Acquisition increases company’s portfolio to 71 plants

Posted: February 5, 2017

Remember the shift from large and heavy desktop computers to flexible laptops? In the span of a few years, technological advances allowed people to achieve the same – or more advanced – work with the substantially smaller laptop. The advantages are obvious: laptops are more compact, offer the same high performance, are lighter and easier to handle and maintain. What if the same thing has just happened within the field of heat exchangers for District Cooling?

Posted: February 2, 2017

Phase 2 of the project is completed with 10,000 TR

Posted: January 25, 2017

One of the privileges of being a journalist is the access to a wide range of insights and recommendations on multiple issues the HVACR industry directly or indirectly influences or contributes to. Given the constraints of space, here’s a non-comprehensive wish-list, based on the received wisdom from enlightened voices in the industry… • That we […]

Posted: January 14, 2017

In this freewheeling interview with B Surendar of Climate Control Middle East, Raphael Khlat and Azzam Messaykeh, the CEO and COO, respectively, of Faisal Jassim Group, discuss their philosophy on trading, their strategic response to market circumstances and how they would like to see the day when locally manufactured equipment would find their way to far-flung markets. Excerpts…

Posted: November 30, 2016

Conference to address the future of District Cooling in the region

Posted: November 1, 2016

The leadership in the GCC region has been introducing a raft of vision statements and measures to encourage, urge and support the multiple stakeholders to raise the bar on building performance. Such path-breaking initiatives and thought-processes as region-specific Green Building regulations, building-retrofit programmes, nearly zero-energy buildings, smart cities and IoT point to the right direction in terms of intent. Broadly, we are witness to market transformation and positive disruptive approaches, which have the potential to cut project timelines, and improve energy efficiency, indoor environment, reliability and resource conservation. But are building owners, architects, consultants, sub-consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and FM firms prepared to align themselves with these changes, broadly speaking? Are they showing a willingness to rise to the occasion? Or, are there factors – some self-induced and some beyond their control – that are proving to be challenges in the pathway to optimising their performance towards delivering better buildings? In September, Climate Control Middle East published the first part of the report, where the focus was on the MEP consultancy industry. In this, the concluding part, the spotlight is on the MEP contracting industry… 

Posted: October 30, 2016

Johnson Controls, Carrier, Trane and Siemens are among the participants in the conference, organised by the International District Energy Association (IDEA).

Posted: October 27, 2016

Company says milestone achieved when it recently commenced the supply of chilled water to Dubai Parks and Resorts

Posted: October 17, 2016

Day 1 of the event featured latest technology in the sectors of energy, water and environment

Posted: October 5, 2016