Dubai - Mubasher: Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER) announced on Wednesday the completion of the second phase of providing district cooling services to Jumeirah project area, according to a press release.
The projects provides the services to the Jumeirah area including Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management.
The total capacity of the initial cooling energy is 10,000 RT delivered by the main cooling plant.
Empower and Jumeirah Group signed the agreement for the three-phase project to provide Jumeirah project area in Dubai, which includes many luxury landmarks including Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeriah Al Naseem Hotel and others with District Cooling Service.
The CEO of Empower , Ahmad Bin Shafar, said that the project has some special technical features, such as the need to build a cooling system for each building, replace the conventional cooling systems with Empower district cooling system without halting the service at all, building chilled water network across busy roads, and building a cooling plant in the middle of luxurious residential and touristic site.”
“All these challenges were addressed with total accuracy and professionalism. We completed this phase of the project with zero downtime of services, and with the support of advanced technologies such as Non-Destructive Road Crossing (NDRC),” Bin Shafar added.
