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Dubai Civil Defense SEWA completed 35 road

launches commercial operations of Emirates and streetlighting projects in 2021

Safety Laboratory

The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai efforts to ensure the highest safety standards in the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA)
today announced that it has launched the commercial construction sector. ESL Laboratory uses the latest has said that it carried out 35 road and street lighting
operations of Emirates Safety Laboratory (ESL), following cutting-edge technology and best-in-class processes projects across the emirate in 2021.
the successful completion of its operational trials. to ensure equipment used in construction comply These projects included the installation of 7,132 new
Following the launch, the Laboratory conducted with the high standards set in Dubai. ESL Laboratory lighting poles, laying 215 kilometres of cables, installing
its first commercial testing – an assessment of and Certification, which have obtained international 97 lighting boxes, carrying out 30,497 lighting network
equipment and building safety systems of NAFFCO. accreditation, will be the official authority to issue maintenance works, and installing 11,497 lighting units
Following the testing, the General Directorate of Civil completion and compliance certificates for safety – the majority of which were energy saving, a WAM
Defense in Dubai officially approved the products of products in Dubai, Al Matrooshi added. report said.
NAFFCO. The company is the first company to receive ESL will work to further enhance fire safety in Dubai It added that the projects are part of SEWA’s efforts to
accreditation from Emirates Safety Laboratory (ESL). and contribute to the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy design and implement road lighting networks across all
Lt. Gen. Expert Rashid Thani Al Matrooshi, Director 2050, which aims to transform the emirate into a regions of the emirate, in accordance with high quality
General of Dubai Civil Defense and Chairman of global centre for clean and renewable energy by 2050. and efficiency standards and specifications. vision and directives of HH Doctor Sheikh Sultan bin
the Board of Directors of ESL said the Laboratory The launch ceremony was attended by Brig. Expert Doctor Engineer Hassan Al Zarooni, Director of the Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and
and Certification Body, the first government Ali Hassan Al Mutawa, Assistant Director-General of Electricity Distribution Department, confirmed that Ruler of Sharjah, to take into account environmental
conformity assessment entities in the Middle East, Dubai Civil Defense for Fire and Rescue Affairs, and SEWA is keen to use energy-saving lamps and flashlights aspects and reduce consumption in implementing all
have been launched as part of the organisation’s Khalid Al Khatib, CEO of NAFFCO. in the implementation of lighting projects in Sharjah, projects, while working in a sustainable manner.
which improves energy efficiency and supports its He added that SEWA is working on projects throughout
efforts to achieve sustainability through conservation of the city of Sharjah, pointing out that the lighting projects
energy consumption, reducing maintenance costs, and are among the vital and necessary projects that expand
reducing the carbon footprint. security and safety for residents, as well as drivers of

He highlighted that such efforts are in line with the vehicles on the roads.

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