Visitors at GITEX Technology Week will be able to experience some of Dubai Municipality’s prominent new projects and services. These new initiatives reflect the standards of inclusiveness, innovation and development the Municipality follows while seeking to meet people’s needs and enhance their happiness and well-being.
Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said: “At the Municipality, we take the vision of the wise leadership as an approach for us towards innovation and excellence and always provide the best for all segments of society. We are keen to harness technical development to enrich the emirate with exceptional projects and innovative services.
“Dubai Municipality platform at GITEX this year is witnessing the presentation of a wide range of new projects and services that are characterised by the application of the highest standards of modern technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Municipality is one of the leading authorities in the digital field and is constantly keen to achieve a distinguished qualitative leap in the field, in order to achieve its goals of providing the best projects and services in various sectors and fields.”
The initiatives include:
IoT technology: Internet of Things (IoT) technology is used by the Municipality to contribute to raising the efficiency of operations, reducing costs, enhancing innovation, and making more effective decisions based on data analysis.
An IoT platform has been developed and a control and command centre designed to monitor the technical infrastructure according to the requirements of Dubai Municipality, and three pilot use cases have been successfully implemented.
To measure the actual impact of IoT technology, the cases included smart monitoring of grease traps (Fog Trap) in restaurants to accurately measure the levels of fats, oils and greases and send the required data to the control centre for a timely alert.
It was also used to the pre-detection of sewage pipeline cracks, through monitoring and analysing pressure to determine the possibilities of pipeline breakage.
One of the use cases is also to raise the efficiency of the irrigation network using the IoT and AI, by predicting the level of water demand, prioritising the connection, and controlling the pump and valves. The application of this technology contributes to equipment maintenance planning, measurement of water level, and proactive planning of water tanks.
Environmental satellite DMSat1: Considered one of the latest generations of environmental satellite systems, it aims to monitor, collect and analyse environmental data using space technology and employ it in finding solutions to the challenges of urban pollution and climate change.
Building Information Modeling: An electronic system developed by Dubai Municipality allows consultants to perform an automated audit of building designs according to the requirements of the Dubai Building Code and Municipality regulations. The system services are available around the clock, which helps customers to complete the processing of their designs according to the requirements before sending them to the Municipality, which contributes to reducing time and effort and enhances customer satisfaction and positively affects the global competitiveness indicators in this field.
Montaji Platform: The‘Montaji’ platform has achieved great successes in the field of consumer goods control. It has been updated with the latest innovative features and specialties such as Technical Solutions that contribute to improving the customer journey from the category of consumer products merchants, saving time, effort and cost for customers. It displays electronic linking mechanisms with the Dubai Central Laboratory system, and electronic linking with strategic partners with the aim of enhancing the flow of shipments of consumer products and cross-border trade. It also helps with automating decisions regarding samples from shipments and analysing big data through smart technologies.
Odor detection system: A modern and advanced system that is applied through a station to monitor odours in the treatment plants, and it is a fully automatic system that analyses and monitors sulphur compounds.
Unified comprehensive sitemap: Dubai Municipality has designed a unified, comprehensive schematic and geographic site map of the emirate, in order to create a central database for all lands, including owner data, planning and topographical data of the land and data for infrastructure services. This will facilitate procedures and save time and effort for customers, enhance centralisation of service provision, and standardise land numbering.
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