Empower Receives four Awards At IDEA Annual Conference & Tradeshow 2018, At Vancouver, Canada

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, received four awards – IDEA Innovation Awards Honorable Mention for the “360° Solution for Metering Artificial Intelligence (AIMS 360°)”, IDEA Innovation Awards Honorable Mention for the “Energy Transfer Solution Flow Control Optimization Using Statistical Process Control”, Gold Award for Total Number of Buildings Committed and Gold Award for Total Building Area Committed. This was part of the 109th International District Energy Association (IDEA) Annual Conference & Tradeshow 2018, held in Vancouver, Canada, from 11 to 14 June.

The first Innovation Award honorable mention was won by Empower for the “360° Solution for Metering Artificial Intelligence (AIMS 360°)”, which is a remote and integrated system, was discussed during the conference. The system’s objective is to effectively manage district cooling needs at both ends of entire district cooling process. The solution is designed to serve customers with accurate billing requirements, auto-detect and analyse meter fault for real-time rectification, provide sustainable supply of district cooling for customers and result in a win-win situation for Empower as district cooling service provider, and for customers as recipients of cooling energy.

The second Innovation Award honorable mention was received by for the “Energy Transfer Solution Flow Control Optimization Using Statistical Process Control (SPC)”, which will benefit Empower as well as the end user. Applying SPC, Empower is committed to meet the contractual demands of the end user in terms of flow requirements and supply temperature. The flow requirements are met using the flow control valve which is modulated to ensure sufficient water flow for the building. The performance of this control loop is important since it has to ensure both the water flow requirement for the customer and correct return water temperature for the district cooling provider without compromising on the quality of service. Standard deviations and Control Charts are used to monitor and enhance the performance of the control loop, thus resulting in improved quality of service and effective usage of chilled water.

Empower was selected to win the awards for the adoption of state-of-the-art district cooling systems with world-class standards as well as its ability to deliver world-class district cooling services to a variety of projects in several fields and meet the increasing demand for district cooling in Dubai. The awards are  a recognition of Empower’s pivotal role in promoting the use of district cooling technology, which is an environmentally-friendly and energy-saving practice used in residential and commercial buildings, hotels and other facilities. The awards also reflect Empower’s ability to save resources in operating costs, energy conservation, and preserving the environment from carbon emissions.

Ahmed Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, received the awards amid international recognition of Empower’s efforts to improve district cooling services locally and internationally. Bin Shafar expressed his happiness with the awards that Empower received from the International District Energy Association (IDEA).

“This recognition reflects Empower’s determination and leadership, and its ability to innovate solutions and technologies in the district cooling industry, which has put Dubai on the map of global cities in district cooling,” said Bin Shafar.

Bin Shafar confirmed that Empower is progressing to make many achievements in district cooling, to achieve its mission to offer its services to achieve national and global benefit.

Empower currently operates over 1.34 Million RT, providing environmentally responsible district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments, such as Jumeirah Group, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Business Bay, Dubai Healthcare City, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Palm Jumeirah, Discovery Gardens, Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai Design District and International Media Production Zone, among others.