CRTKL reveals three key ways digital technology is reducing the impact of the built environment on the planet

  • Date: 08-Aug-2022
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:UAE
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CRTKL reveals three key ways digital technology is reducing the impact of the built environment on the planet

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Dubai, UAE – CRTKL, a global cultural agency specialising in architecture, planning and design, has highlighted three key ways digital technology is reducing 40% of greenhouse gas emissions the built environment is currently responsible for producing, in an industry-leading annual sustainability report.

According to CRTKL’s report, effective use of technology in the built environment ensures more sustainable outcomes and CRTKL has pledged that 50% of projects will utilise building simulations by the end of the year. Performance of these projects is being innovatively measured and tracked through a digital dashboard. This comes as part of CRTKL’s wider mission to ensure all of its projects are climate positive in operation by 2030, and in materials by 2040. It is aligned with efforts being taken across the region, with a recent survey highlighting that as per 82% of UAE-based IT decision-makers sustainability is now one of their organization’s most important drivers with commitments made to science-based targets.[1]

Kashif Dafedar, Associate at CRTKL commented: “Digital innovations that integrate design and sustainability hold the key to a carbon positive built environment. This technology is providing climate-specific, low-carbon solutions that reduce emissions, advance the net-zero momentum and