- Schneider Electric partners with Tatweer Misr to transform several cities in Egypt.
French energy company Schneider Electric has entered into a partnership with Egyptian real estate developer Tatweer Misr to digitally transform several cities in Egypt. The collaboration comprises the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the design and implementation of smart cities, which will enable the North African country to develop sustainable communities by focusing on energy efficiency.
In Egypt’s 2052 vision, the government plans to double its urban area from 7 per cent to 14 per cent. As part of its plan, 61 cities will be developed in total. And to support this policy, the firms will implement three smart city projects in Galala in the governorate of Suez, Fouka Bay and D-Bay on the north coast, and Bloomfields in Mostakbal, in the governorate of Giza.
According to Fouad Zayed, vice president of digital energy and EcoStruxure for Egypt, North East Africa and the Levant cluster at Schneider Electric, Tatweer Misr will use its iTWO platform to bridge the gap between the real and the virtual and provide building information modelling (BIM 5D) as well as operational costing and construction time for these real estate projects.
The agreement was sealed by the two partners at the Middle East and Africa (MENA) Innovation Summit hosted by Schneider Electric in Dubai from 18 to 19 May 2022. With a turnover of 26 billion euros in 2021, the group headed by Jean-Pascal Tricoire offers energy solutions and automation systems to homes, data centres and industries in some 100 countries, including Egypt.