Afra Alowais
Afra Alowais
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Afra Alowais leads the Energy Management and Audit Department of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority ( SEWA ). She joined SEWA in 2016 after qualifying with a degree in Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering from University of Sharjah . Afra was specially selected for her current role after distinguishing herself with strategic projects . She is passionate about environmental stewardship and promoting green growth ; one of SEWA ’ s key goals . Performing as a Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineer , Afra contributes to policy and research in energy efficiency . Her vision is to bring about a sustained change in consumer behaviour and energy efficiency practices . Achieving the consequent reduction in resources used underpins everything that she does . She quickly recognises opportunities to translate strategy into action . To this end , she created the SEWA Sustainability Pathway as a permanent high-impact installation in the head office to illustrate the organisation ’ s vision . This foresight also drove her to commission an innovation project to explore changing customer behaviour using the FORTH Innovation Method , which is new to the region . Most recently , Afra has championed a building retrofit programme targeting a reduction of 30 % in each premises – an initiative to advance the position of Sharjah as City of Conservation . The title of Chief Efficienology Officer was recently bestowed in recognition of her determination and commitment to develop Green Growth .
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