AHRI has over 300 members, and those companies produce 70% of the world’s air conditioning equipment, says James K Walters, Vice President, International Affairs, AHRI, to Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East, as he elaborates on the direction the certification body has set for itself to take, including unprecedentedly enabling companies outside the United States to be involved in committee discussions and voting exercises. Excerpts…
Posted: May 14, 2019
Ismail Almarzooqi, CEO, South Energy, in this interview with Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East, shares the philosophy and approach of the District Cooling utility that serves Dubai South, in optimising the cost of chilled water for customers and in ensuring power generation stations are not overburdened. Excerpts…
Posted: May 14, 2019
Prabhu Ramachandran, Founder and CEO, Facilio, discusses the increasing need for Facilities Management (FM) companies to step in during the design and pre-construction phase of projects, and the benefits to be had through digital-retrofit solutions…
Posted: May 14, 2019
Saying that the Hisense-Hitachi joint venture enjoys a 22.3% share of the VRF market in China, Yi Bao, General Manager, Global Business; Administrative Director; Vice Chairman of the Trade Union, Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-conditioning Marketing Co., Ltd.; Dharmesh Sawant, Sales Director, Hisense VRF, Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-conditioning Marketing Co., Ltd., and Dick Shi, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-conditioning Marketing Co., Ltd., tell Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East that the company ís progress is based on the principle of wanting to be trustworthy and on the approach of being consistently innovative. Excerpts from the interview...
Posted: May 14, 2019
Dr Udo Huenger gives an overview of the company’s roadmap, following his new role as Vice President, Middle East, BAS
Posted: April 16, 2019
Pooja Srivastav, Chief Energizing Officer, Shreem International Consultancy and Dubai’s first Building Biologist, recently received the ‘Adam Global Outstanding Award’ for her efforts to create toxin-free, sustainable bodies, buildings and structures in the United Arab Emirates and across the world. She speaks to Ranjana Konatt of Climate Control Middle East on Geopathic Stress, Electromagnetic Radiation and risk mitigation in the built-environment
Posted: April 16, 2019
Frank Taaning Grundholm, VP, Global HVAC Sales – Drives, Robotics and Motion Division, ABB, speaks to Surendar Balakrishnan on the ACH 580, which he says, has enabled the company to increase the link to the IoT environment. Excerpts…
Posted: April 16, 2019
Surendar Balakrishnan speaks to Al Fullerton, Vice President, Trane, who elaborates on the company’s direction vis-à-vis refrigerants
Posted: April 16, 2019
Tamer El Damaty, Operations Director, Alessa Industries, in this exclusive interview with Climate Control Middle East , given during HVAC R Expo Saudi in end-January in Riyadh, speaks on viewing Iraq, Egypt, the UAE and Lebanon as strong export markets, on the issue of refrigerants and on the company’s roadmap for 2019. Excerpts...
Posted: March 28, 2019
George Koutsaftes, President, Advanced Materials, Performance Materials and Technologies; Julien Soulet, Vice President and General Manager, Fluorine Products, EMEA and Advanced Materials, Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) and Amir Naqvi, Regional Business Leader, Honeywell Fluorine Products, META, provide an overview of the global adoption of refrigerants and how manufacturers are moving to future-proof their equipment. Excerpts from the interview with Hannah Jo Uy...
Posted: March 13, 2019