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Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) are celebrating Year of Tolerance in UAE by helping an Abu Dhabi-based school for people of determination to drastically reduce its electricity and water bills.
Funds raised from a special co-branded, biodegradable credit card, launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2013, are now being used to finance a series of energy- and water-saving measures at the Future Rehabilitation Centre in Mohammed bin Zayed City, which on completion will reduce the school’s annual utility expenses by around a third.
A percentage of the spending on the joint credit card goes towards a dedicated Green Fund for environmental projects selected by FAB. Following an extensive audit of the Future Rehabilitation Centre by Masdar’s Energy Services team during the Year of Giving in 2017, a portion of this money will now be invested to cover the cost of eight water- and energy-saving technologies at the special needs school.
The Energy Conservation Project will take four months to complete and include solar panels, an advanced ventilation and air-conditioning control system, various water-saving devices, a swimming pool heat pump, LED lights, special soil additives, and the application of solar films on windows and thermal coatings on the school’s roof to reduce heat gain. A monitoring system will also be installed to verify the achieved energy savings.