#Solar Show KSA

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SgurrEnergy is exhibiting at Solar Show KSA 2023

The Solar Show KSA is intentionally designed to showcase disruptive solution providers who promise world-class excellence and energy infrastructure delivery, and to encourage innovation and opportunity as KSA moves towards a sustainable energy mix.

The show unites all stakeholders – utilities, IPP’s, financiers, government and regulators that are developing and future-proofing the region's energy sector including large energy users in all industries, energy start-ups and anyone who is looking for innovative solutions to their energy challenges.

Companies that provide solutions and services to the solar, renewable and clean energy ecosystem are in high demand - and this is where The Solar Show KSA comes in.

Where? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

What? The Solar Show KSA, co-located with The Future Energy Show KSA is the definitive event that brings together new technology, efficiency, new thinking, and best practice in the industry as the countries’ premier major services and supplier-led exhibition, with a high-level multi-track conference.

When? 30 to 31 October 2023

Regarding SgurrEnergy

SgurrEnergy is a preferred engineering partner for renewable energy majors with a large footprint in Saudi Arabia and beyond across the Middle-East and Eastern Europe. We help developers, EPCs and lenders translate investment into world-class renewable energy assets. We have designed or consulted on 10.9+GW in Saudi Arabia and our value engineering capabilities make us the perfect partner for clients focused on lowering the costs of renewable energy.

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Meydan office park Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Meydan office park Riyadh Building, Saudi Arabia Architecture Design Images, KSA Masterplan

Meydan office park Riyadh news

20 April 2022

Meydan office park, designed by RMJM Dubai will have its own seasonal concept

Design: RMJM architects

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Meydan office park Riyadh master plan

RMJM Dubai was appointed as a lead architect for the Meydan project – an interconnected office park located in an upcoming area of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Following the client’s directions and ambitious vision, RMJM focused on creating a venue to attract top talent and become a popular entrepreneurial hub. A place that grows and evolves with the times, changing from day to night, from season to season.

The master plan was developed based on many factors such as the workplace environment, its adaptability, accessibility, and sustainability. The studio produced three distinct densities of façades for each office building, based on their understanding of the site context and solar studies. The idea was to simply “pull out” one side of the façade so that each model may cast a shadow on its own face. Each building’s corners have rounded edges, symbolising the continuous and seamless nature of the building’s core business functions.

Each building will have a distinct characteristic corresponding to the four seasons following the landscape concept. The rooftops talk back to the programming of the project. They provide a chance to have office spaces closely connected to the landscape, so the team treated it as such, with a green edge all around with space between for seating outside. The spaces between some buildings are deliberately kept narrow, to reflect the best examples of cities that have incredible life on narrow streets. The studio team saw this as an opportunity to bring F&B that could express itself with such character, the shaded nature of these spaces giving a chance to use outdoor dining nearly all year round.

An infinity park was designed to welcome the visitors with a sculpted statement gate, an infinity mirrored boundary walkway, ‘Instagrammable’ components and a generous amount of relaxed seating furniture. The team studied the sun path carefully and created mounds and berms with trees at the crests.

“To make the development truly unique and outstanding, we have developed a cultural speciality – “Arabic headscarf” as our key design concept. Our design approach was based on studying and converting the cultural symbols into contemporary architectural language and designing them in different scales to celebrate the local legacy within the development through the façade pattern, artwork, ID, signage, etc. As a result, the project has a bespoke look and feel even though we have specified the standard materials.”, – said Yasuko Kobayashi, Associate Director, RMJM Dubai.

The park also embraces the concept of the seasons by hosting flowering trees and flora that change through the year. The buildings with a shaded entry are known as Winter; the ones that face the south sun represent Summer; those around the landscaped courtyard are Spring, and those that experience a mix of the sun and shade are Autumn. The basement plan included voids that were cut to bring ambient sunlight, greenery and even a water feature down two levels, opening the basements to the experiences above. With the landscape design also moving down vertically, the basement areas become a continuation of the seasons above. The gaps are also connected vertically by a woven mesh element, which creates a fluid visual transition from the basement to the ground level landscape.

The unique master plan and the detailed designs proposal show the uniqueness that RMJM Dubai takes care to incorporate in each of the designs and projects they create.

Team: Yasuko Kobayashi, Varsha Vasant, Sima Mounla, Zenah Fahdil, Dharani Gnanasekaran, Shafquat Aiyub.

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Meydan office park Riyadh building images / information received 200422 from RMJM architects

Location: Riyadh, KSA – Saudi Arabia

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Comments / photos for the Meydan office park Riyadh design by RMJM Architects page welcome

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Ramadan is here! A Message from /r/exmuslim! via /r/atheism

Submitted May 27, 2017 at 02:40AM by ONE_deedat (Via reddit http://ift.tt/2qoO3FX) Ramadan is here! A Message from /r/exmuslim!

I would like to Introduce myself as /u/One_deedat, one of the mods over at r/exmuslim. First of all I would like to thank all those atheists who have helped and supported us in the past year and beyond that. Most of us over at r/exmuslim are atheists ourselves and would consider you guys our comrades and natural allies. I never normally get the chance to do this so I would like to take this opportunity here.

