Dubai-headquartered District Cooling company says its 2015 revenues reached AED 1.66 billion

Posted: February 25, 2016

Reduction by 1.3 billion kilowatt hours prevents over 650,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions

Posted: February 15, 2016

With Saudi Arabia declaring a record USD 98 billion budget deficit for 2015 and preparing to lift subsidies from petrol, electricity, water, diesel and kerosene, it is now no secret that the Kingdom is facing severe headwinds due to the drop in oil prices. Against this backdrop, Rajiv Pillai explores the HVAC opportunities that exist in the ‘new normal’ and how the sector is bracing itself to weather the storm.

Posted: February 15, 2016

Suneel M Advani and Vir S Advani, respectively Chairman & Managing Director and Executive Director of Blue Star, in a conversation with Fatima de la Cerna of Climate Control Middle East, share their outlook for the GCC region’s HVAC industry, and reveal their company’s plans for the Middle East, including launch of innovation in VRF technology

Posted: February 15, 2016

Pulsed-power technology could be the future of water treatment in cooling towers and could perhaps help address the biggest problem facing the District Cooling industry

Posted: February 10, 2016

Subcontracting the O&M services of District Cooling companies and chiller plants to specialists purportedly has many advantages

Posted: February 9, 2016

Pointing out that turbulent water flow disrupts an accurate reading of the volume of water used, Dan Mizesko alerts us to the fragmentation technology, which he says can help reduce end-users’ water bills.

Posted: January 3, 2016

In part I of this series, Christopher LaBorde reviewed how the global HVAC industry was poised for real change, and in part II, he addressed the reasons why the UAE was the right location for transformational HVAC leadership. In this third and final installment in the series, he asserts that Dubai has a big role to play in bringing about this change.

Posted: November 23, 2015

Driven by strict legislation and enforcement measures, on one side, and the challenge of pricing, on another, manufacturers of HVACR equipment in Scandinavia have relied on innovation to survive… and to thrive. Internationally, they are benefitting from the strict regime and the exertions it has engendered.

Posted: September 6, 2015

In the first of a six-part series, George Berbari speaks his mind out on what he describes as the ‘miserable current status of the HVAC industry in the GCC’. He begins by training his focus on the District Cooling industry…

Posted: April 13, 2015