Emicool awards Dh120m contract to Drake & Scull

Emirates District Cooling (Emicool), a joint venture of Dubai Investments and Union Properties, awarded a contract to Drake & Scull to design, build and operate a Dh120 million project network to extend chilled water from Hessa Street plant to new developments within Dubai Sports City.

The new network is set to increase the production capacity to 77,000 tonnes of refrigeration [TR], which will cater to the surging demand of the Dubai Sports City development and increase the total Emicool customers’ portfolio to 20,000 in the next two years.

The expansion of the new district cooling network into Dubai Sports City is a more eco-friendly solution compared to conventional cooling systems and will result in an annual reduction of 173 Gigawatt/hour power consumption in Dubai Sports City as also reduce 120,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to reducing 30,000 cars from Dubai’s streets.

The project is managed by MHPM_driver and it is expected to be completed by July 2018.

Adib Moubadder, CEO of Emicool, said: “The new district cooling network from Emicool will connect complexes, stadiums and buildings in Dubai Sports City and is a major step forward in empowering businesses and consumers with sustainable development & innovative technologies.”

Apart from providing chilled water to the customers, the network will also monitor consumption levels within the developments.

District cooling uses 40% to 50% less energy than traditional air conditioning systems, which can account for 70% of a building's electricity bill. Producing one tonne of refrigeration using conventional air conditioning takes 1.7 kw of power, while district cooling can consume as little as 0.85 kw per tonne. This frees up considerable amounts of energy to be used elsewhere.

Emicool is planning to increase its plant capacity to 500,000 TR by 2020 as rampant construction is leading to pent-up demand for district cooling services across the UAE and region. The company’s roadmap in the coming years includes expansion of operations to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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