Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 03 | Page 42

COUNTRY FOCUS: QATAR QATAR GENERAL ELECTRICITY & WATER CORPORATION (KAHRAMAA) HAS PREVIOUSLY SHARED ITS PLANS TO DEPLOY SMART METRES IN QATAR BY 2016, WHICH WILL MARK THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF ITS KIND IN THE GCC in Lusail city, and with the continued support of LREDC and government authorities such as Kahramaa, we are confident that our solutions can continue to contribute to the Qatar National Vision 2030 of transforming Qatar into an advanced digital country with smart citizens.” There will have 22 different hotels in the 38-squaremile city Lusail City will also have 42.4 km of telecommunications cables spread across its 19 districts There will eventually be enough housing to accommodate 450,000 people Essa Kaldari, CEO, Lusail Real Estate Development Company (LREDC), said: “Smart Meters are the future of sustainable energy consumption and they will become a fundamental part of Qatar’s future development. Lusail City is a shining example of environmental innovation, a hugely advantageous characteristic for those residing and conducting business and pleasure activities in the district. Not only does it make practical financial and environmental sense to use Smart Meters, but the system represents just one section of a much larger centralised infrastructure network, which provides worldclass, centrally-controlled services in Qatar.” Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has previously shared its plans to deploy smart metres in Qatar by 2016, which will mark the first deployment of its kind in the GCC. The tests achieved 100% success rate in communicating the data from meters through an IP network, demonstrating the incredible progress being made in laying the technological foundations for Lusail City. The “smart city” concept is central to the 42 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com