Sabic’s Home of Innovation house(artist’s rendering) For full coverage of Middle East business events, see MEED Saudi Arabia now has the largest number of planned projects registered to compliant with green building ratings, MEED’s Saudi Mega Projects’ sustainability, energy efficiency and clean energy day…
Month: December 2015
Green building education needed in Saudi Arabia
For full coverage of Middle East business events, see MEED Champions of energy efficiency and green buildings in Saudi Arabia need to do more to educate consumers about the importance of cutting waste and develop green housing and communities that…
MEED conference told Saudi energy study on track
For full coverage of Middle East business events, see MEED DNV GL is on track to deliver the most comprehensive power consumption study ever attempted in the Middle East, MEED’s Saudi Mega Projects’ sustainability, energy efficiency and clean energy day…
Saudi Arabia has made enormous green building progress, MEED conference told
The Saudi Arabian building movement has made enormous progress since the Saudi Green Building Forum was launched in 2010, Saudi Mega Projects chairman Faisal Alfadl told MEED’s Saudi Mega Projects’ sustainability, energy efficiency and clean energy day this morning. “We’ve…
Iran to rejoin SWIFT soon
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED Central Bank of Iran governor Valiollah Seif said today that Iran is working on a plan to rejoin the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT),…
Construction industry hopes for Saudiisation policy change
Construction industry leaders at the Saudi Talent in Construction Conference organised in association with the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) say they are hoping for a relaxation in the Ministry of Labour’s Nitaqat Saudiisation targets which they claim have seriously weakened…
MEED conference told Saudi construction labour initiative to be launched
The Saudi Talent Conference organised in association with the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) was told this morning that a construction sector council is to be launched to promote the employment of Saudi Arabians in the industry. This will the…
Saudi Talent conference told public and private sector should co-operate in job creation
The Saudi Talent Conference organised in association with the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) was told this morning that government and business must co-operate to create more jobs for Saudi Arabians. “I believe we will have to adopt a strong…
Iran can lift oil output “immediately” by 500,000 b/d
NIOSC chairman and chief executive officer Bijan Alipour For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED Iran can increase its crude oil output “immediately” by 500,000 barrels a day (b/d) following the relaxation of…
Scott Ritter says IAEA report a face-saver
Scott Ritter: case against Iran has run its course For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) final assessment of Iran’s nuclear programme, which declared the Islamic Republic…