Company says honour is for Distinguished Achievement in Building Simulation

Posted: September 28, 2022

Dennis Knight of ASHRAE says delegates benefited from collective expertise of presenters and from the focus on ‘better buildings, less carbon’, which is at the core of how to proactively tackle the challenges of achieving sustainability and establish climate-friendly, integrated building systems to serves all people

Posted: September 28, 2022

One of the advantages of running a magazine for long is the vast volume of historical data available. In 2016, we ran a cover story on perhaps one of the most significant interventions in improving not only energy efficiency and Indoor Air Quality but also in preserving equipment health – plugging leaky ductwork. The basis […]

Posted: September 25, 2022

Building services association outlines its regional priorities – including sustainability and the advance of engineering practices, research and education; the occasion of the anniversary coincides with its UAE Chapter hosting its Annual Awards ceremony

Posted: August 31, 2022

Farooq Mehboob, ASHRAE President (2022-2023 term) in conversation with Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East

Posted: August 19, 2022

Mick Schwedler, 2021-2022 ASHRAE President, in a free-wheeling interview with Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East. Extracts…

Posted: July 11, 2022

With lifestyles changing, with ever more people transferring to the consumer class of the world and with greater lifespans, the need to build will not dissipate, says Krishnan Unni Madathil, adding that the challenge lies in determining “how to make it better”

Posted: September 12, 2021

Event slated to be its first hybrid conference, Society says

Posted: July 15, 2021

As the region braces itself to meet the second wave of retrofits, spurred by demand for energy efficiency and backed by government initiatives, a team from Daikin speaks with B Surendar of Climate Control Middle East about the role and relevance of VRF technology in the present scenario.

Posted: September 22, 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? Climate Control Middle East brings you a two-part state-of-the-industry report, with the focus on the MEP consultancy and MEP contracting sectors. At the same time, the narrative includes aspects related to building owners and the role of policymakers and planners in influencing best practices. Here, we bring you the first part of the report, where the focus is on the MEP consultancy sector…

Posted: September 22, 2016