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Interviews

‘We are wasting energy here’

Aleksandar Jovanovic, Senior Sales Director, Climate Solutions, Turkey, Middle East and Africa, Danfoss and V. Santhosh Kumar, Sales Director, Climate Solutions, MENA Region, Danfoss, in conversation with Surendar Balakrishnan

Posted: November 14, 2021

Clients with limited budgets tend to neglect benefits of VFDs

Martin Williamson, Head of Commissioning (Middle East), AESG, gives a consultant’s perspective on whether a critical mass has been reached with regard to the uptake of variable frequency drives (VFDs). Excerpts from the interview he gave to Surendar Balakrishnan…

Posted: August 4, 2021

‘We aim to reduce power consumption by 35 million kWh per year by 2023’

Atef Mohamed Awadh AlBreiki, SVP of Operations, National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed), describes the utility company’s concerted drive to retrofit its chillers and pumps with variable frequency drives. Excerpts from the interview he gave to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East…

Posted: July 11, 2021

‘Build back greener from the pandemic’

Janet Rogan, COP26 Regional Ambassador for MENA Region, calls for supporting the Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) initiative, which aims to double the energy efficiency of four key products – electric motors, room air conditioners, refrigerators and lighting by 2030. Excerpts from the interview she gave to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East.

Posted: July 11, 2021

‘We brought our long-term loans to practically zero during COVID’

Amiruddin Thanawalla, Managing Director, Prime Focus Group, speaks on the virtue of adhering to a conservative business approach, which he says has ensured financial stability for the company. Excerpts from an interview he gave to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East…

Posted: July 11, 2021

‘Purchasing online is almost a daily action’

The rate of attrition and change in people’s buying trends has accelerated in a way that most of us would not have imagined, says Steve Day, Sales Manager Middle East, Goveco, which reportedly has over 240,000 product lines, including AHUs and diffusers. Excerpts from the interview he gave to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East…

Posted: June 17, 2021

‘Pandemic has ushered in new customer needs’

Masaaki Miyatake, Chairman and President, Daikin MEA, in an exclusive interview he gave to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East, speaks of how the company is rapidly leveraging its solutions to continuously evolve with market requirements. Excerpts from the interview…

Posted: June 17, 2021

Blurring of lines

HVAC contractors and rental suppliers used to be clear-cut domains, but not anymore, says Brian Marshall, Business Manager Climate Control, Byrne Equipment Rental, adding that the new situation has reduced the number of entities involved in the supply chain of temporary equipment. Excerpts from the interview he gave to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East…

Posted: June 12, 2021

Saving energy, moving away from R-22

Converting to inverter-based systems can help the UAE save 5,000-10,000 GW of energy a year, and a concerted shift to R-410a systems would help the country achieve its emissions reduction goals, says Visakh Tom Jose, Sales Manager, Air Solutions Division, LG Electronics Gulf, in this interview to Surendar Balakrishnan…

Posted: May 17, 2021

Staggering amounts of raw data

Peter Thomsen, Director, Building Systems Solutions Group, Armstrong Fluid Technology, in this interview he gave to Ranjana Maria Konatt of Climate Control Middle East, talks about the arrival of digitalization as a way to build digital twin for both optimization and condition-based maintenance. Excerpts…

Posted: May 15, 2021