Encouraging Innovation

Iman has been working at DEWA’s Innovation and the Future division since 2012. She has more than 10 years of experience in digital media content. Her qualitative experience has kept pace with the division and DEWA’s milestones and has contributed to achieving several successes.

Her visual impairment did not hinder her work progress and talent in writing, which was nurtured by reading, expanding her knowledge with constant support from relatives and co-workers. She started publishing articles in 2018 with Al Bayan newspaper.

Her articles cover national and social issues in a positive way in terms of presentation and problem solving with an optimistic spirit that combines simple vocabulary with deep meanings. She has been covering several important issues and events such as Emiratisation, the Hope Probe, Year of the 50th, COVID-19 pandemic, the UAE National Day, education, and government services. She also published more than 300 articles in the “Ghaf” supplement during Expo 2020 Dubai. The articles focused on pressing challenges in energy, sustainability, mobility, and the digital transformation.

Iman published recently her book Lam Tara “in English She has not Seen”. The book is the first digital book at DEWA. It includes selective articles that were published in Al Bayan newspaper, besides her life experience.

Al Muhairi has several different memberships in DEWA. She is the Chair of the Technical Committee for People of Determination, a member of the Supreme Advisory Council for People of Determination in DEWA, a member of the Digital Services and Channels Development Committee, and a member of the Empowering People of Determination Committee. Moreover, Iman served as an ambassador for the Happiness Café initiative in 2017.

Ahmed Al Raeesi graduated from DEWA Academy and joined DEWA in 2016 as a technician in the Distribution Power Division.

Ahmed is an active member of the Patient Support Group at Amana Healthcare in Abu Dhabi. He has become a social media influencer and conducted interviews with inspirational People of Determination to motivate People of Determination in the UAE

Hamad Al Suwaidi presents up-to-date modern and smart designs in his projects to serve DEWA and keep pace with government trends, as well as meet the requirements of the concerned divisions/departments. Al Suwaidi plays a vital and effective role throughout the project implementation cycle, starting from preparing, designing, and planning projects using the latest technologies and various programmes, to handing them over to the relevant parties. Some of the most prominent projects he has participated in include the Happiness Councils, the foyer and theatre of Al Awir Hall in DEWA’s building in Al Ruwayyah, designing Suqia UAE’s office, and other distinguished projects.

In addition to his main job, Al Suwaidi performs additional creative work that aims to support and highlight the creativity of Employees of Determination in various fields. This includes his participation in the “Innovations of People of Determination” project. Details of the project’s completion were circulated via internal channels and email to all DEWA’s staff, in cooperation with Strategy and Government Communication at DEWA. Many have expressed their admiration for his work, including graphic designers at DEWA.

Marwan joined DEWA in 2007 and is currently working in Transmission Power. He was selected by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as a Dubai Expo 2020 hospitality ambassador. He also had the honour of selecting unique names for Expo 2020 DEWA substations, which are “Sustainability”, “Mobility” and “Opportunity”. Marwan’s other achievements include overseeing DEWA’s commissioning of more than 124 substations within 18 months, earning him the Nujoom DEWA award in the Special Projects category. He also participated in closing more than 2,000 technical points with contractors to ensure the optimal performance of security equipment at DEWA substations. Marwan led the Commissioning & Maintenance Unit, managing more than 270 transmission substations in the OTS Department. DEWA provided him with a scholarship to pursue his master’s degree in Innovation and Change Management from the Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart University. Marwan holds an internationally accredited certificate in the “Projects in Controlled Environment 2” international standard.

Marwan has also made many internal contributions. He is responsible for presenting the programme “Supporting the Integration and Empowerment of People of Determination in the Work Environment”, where he explains his work at DEWA and his most prominent achievements. He also plays a vital role in encouraging team members to implement innovative suggestions, learn new skills and apply for awards. Marwan and his team hold internal workshops, to share knowledge and raise awareness about repairing sensitive equipment

1- Ahmed Mohammed Awadh Ali Al Mehairi

2- Hamad Ibrahim bin Hindi

3- Saeed Fahd AbdulQader Ahmed Al Hajeri

4- Khalid Sheikh Mubarak Khamis Al Falasi

5- Khalifa Badr Salem Saeed Al Alawi

6- Mayed Waleed Mohammed Abdullah Al Ali

Students of the twelfth grade at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Academy, with a sense of social responsibility and with efforts to relieve patients of determination regarding the difficulties they may encounter while in hospitals, were able to invent the Smart Tag device to help them and other bed patients who are unable to move.

The smart tag facilitates the process of communicating remotely with the nurses and doctors on duty in the hospital, and to send request help and express some of their needs with simple movements they make through a device installed on the patient's hand such as a smart watch.

The idea of the project started during the Covid-19 pandemic, after the increasing number of patients and less staff for direct care of the patient and their preoccupation with a large number of them. It became necessary to search for solutions that help speed and ease the process of communication between patients and nurses or doctors on duty.

The device is characterised by ease of use, effectiveness, low cost of equipment and maintenance, and its suitability for different ages and categories of patients, especially people of determination or patients who are unable to move.

Through this project, the students of the Academy were able to prove their ability to achieve excellence and excellence and to be the best representatives of DEWA, which in turn, provides them with all support to achieve creativity and innovation for the benefit of their country and progress.

Target: To assist People of Determination with visual impairment

Purpose: The student Hamdan Ahmed Zainal in Grade 12MT has a graduation project of a smart eyeglasses that has a camera captures the required English text for reading and turn it into an audio to accommodate the reading skills for People of Determination with visual impairment (find below a video).

Outcomes: The smart eyeglasses replace reading to listening of the required English text to promote People of Determination independence.