The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched its annual Ramadan awareness campaign to raise awareness about conservation and having a sustainable and responsible lifestyle.
During the campaign, DEWA is organizing a series of virtual and physical awareness lectures to encourage the community to do a number of things.
These include contributing to sustainable development, protecting the environment, and reducing emissions.
The focus is on senior citizens, people of determination, Qur’an recital centers, participants of the Ramadan Aman campaign, sport club members, orphans, and recent converts.
It is also organizing several virtual events, competitions, and internal lectures in Arabic and English, about the values of Ramadan.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, said the campaign “supports the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 to provide 100 percent of the total power capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.”
He added: “Electricity and water are great blessings. I call upon every citizen of this nation to use these blessings responsibly and consciously, and to use them to serve man and society, without harming the environment, especially in the month of philanthropy, compassion, and giving.”
Khawla Al Mehairi, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Government Communications at DEWA, said: ” DEWA’s conservation initiatives and programs resulted in significant cumulative savings among the target groups between 2012 and 2021, amounting to 2.2 TWh of electricity and 5.6 billion gallons of water, equivalent to savings of AED1.2 billion ($326.75 million), and reducing 1.1 million tons of carbon emissions.”