Wetex Conference to tackle green building and renewable energy issues

It is crucial to further implement sustainable and eco-friendly solutions, such as green buildings.

According to studies conducted by Dubai Municipality, a green building on average saves between 30% to 40% of electricity and water as compared to standard buildings. For two years, a growing number of UAE initiatives have been taken to encourage developers to build green. Also, Arab nations are expected to spend $120bn on new power projects by 2012 to respond to the rising needs in water and electricity, pushing governments to redirect their focus on renewable energy.

With so many changes on their way, developers, architects, construction and technologies companies and power plants need to get a better understanding of the importance of the new green building regulations and their implementation processes as well as to identify the opportunities of using renewable energy.

In this context, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is hosting an exclusive conference program at the 11th Water Technology, Energy and Environment Exhibition 2009 (Wetex) to help senior management executives in the water, energy and environment sectors meet renowned industry experts, discuss and debate key issues, including green building and environmentally-friendly technologies, renewable energy, wastewater reuse and the future of the industry in the Middle East region.

Dewa has appointed naseba as the official organizer of the Wetex conference, as part of Wetex exhibition, taking place on March 30th-31st, 2009 at the Dubai World Trade Center in Za'abeel Hall. The decision follows Dewa's successful endorsement of the Global Water Management Congress 2008, organized by naseba, an international business information company with extensive experience in producing, promoting and hosting high-profile conferences and congresses around the world.

His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al-Tayer, CEO and Managing Director of Dewa officially opened the Global Water Management Congress 2008 and appreciated the professional organization and the high quality of the event conference agenda.

His Excellency explained: "Dewa is pleased to further develop its partnership with naseba. Together, we are launching a new conference program at Wetex 2009. Dewa is confident that naseba participation in organizing the conference will add significant value to the event. Wetex 2009 is set to become the ideal platform for regional and international water, energy, electricity professionals to not only network and access the latest technology and management solutions but also to discuss the recent and most urgent challenges in energy conservation, water & electricity with the best industry experts."

"We are proud to work with Dewa and highly appreciate their trust in naseba. We are delighted to bring a new dimension to the Wetex exhibition by incorporating this exciting conference program for high-level decision makers to its 11th edition." said Fabien Faure, naseba group managing director.