Technical tour of region’s first smart, sustainable community in Dubai steals the show at Intersolar Middle East Exhibition 2016

Dubai, UAE, September 21, 2016:  The Sustainable City in Dubai, the region’s first fully operational sustainable community, took centre stage at this year’s ‘Intersolar Middle East Exhibition and Conference’ that took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), September 19th - 21st 2016. Attracting widespread attention, The Sustainable City provided this year’s Intersolar official technical tour, for a vast number of energy experts including the Vice President of Tesla Energy Europe and Africa, Ben Hill.

The city, which has around 1,000 residents with more than 200 villas already occupied, was showcased at the ‘City Solar’ stand - one of the contractors involved in its energy and solar solutions and approved by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority – where The Sustainable City’s latest innovations were also showcased.

A number of Intersolar delegates took a technical tour of The Sustainable City, where its real-estate contractor Diamond Developers conducted the tour in the presence of Ben Hill, Vice President, Tesla Energy sales Europe and Africa, along with international delegates. Showcasing the latest in sustainable technologies, visitors were provided with the full experience of day-to-day life in the remarkable city’s villas, with a walk-through of every sustainable element of the city.

Faris Saeed, CEO and Co-Founder of Diamond Developers, said, “Our technical tour of The Sustainable City at this year’s Intersolar Middle East Exhibition and Conference has provided us with an opportunity to showcase our sustainable community as a model in development, and to discuss innovative solutions with engineers, solar experts and energy specialists, this will help us continue our work sustainable development and encourage other developers to be part of this green economy”.

The Sustainable City began drawing energy from the solar panels on 1st June, to become the first residential project to produce clean energy in line with Dubai's clean energy strategy - which aims to provide 7% of Dubai's energy from clean energy sources by 2020, and 25% by the year 2030 and 75% by 2050.