Where is the UAE going wrong with energy efficiency in its lighting?
The country is not going wrong, it’s just the price you pay when you’re growing at the speed you’re growing here. It’s a very natural consequence. Where the UAE could do better is to get all stakeholders round a table and have an open discussion to make things happen. On a Middle East level, you need to get the nations to talk to one another. This is one of the major issues that everyone speaks the same language but they don’t share their healthcare and lighting successes. Profile:Rudy Provoost, Executive Vice-President Philips, Chief Executive Philips Lighting Rudy Provoost was made CEO for the lighting division earlier this year after more than seven years at Philips. He joined the firm in October 2000 as the executive vice-president of consumer electronics in Europe. He was appointed CEO of global sales and services for consumer electronics, as well as senior vice-president and member of the Group Management Committee in August 2003. By 2004, he had become CEO of consumer electronic
