UAE-based Masdar Institute, a research-driven university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, has developed a high-performance solar absorber that could make solar thermal technologies significantly more efficient and affordable in the country.

Masdar Institute said the novel product, developed in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), absorbs nearly 100 per cent of the sunlight’s energy from the ultraviolet and visible portions of the solar spectrum.
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The Arab Region’s leading think tank and sustainability centre Arabia CSR Network will hold a host of trainings in the second half of 2017. Starting with a certified training on GRI Standards in July and a few more of the same in September and December, ACSRN will offer more trainings to build capacity of individuals and organisations in CSR and sustainability. A two-day training on Integrated Reporting will be held in October, an accredited 3 day CSR Advanced course"...

There was some debate with Propertyfinder’s founder and chief executive, Michael Lahyani, as to whether he should be a representative for Generation Start-up - The National’s new series profiling some of the region’s best start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures.

Firstly, as he points out, it has been a long time since his business could have been considered a start-up.

“We"...

(ME NewsWire)-- One of the world’s most iconic assets, The Grosvenor House Hotel in London, was acquired by U.S. real estate firm Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp on 6th July 2017 in what constitutes the most significant single asset hotel deal in U.K. history. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp has one of the largest portfolios of iconic assets in the U.S. and this acquisition"...

Iraq has announced plans to construct a total of 3,812 homes in the southeastern Maysan governorate on a 1.6-million-sq-m area, according to Reuters.

The privately-funded project will also include schools, health centres and a civil defence centre, said the report citing the Iraqi news network Mawazine News.

The upcoming development will have houses of three different sizes - 212 sq m, 160 sq m and 127 sq m in area.

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Arzan Wealth (DIFC) Limited (‘Arzan Wealth’), a Dubai-based advisory firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, is pleased to announce that it has advised on the acquisition of a Grade A, Single-Tenant Portfolio in the US.

The Portfolio consists of 6 single-tenant net-leased buildings with a total of 760,533 sq ft, located in 6 states in the US. The average lease length of the Portfolio is 13.5 years with no expirations"...

(ME NewsWire)-- Billionaire Mansion is a preferred party location in Dubai catering to the rich & famous and A-list crowd from within the UAE and around the world. Billionaire Mansion, created by the Billionaire Life Group and the first of its kind in Dubai, was brought into Taj Dubai by famous hotelier, Sanjeev Nanda. Billionaire Mansion is an ultra-luxury establishment that promises an extravagant and grandeur time to night time revelers in Dubai.

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UAE. Since the beginning of the 2015 fears of an 'over supply' have captured the zeitgeist of investors. Recent data published from the Dubai Statistics Center reveals that in 2016 population growth exceeded the housing stock growth by more than 2:1.

Whilst this comparison is spurious as it does not account for occupancy levels on the supply side, the outpacing of supply growth relative to population growth was highlighted as one of the"...