Honeywell, a global manufacturing leader, is set to unveil technologies that can make buildings and cities ‘smarter’ at the upcoming Innovation Live! summit in Dubai, UAE.

It is the official anchor event for UAE Innovation Week which kicks off on November 21 at Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

Innovation Live! is the first initiative of its kind designed to combine government and business approaches to innovation ideologies and subsequently find solutions to benefit the sustainable energy, smart cities, education, healthcare, transport and industrial diversification sectors.

At the event, Honeywell Home and Building Technologies (HBT) will highlight the role of connectivity and technology in supporting national progress in support of the UAE’s drive toward a more innovative future.

As set out in the UAE Innovation Strategy and the UAE Vision 2021, the country aims to enter the Top 10 cities on the Global Innovation Index (GII).

Honeywell has been leading technology innovation around the world for over a century and has 60 years of experience supporting industries and governments across the Middle East to realize ambitious national goals.

Honeywell’s president for the Middle East, Russia and Central Asia regions, Norm Gilsdorf, will speak to an audience of experts from government and business sectors during the summit.

The session will focus on how connected building technology is fuelling the UAE’s smart building revolution and how these buildings - combined with sustainable solutions - are the fundamental building blocks of energy efficient smart cities.

“The UAE continuously strives to embrace new visions, innovation and the latest technologies that connect us and drive us forward. Connectivity is at the core of everything we do at Honeywell, and we are truly excited about the opportunities this presents to the country’s future growth and development,” said Gilsdorf.

“At Innovation Live!, we look forward to highlighting how ‘smart’ buildings form the fundamental buildings blocks of ‘smart’ cities, and sharing insights obtained through the Middle East’s first Honeywell Smart Building Score survey. By adopting technologies and solutions that make buildings more green, safe and productive, we can work together for the continued success of UAE Vision 2021 and Smart Dubai Initiative towards a better, brighter future for the country,” he added.

Innovation Live! is a fitting stage for the culmination of the company’s inaugural Middle East Honeywell Smart Building Score Awards – the first-of-its-kind regional awards program to assess the ‘smartness’ of buildings in the Middle East, based on three key indicators – how green, safe and productive they are.

Honeywell said it will announce the results of its Smart Building Score Awards – including the ‘smartest’ building in the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait at the summit.

The winners will be selected based on a universal framework designed for the comprehensive assessment of any building – the Honeywell Smart Building Score.-TradeArabia News Service