Well... I'm not from the 1st world education but for me, technological advancement in general & not only here in Qatar should focus on environment friendly innovation. Like in architecture there's what you call green architecture & by using that concept a building can achieved sustainability even though there are more factors concerned but for the sake of the argument let's just concentrate on green architecture. For example a building with this kind of design concept will provide ways on conserving energy by using natural light ventilation, passive cooling & etc... thus limiting energy consumption which in turn creates extra budget that can be utilize either for maintenance or extra man power but of course depends on the client...
Well... I'm not from the 1st world education but for me, technological advancement in general & not only here in Qatar should focus on environment friendly innovation. Like in architecture there's what you call green architecture & by using that concept a building can achieved sustainability even though there are more factors concerned but for the sake of the argument let's just concentrate on green architecture. For example a building with this kind of design concept will provide ways on conserving energy by using natural light ventilation, passive cooling & etc... thus limiting energy consumption which in turn creates extra budget that can be utilize either for maintenance or extra man power but of course depends on the client...