Mahesh Ramanujam, President and CEO of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), speaks exclusively with Hannah Jo Uy of Climate Control Middle East on the Council’s mission to cultivate a well-balanced built-environment worldwide and the importance of engaging stakeholders to develop a more holistic design approach and optimise building performance. Excerpts from the interview…
Posted: June 27, 2018
Dr Joseph G Allen, Assistant Professor, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, and Director, Healthy Buildings, Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment, speaks on how healthy buildings can benefit HR and other functions, in this free-ranging interview with Surendar Balakrishnan...
Posted: June 26, 2018
Noor Abdelhalim Fadl Nasir, Food Permits and Control Officer, Dubai Municipality, speaks with Climate Control Middle East on how rules and regulations are changing the culture of food safety, the importance of promoting greater awareness among consumers on their role in the food chain and how technology is becoming a valuable platform for knowledge sharing. Excerpts from the interview with Hannah Jo Uy...
Posted: May 17, 2018
Chris Powell, Chief Marketing Officer, Commvault, speaks on the company’s role in the South Pole Energy Challenge, the first-ever expedition powered solely by clean energy technologies and why a smart data backup and recovery plan is one that conserves resources in the context of data centre efficiency. Excerpts from the interview with Hannah Jo Uy...
Posted: May 17, 2018
Ali A Mokhtar, President Safety Engineering Chapter, Saudi Council of Engineers and President, SFPE (Society of Fire Protection Engineers), Saudi Arabia, in a conversation with Oscar Wendel, Campaign Manager, Safety Design in Buildings, shares his thoughts on fire safety and its future as a professional field in Saudi Arabia...
Posted: April 30, 2018
Rahul Duragkar, Managing Director, Emitech Group, speaks on the importance of a holistic design approach to ensure the proper installation of HVAC equipment, bottlenecks in the shift from a capex- to an opex-driven mindset and trends related to affordable housing. Excerpts from the interview with Hannah Jo Uy...
Posted: April 18, 2018
In a conversation with Benwen Lopez of Climate Control Middle East, Alex Chakar, Managing Director, speaks alongside Ihsan Al Sarraf, Head of MEP Department, BH.NS Engineering Consultants, on the importance of hypoxic air technology, design choices and selection of materials, amongst other trends in fire safety. Excerpts from the interview...
Posted: April 16, 2018
Dr Marilyn Black, Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor, UL, and Founder, GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, while in conversation with Benwen Lopez, shares her insights on the principles of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and initiatives begun by UL...
Posted: April 12, 2018
Erik Solheim, Head of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), speaks exclusively to Climate Control Middle East on the progress of global support for the Kigali Amendment, the uptake of District Energy and its viability for the region, how policy paves the way for innovation and the growing recognition of clean air as a basic human right. Excerpts from the interview with Hannah Jo Uy...
Posted: April 12, 2018
What Food Watch, Dubai Municipality’s new digital platform, means for the cold chain industry
Posted: April 12, 2018