Ramadan is already here, starting TODAY in most places (Saturday the 27th of May), so I felt it might be a good time to give you guys a quick once over, firstly to inform people about Ramadan and secondly to highlight how it affects us ex-muslims.

What is Ramadan?

Ramadan is the name of the ninth month in the Islamic calendar that is considered holy by 1.6 billion Muslims globally. Muslims are commanded in the Quran 2:185 that :

"The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran.......And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month.....and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful."

So Muslims have to fast to show gratitude to Allah, however some will tell you they fast to experience the hunger faced by those that are poor and impoverished. Muslims fast from sunrise till sunset for the whole month. This equates to 28 or 29 individual fasting days (dependant on sighting of the moon). Fasting consists of abstaining from ALL food and drink as well as things like sexual activity. The month is also considered by Muslims as a time to practice increased devotion towards their religion such as increased recitation of the Quran, extra prayers in the evening, sticking to the five times a day prayers and increased charity to the poor.

A Muslim is required to fast if they have attained puberty, however most people start fasting a lot earlier through peer pressure and encouragement from their families and friends. Children are not however expected to fast more than a handful of days in the whole month. For females they don’t have to fast during their periods.

Isn't Ramadan later in the year?

You might be thinking this is if you remember the date for a previous Ramadan but because the Islamic calendar is a lunar based calendar Ramadan moves back about 11-12 days each solar year. Also because of this fasting days change in length each year and are different throughout the world e.g. this year’s fasts last about 20 hours in Norway, 18 hours in the UK/Canada, 16 hours USA/Turkey, 15 hours India/Pakistan, 14 hours KSA etc….. If Ramadan fell around xmas in the UK, the fats would only last about 7-8 hours.

So, how does all this adversely affect exmuslims?

The effect of Ramadan varies greatly depending on which country they live in, the religious makeup of their immediate and extended family, their freedom of movement, gender and age specific pressures, etc etc etc. However due to the repercussions of publically coming out or even coming out to their families, exmuslims feel coerced and are sometimes even forced to partake in the rituals of the month with little freedom to choose for themselves and so this could be the most frustrating part of the whole year.

Part of this frustration is due to Ramadan being full of rituals, these include:

Having to wake up early in the morning before sunset (3-4 am) to eat before dawn leading to a significant disruption of the circadian rhythm

The fast itself can lead to dehydration in the hot summer weather and involves hypoglycaemia,

The evening breaking of fast (iftar) is normally a large meal, lavish if affordable and plays havoc with the digestive system

The extra prayers at late night (Taraweeh) are extremely long (1-1.5 hours) and involve prolonged periods of standing. This time of the year these would be held at around 10pm leaving only 4-5 hours to sleep until the cycle repeats itself for the next fast.

The last few times, Ramadan has started to fall at a time of year when a lot of western exmuslims are doing their annual exams and the above stresses add to the risk of failure or under performance for reasons exmuslims know are bogus and will bring them very little benefit in life and will adversely affect their future.

Things can however be worse in Muslim countries, where eating in public during fasting hours can lead to punishment or at the very least serious shunning and there is less scope to hide from prying eyes and maybe secretly drink a few drops of water or down a chocolate bar.

Every Ramadan, we get many posts from people having trouble reconciling their position as an apostate in a hyper-religious environment. We get an increased footfall compared to our average level, from what I assume to be distressed exmuslims looking for an outlet to be themselves.

If you’re an Ex-Muslim here, reading this- you're not alone for we are many! Head over to /r/exmuslim to meet some like minded individuals.

If you are never-Muslim (never-moose) atheist then just remember us in your thoughts as individuals who dare to think differently in communities and families where thinking differently is a taboo and in some people’s eyes the most heinous of all crimes.

That's all from me so have a nice day you guys, feel free to ask any questions especially specific to Ramadan, I will strive to give my honest impartial opinion even as an exmuslim!

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SgurrEnergy is Participating at Solar Show KSA 2023

Saudi Arabia aims to retain its position as a key supplier of global energy needs in a post-oil world. Saudi Arabia’s government is taking full advantage of the kingdom’s abundant sunlight, unutilized land and proximity to key energy markets to accelerate sustainability and create employment. 

Where? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

What? The Solar Show KSA is where renewable energy stakeholders from the region and beyond gather to get insights from policymakers and industry leaders and form networks to take advantage of the myriad opportunities in Saudi Arabia.

When? 30 to 31 October 2023

Regarding SgurrEnergy:

SgurrEnergy is a preferred engineering partner for renewable energy majors with a large footprint in Saudi Arabia and beyond across the Middle-East and Eastern Europe. We help developers, EPCs and lenders translate investment into world-class renewable energy assets. We have designed or consulted on 10.9+GW in Saudi Arabia and our value engineering capabilities make us the perfect partner for clients focused on lowering the costs of renewable energy.

#Solar Show KSA #Solar Show KSA 2023 #solar show riyadh #solar energy exhibition 2023 #renewable energy