Lakhasly

Intelligent and sustainable districts in the UAE offer key long-term advantages by advancing Environmental Stewardship and Decarbonization Leadership by creating new model building standards that considerably lower water consumption and energy use, and become a Research and Development hub for innovators whose inventions can be adopted nationally.However, implementation has critical aspects of risk, including High Upfront Cost and Scalability driven by significant initial outlays of capital that lessen the capacity for replication in existing cities leading to potential for technology locking.

Intelligent and sustainable districts in the UAE offer key long-term advantages by advancing Environmental Stewardship and Decarbonization Leadership by creating new model building standards that considerably lower water consumption and energy use, and become a Research and Development hub for innovators whose inventions can be adopted nationally. Socially and economically, they foster Economic Diversification and Human Capital Development by creating an innovation ecosystem from high-tech clusters to attract investment and develop local talent for sustainability driven disciplines. However, implementation has critical aspects of risk, including High Upfront Cost and Scalability driven by significant initial outlays of capital that lessen the capacity for replication in existing cities leading to potential for technology locking. Because of the interdependence of IoT, there is also a significant cybersecurity risk and vulnerabilities with Data Privacy and Trust in that a connected network of operational technology is susceptible to attack and ongoing data collection raises the need for strong governance that is transparent to build citizen trust in the use of environmental data and curated data to make operational decisions.