The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority’s Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors (Matar Al Tayer) announced that the authority met the goals of energy efficiency performance indicators, as it recorded an 18% reduction in total energy consumption in its operations and projects in 2021, compared to the average consumption from 2016 to 2019, as well as a 13% decrease in total emissions and a 10% decrease in energization.
According to Al Tayer, sustainability is an important axis within the Roads and Transport Authority’s strategic goals and objectives, and the concept of sustainability has become embedded in the Authority’s institutional performance, as the axis of environmental protection, rationalisation of energy use, reducing carbon emissions, and asset sustainability are among the Authority’s work priorities, with the Authority emphasising that it has a clear roadmap aimed at achieving these goals.
He went on, According to the RTA Energy Analysis Report for 2021, total energy consumption decreased by 18%, while gasoline consumption decreased by 36% compared to the average consumption from 2016 to 2019, owing to the Dubai Taxi Corporation’s increased use of hybrid and electric taxis, as well as the decrease in total energy consumption.
Despite an increase in the fleet of public transportation buses, fuel consumption climbed by 15% over the same period as the authority launched a procedure to replace outdated buses with modern ones equipped with ecologically friendly Euro 6 engines that fulfil European carbon emission regulations. Power consumption jumped by 11%, according to the report. As\s.
Dubai Roads cuts energy consumption by 18% and emissions by 13%.
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