pact of our activities on the environment explains Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri Today ADNEC serves as a successful model for the region in this sector Other organisations are actively encouraged to follow ADNEC s ex ample he says The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company has set up a team for the specific purpose of tackling environmental issues It is made up of representatives from different departments Everyone involved meets regu larly to discuss new recycling ideas The company s culture is an important factor contributing to its success in implementing sustainable practices at work on an everyday basis In this way staff are encouraged to be environmentally aware in everything they do An integrative approach is playing an in creasingly important role at ADNEC which can involve bringing together things that may appear to be unrelated The trade fair company is now recycling used cooking oil to produce biofuel This is used to power smaller cranes at the company s facilities Another environmentally friendly meas ure is the use of solar energy After all the sun shines in Abu Dhabi practically all year round 1 000 square metres of solar modules have been installed on the roof of a car park The energy generated is used for the lifts and lighting in the car park building A major convention was hosted recently that tied in well with all of this the 8th World Future En ergy Summit at the Abu Dhabi National Exhi bition Centre which took place in the second half of January The summit was part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week which brought 32 000 people from 170 countries to the Unit ed Arab Emirates www adnec ae PB 54 TradeFairs Internation al 1 2015 Wir haben das Umweltbewusst sein bei unseren Aktivitäten er höht sagt Hu maid Matar Al Dhaheri We have increa sed awareness about the impor tance of sustaina bility in our activi ties says Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri Trade fairs and conventions in Qatar The emirateof Qatar onthe Persian Gulf recently hosted the Men s Handball World Championship Football will be coming in 2022 Then the World Cup will take place It is also not unknown for the Qatar Nation al Convention Centre QNCC to host conventions with a sporting theme Immedi ately after the venue opened at the end of 2011 the Olympic Games of the oil and gas industry took place there That at least is how the World Petroleum Congress is sometimes playfully billed The 20th con gress in Qatar was attended by 5 000 dele gates The environment and safeguarding the future are also issues that loom large be hind the spectacular facade of the QNCC The trade fair and convention centre was built in compliance with the standards of the U S Green Building Council Wealthy Qatar has big plans for the time after the end of the fossil fu el era and these also play an important role at the QNCC The emirate intends to build one of the world s most dynamic knowl edge driven economies In formation tech nology innova tion and entre preneurship are to play a central role The Qatar National Con vention Centre serves as a kind of trendsetter in this context hosting events of various sizes anything from seminars for ten people to con ventions for up to 10 000 Trade fairs can also be held at the QNCC which offers 35 000 square metres of space in seven halls Two of its exhibition halls are multi functional and can be used not just for trade fairs but also for banquets for up to 3 370 guests www qatarconven tion com Ph ot o A D N EC Ph ot o Q N CC

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