The National Water and Energy Demand Management Programme targets 40 per cent efficiency of the three most energy-consuming sectors in the UAE: transport, industry and construction.

The programme includes three main pillars: Energy, water and consumption rationalisation.

Several initiatives will be launched to reduce energy consumption and realise the following targets by 2050:

• reduce energy demand by 40 per cent
• increase the renewable energy's contribution to the energy mix to 50 per cent
• expand water re-use by 95 per cent.

The programme combines all stakeholders in the UAE to realise the objectives of the UAE Energy Strategy 2050 and UAE Water Security Strategy 2036.

Read more about the UAE National Demand Side Management Program 2050 (PDF, 7.20 MB)

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