Empower provides cooling services to Burj Al Arab

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, has announced the completion of the second phase of providing District Cooling Services to the Jumeirah project 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 have signed an agreement for the three-phase project to provide Jumeirah project area in Dubai, which includes many luxury landmarks such as Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeriah Al Naseem Hotel and others, with District Cooling Service.

The agreement is part of Empower's strategic plan to expand its network to all districts in Dubai, especially key landmarks such as governmental and tourist buildings and residential areas. The last of these landmarks were Emirates Towers and Juma Al Majid on Sheikh Zayed road. The plan is part of Empower's vision to replace all the conventional cooling systems with District Cooling Services to get significant progress toward UAE Energy Strategy 2050, which aims to preserve the environment and achieve sustainable development in all fields, including tourism and hospitality.

Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, said, "We are happy to complete the second phase of the project, which is the cornerstone of providing the service to Jumeirah project area fully. We were aware of the strategic importance of the facilities of this phase of the project. From the beginning, we took the responsibility to complete this phase and the whole project, which is going to be a quantum leap for Empower projects in Dubai. Our success in this project will enhance the trust in the District Cooling Service in Dubai and all over the world.

"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," he added.

Empower and Jumeriah Group teams put a lot of time and effort to execute the project according to the schedule. The team worked on the engineering side to transfer the cooling service from conventional systems to the Empower plant without interruption to service, and without compromising on the service efficiency of these high-profile hospitality properties.

The work of building the main district cooling plant was finished by the third quarter of 2016, to meet the schedule of commissioning which was set for January, 2017.

"I believe this project is a turning point for the District Cooling Service in Dubai, which will further enhance the trust on DC systems and attract more attention towards retro-fitting conventional cooling systems with district cooling, thus ultimately helping to push towards the sustainable development and to reduce energy consumption," Bin Shafar added.

Empower currently operates more than 1.2 Million RT, providing environmentally responsible district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments such as Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World trade Centre Residences, and Dubai Design District, among others.