Business & Finance Club - Dubai : Emirates Central Cooling Corporation (Empower), the largest district cooling service provider in the region, said it has adopted an innovative system in water recycling to reuse the chilled water several times aiming at remarkably saving energy.

Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower said: “Empower tops its priority in preserving water resources through reducing the consumption of water used in providing district cooling services to its clients.”

'The Executive Council in Dubai has ordered all district cooling companies in the emirate not to use desalinated water in its operations and to use sea water and recycled sewage water instead,' said Al Shafar.

'This aims at conserving the energy resources of the emirate for sustainable development. Community segments have to adopt the principles of energy conservation as their core values so that future generations will gain the maximum benefit,' he explained.

Empower, the official said, works on sustainable use of the amount of water in its daily operations without compromising the quality of the service.

“There are very few district cooling companies in the world which use this system. It is our belief that adopting this system will contribute in saving water resources in light with the population increase,” he added.

Bin Shafar said, “In this part of the world cooling is essential for more than eight months a year, and this makes it more imperative to not only take what the modern world has to offer but also go the extra mile by innovating new technologies for the good of our children.”

Compared with conventional ACs, district cooling are 50 per cent more efficient from conventional cooling.

In addition to water saved with the use of this innovative system, Empower managed to reduce the electricity loads in Dubai by providing district cooling service to its key projects including Mirdif Gate Buildings, Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai Healthcare City, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Culture City, Business Bay and City Of Arabia, he added.