who are the leaders of the future,” added Al Tayer.

“DEWA’s CSR initiatives have always been an integral part of its strategy to serve the public good. DEWA is not only involved in the provision of energy services and water, but also makes every effort, through community-oriented programmes, to make society happier and promote the growth and prosperity of Dubai and the UAE,” continued Al Tayer.

‘Hamad and Dana Discover Solar Energy’ is now available at the ‘Reading is Positive Energy’ exhibition, an initiative being held in collaboration with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. It is located at Zabeel Park Dubai, at Gate number 2. The year-long exhibition aims to promote both reading and Emirati writers. The exhibition features different cultural and knowledge corners and sections. These include a permanent book exhibition, the Reading is Positive Energy Forum, Children’s Knowledge World, Smart Reading Corner, Reading Sensory Wall, Emirati Majlis, and a cultural café.

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Dubai, UAE, 1 September 2016: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has measured the happiness of children who participated in the Reading is Positive Energy exhibition at Zabeel Park, Dubai. This supports the strategic objectives of the UAE, and the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide happiness for all segments of society. The directive ensures that all government policies, programmes, and services contribute to building a positive and happy community, and that the government should take priority in creating conditions capable of facilitating happiness for individuals, families, and employees.

The exhibition aims to instil a culture of reading, encourage members of society, and also features different cultural corners. These include the Reading Exhibition corner, Reading Positive Energy Forum, Children’s Knowledge World, Smart Reading Corner, Reading Sensory Wall, Emirati Majlis, and a cultural café. The Children’s Knowledge World Corner features story-telling sessions that involve children and mothers telling stories and learning from each other. The Reading Sensory Wall helps students to write their own stories using their sight, touch, and hearing. The Smart Reading Corner provides the latest smart technologies and devices that help readers and motivates people to read. At the ‘Today’s Children Read for Yesterday’s Children’ programme, children read short stories to young adults.

“HH Sheikh Mohammed Al bin Rashid Al Maktoum has taught us to work hard, to make people happy, and that the government’s responsibility is to achieve the happiness of society as a whole. Measuring the happiness of the children reflects our commitment towards working to achieve the happiness of the community. This supports the UAE Vision 2021, and the Dubai Plan 2021, to transform Dubai into a city of happy, creative, and empowered people,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

“We are committed to fulfilling the directives of the leadership, to achieve the happiness of the community. This includes the national happiness and positivity charter, as part of the Cabinet’s commitment through its higher policies, plans, projects and services at all government agencies to establish positivity as a key value to ensure the happiness of individuals, families and society, while instilling positivity as a major value, to help members of society achieve their dreams and ambitions

DEWA realises the importance of investing in the youth, who are the leaders of the future. DEWA’s educational and cultural activities aim to involve the youth in research and instil a culture of teamwork. DEWA’s Engineers of the Future summer camp aims to instil a culture of innovation and creativity among the youth, while providing an educational platform for children to develop their skills among fields including engineering, electricity, mechanics, science and mathematics. The camp also aims to prepare the future generation of innovators, develop the capabilities of the youth, support talent, and share knowledge with the next generations, in adherence with DEWA’s motto, ‘For generations to come,” added Al Tayer.

“We are proud to be the first government organisation in the UAE to measure the happiness of children. This reflects our deep understanding of engaging with younger generations, to ensure a brighter future. This supports DEWA’s strategy to achieve the happiness of the community, and support the youth. DEWA has adopted a strategic objective that is directly-related to making stakeholders happier. DEWA is among the first government organisations to implement this concept. This supports the wise leadership’s pioneering initiatives to make Dubai one of the best cities in the world by developing the infrastructure to promote and attract investments, and focusing on human values among the citizens, residents, and visitors, as DEWA recognises the importance of working to maintain their happiness, and add to their experiences,” said Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice President of Business Support and Human Resources at DEWA.

DEWA is among the first government organisations to implement the Happiness Index initiative, which was launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. DEWA has also launched a number of initiatives to enhance happiness among stakeholders, including restructuring the Employee Relations department and renaming it the Employee Happiness department. DEWA has adopted a strategy to achieve the happiness of its employees. This includes defined strategic objectives and indices, to ensure the implementation of a planned framework. In January 2016, DEWA launched the ‘Employee Happiness Pulse,’ which is a new tool that adheres to the directives of DEWA’s top management, to instantly measure the happiness of its staff.

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Dubai, UAE, 31 July 2016: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched its annual Tips Before Travelling campaign, for the fourth year in a row. The campaign includes a number of tips and guidelines for customers to follow before going on summer holidays. The campaign aims to conserve electricity and water, while maintaining the households of customers. These tips help to protect natural resources and reduce costs.

DEWA’s Tips Before Traveling campaign encourages members of the community to reduce energy and water use in their homes while out of the country for extended periods. Tips include turning off lights, and unplugging unnecessary electrical appliances such as water heaters, and air conditioning, which contribute greatly to energy use.

