As the world resumes its pace and progressively inches towards a post-Covid phase with a deepened acceptance and understanding of the idea of sustainability, The Sustainable City, Middle Easts first fully-operational sustainable community, has launched the first edition of a series of academic webinars. The webinars goal to provide fascinated people in The Sustainable City an opportunity to acquire a deeper perception of sustainability in the constructed environment.

Prepared and compiled by the education & knowledge arm of Diamond Developers: SEE Institute, the webinar series has been summarized and packaged into seven interactive modules which includes subjects like Climate Change and the SEE Concept, Food, Energy, Water, Building Materials & Products, Mobility, and Waste. The Zoom webinars are free to attend and open for all. They are timed at 30 minutes, each followed by 15 minutes of an interactive question and answer session.

Covering implementation, and challenges in practicing sustainability, the webinars will be hosted by Mr Karim El-Jisr, chief sustainability officer (social) at Diamond Developers.

It is noteworthy that SEE Institute, which works on monitoring the communitys performance and constructing a living lab to test the modern day developments and technologies in the city, will additionally offer specialised publications in sustainability, in addition to hosting conferences and seminars at its headquarters, which, once opened, will be one of the first energy-positive constructions in the region, producing up to 140 per cent clean energy.