Doha skyline

CSE’s Dr Azzam Abu-Rayash asks whether we are actually building smart cities or accidentally creating huge heat traps that will drive up energy bills. Drawing on new research on Doha, Dr Azzam explains how rapid urban development is fundamentally changing the local climate in ways current energy models struggle to keep up with. 
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