To reduce water use, DEWA asks all customers to ensure there are no leaks within their homes, by checking all taps and internal wiring in their bathrooms and kitchens. These leaks can waste over 32,000 gallons of water per year. DEWA also advises customers to ensure they turn off all taps before leaving the house.

The Tips Before Travelling campaign add to DEWA’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about rationalising electricity and water use, to preserve the environment and natural resources. This campaign supports the Demand Side Management Strategy 2030 to reduce electricity demand by 30% by 2030.

“The strategy features nine major aspects including specifications and regulations for green construction, retrofitting existing buildings, district cooling, reusing waste water, laws and strategies to enhance the efficiency of appliances and street lighting, and strategies to enhance the efficiency of DEWA’s Shams Dubai initiative,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

“DEWA works to achieve the happiness of all the citizens and residents of Dubai, whether they choose to stay in Dubai over the summer months or not, and strives to conserve water and electricity through initiatives that promote the rationalisation of consumption. DEWA’s approach adheres to its strategic objectives, and its vision to become a sustainable innovative world class utility, while promoting rational consumption within the community’ added Al Tayer.

DEWA’s Tips Before Travelling campaign is part of the ‘Let’s Make this Summer Green’ initiative, launched by DEWA to coincide with World Environment Day, to rationalise electricity and water use over the summer.

For more information, tips and instructions, please visit DEWA’s website: http://www.dewa.gov.ae  

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Dubai, UAE, 30 May 2016: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) hosted a group of some of the most important Estonian information security experts, to lead a workshop on information security, and raise awareness in about cyber risks and threats. The workshop was held at DEWA’s Sustainable Building in Al Quoz, and was attended by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, and other DEWA staff.

“DEWA is committed to implementing the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to achieve Dubai’s plan for sustainable development, by adopting the latest techniques and incorporating them into all its online operations. We continuously apply techniques to assure the security and reliability of our services and are keen to strengthen Dubai’s position as a role model for smart cities. DEWA is committed to providing electricity and water services at the highest standards of availability, efficiency, and reliability. To achieve this, we are constantly examining all the possibilities and risks that may affect the operational processes or the quality of services provided to our customers. This process is followed by implementing preventative measures and alternative plans to ensure the best results, and enhancing DEWA’s level of global competitiveness in all its operations,” said Al Tayer.

“Today’s workshop is an opportunity to benefit from the latest practices and updates, in support of DEWA’s vision, the rapid growth of the information network, and the world’s increasing demand for the Internet. To achieve our vision to become sustainable innovative world-class utility, and to support electronic integration in all services, DEWA relies on implementing the most up-to-date criteria necessary to keep abreast of developments in e-services, especially Information Security,” added Al Tayer.

Al Tayer stressed DEWA’s commitment to adopt the best international standards of information security to maintain its position as one of the leading government organisations in Dubai. DEWA is also committed to introducing its employees and teams to the latest security solutions, to tackle different current and future challenges, by enhancing cooperation with the best regional and international information security system organisations.

“We understand the importance of dealing immediately with potential security threats, and have established the first cyber defence centre to predict threats ahead of time and conduct any required preventative procedures to protect data, by monitoring our services and technical assets around the clock, handling incidents with care, and limiting the effects of potential threats. We organised this workshop and hosted information security experts from Estonia to benefit from their experiences and skills, to provide high-quality, innovative, and highly-efficient services, to achieve the happiness of employees and customers, while exceeding their expectations and needs,” said Moza Al Akraf, CIO of DEWA.

DEWA has become a pioneer for adopting the best international standards of information security, and attained the prestigious International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 27001 certification in 2010. This certificate was later updated to the ISO 27001:2013 in 2014. To date, DEWA still holds this certificate. DEWA is the first organisation in the Middle East to apply the SAP system for risk management. The new SAP system enables further integration, providing specification flexibility, and integrated reporting and monitoring of the operational business risks. It also provides the best information system that supports decision-making.

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Dubai, UAE, 15 November 2015: A delegation from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has participated in a workshop in India to highlight the latest technological solutions and exchange expertise in Photovoltaic (PV) panels.

The DEWA delegation reviewed the achievements of the Research and Development department in testing panels, its environmental impact, and the significance of adopting global standards in designing them.

“DEWA is keen to participate in such international events to share expertise with leading international players in the fields of PV panels, especially since DEWA is playing a pivotal role in this area. Last March, DEWA began activating the first smart initiative, Shams Dubai, to regulate the generation of solar energy in buildings and their connection to DEWA’s grid. The move supports the Smart Dubai initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and implements Council Resolution Number 46 of 2014, issued by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, to enable customers to install photovoltaic panels to generate electricity from solar power in buildings, and connect them to DEWA’s grid,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

DEWA delegation was headed by Dr. Hassan Qasem, who spoke at the Workshop on PV Module Reliability in Hot Climates workshop organised by The National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), The Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS), and The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

This workshop highlighted the durability of PV panels on the long term, especially in warmer climates. The workshop evaluated field data available from many operators around the world. This workshop comes at a time when there is a global accelerated spread of solar PV-panel use, which gives substantial support to the production of clean energy.

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