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few seasons ago, we highlighted how paying attention to noise and vibration issues was as critical to health and wellbeing as indoor air quality, with one industry representative saying that noise could cause blood pressure to increase, which in turn, could lead to other health issues.

Another spoke of how noise has become a critical issue in schools and that poorly selected acoustic ventilation systems affect teaching, performance and learning. He went on to speak of external noise transmitted through the building envelop, the noise transmitted between rooms and the noise by HVAC systems and how they combined to affect children, which could have severe health- and learning-related consequences, considering that children have an undeveloped sense of hearing.

Paul Schwarz, Chairman of the Middle East Acoustic Engineering Society (MEAS), writing in the magazine, spoke of how international regulations address such issues as the maximum noise levels of air conditioning in classrooms, the quality of walls separating corridors and rooms from one another, and the maximum reverberation time in a typical classroom. He went on to add that Abu Dhabi and Dubai have adopted the regulations, but that there have been instances, where school owners and architects have not adhered to them, owing to lack of awareness of their responsibilities, or to negligence, where they value-engineer the process out of the project, assuming that the authorities would not check the building.

On another occasion, Schwarz spoke of how environmental noise and vibrations were just as likely to damage data centres as were high temperatures and humidity. If rooms and floors were not properly isolated, he said, external noise and vibrations could affect the operational effectiveness and efficiency of the servers and very sensitive switch systems in data centres.

Yet another expert like Schwarz spoke of the threat posed by fire alarms and suppression systems to data centres. He said there is a need for specialised fire-protection systems, which do not exceed 110 decibels, because the new generation of hard drives are extremely sensitive to noise and vibrations, to the extent of making them vulnerable to the possibility of impaired functionality.

The situations raise a key point – that the region indisputably needs specialised and well-qualified expertise to improve building performance. The other point, restricted to the situation surrounding schools, has to do with enforcement and traceability. Current enforcement approaches perhaps are affected by lack of adequate human resources to check and verify every building on the landscape. And that is where tools like block chain, if applied properly, could effectively trap those intent on exploring loopholes.

The technology is there for the taking; intent backed by a thorough understanding of the full scope of possibilities of the technology could nudge the construction industry towards greater maturity.

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ould you tell us about what drove the agency to develop the ‘Future of Cooling’ report and why it considers air conditioning a “blind spot” in the global dialogue on energy efficiency and sustainability?

There obviously has been quite a bit happening around cooling in the last year, particularly because of the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol, and the IEA, with other agencies, has been supporting the subsequent Kigali Cooling Efficiency Programme. The IEA has also been involved in broader questions related to heating and cooling in buildings, particularly as part of discussions around energy transition strategies leading up to, and out of, the Paris Agreement.

One question, in particular, has been where the biggest potential for growth is – and what the opportunities are to address rapidly growing demand? This essentially led to questions, such as, 'Do we have a good grasp of what will happen to cooling?'

Equally, there was a clear need to understand the implications of that growing cooling demand on energy systems.

Historically, air conditioning has had a growing impact on energy demand – with cooling being the fastest growing end use for electricity demand in buildings. [There has been] an explosion of residential ownership in cooling, increasingly outside the typical cooling markets like the US, parts of Europe and Japan. A lot of this, especially in more moderate climates, like Europe, was driven by growth in the service sectors, such as commercial buildings, malls and offices.

But while AC ownership in places like Europe has been relatively low, it’s taking off at an extremely rapid pace in emerging markets like China and India. This is really a critical driver to try and understand, what’s likely to happen, as we discussed in chapter two. We look at ownership of air

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John Dulac conditioning, which is particularly critical to comfort in many developing countries, as much as heating has been historically, for much of the western hemispheres.

Just as a point of reference, one of the reasons cooling has been a blind spot is that heating in buildings historically, and that includes today, represents more than half of a building’s energy consumption for a long time. But as we highlighted in the report, we think this will change drastically in the coming decades and cooling demand takes off.

To underpin the importance among stakeholders to take action, could you highlight key take-aways and the most alarming findings from the report?

One of the critical messages of the report we highlighted in chapter two is that across the board, whether it be big countries like China and India, or smaller markets, what we see is that – what people are buying in the market today is far less efficient than what is available. And this is perhaps a key message: That no matter where you are, we can do something about making cooling demand more sustainable. That analysis also shows that policy is not keeping up with product availability of different

technologies. We continue to work with Kigali partners on improving this assessment and are constantly collecting new data.

A key message for policy makers across the market is that we have a real opportunity in light of international consensus in the Kigali Amendment to do something about air conditioner performance. Recommended as one of the critical, straightforward action items in the report is setting better performance standards for air conditioning equipment in buildings. We also see that we need to communicate better, taking from lessons learned within industry and countries by collaborating. For instance, we might see in one country that they think “If [we] raise standards our industry and our products won’t be competitive”. But this is a subject of international importance, and we can do something about it. To do so, there has to be collaboration to set standards in air conditioning, to improve performance across the board, between now and 2050. Without action to address energy efficiency, energy demand for space cooling will more than triple by 2050.

Are manufacturers doing enough in terms of innovating more efficient products? How could manufacturers contribute in a noncommercial manner to a country’s energy efficiency and sustainability goals?

I think that there is innovation happening, that is for sure. The best available products we see are part of a gamut of available choices in the market. And the range of product availabilities from manufacturers is improving, with some new innovations or improvements.

For instance, treatment of latent and sensible loads is critical in hot and humid regions where simultaneous treatment of humidity and temperature is not what the basic AC technology was traditionally designed for. In a country with high humidity, like Indonesia, the AC is often working to condense that humidity and then reheat the

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ON DECK air back to the desired temperature. What it’s doing is working double time, working to treat the humidity then working to provide the temperature set point.

There are other ways to do this more efficiently. For example, there is work happening with manufacturers in Japan and elsewhere to treat those loads separately through desiccants so the machine doesn’t work overtime. The same is also true of things like variable speed compressors and other technical developments that manufacturers are working on to improve product efficiency.

But broadly speaking, there is a lack of incentives for those better products to become the market standard because performance standards are not keeping up with the potential.

new or innovative measures. One task is looking to address cooling demand in places like India with alternative technical solutions that could be better suited for those markets.

Would you advocate a more holistic approach in building design practices in this context?

What do you consider the bottlenecks in the uptake and acceptance of more energyefficient technologies?

As I mentioned, performance standards are one critical element, but that is maybe an oversimplification of what needs to happen. Taking from historical lessons in energy technology and policy, it is not just about performance standards. We need cooperation across countries and interaction with manufacturers on what they are able to provide the market and what they need to make sure those products get delivered.

We also need to understand what it is consumers are looking for in products, which might mean new products and solutions in the market and international collaboration to deliver on those.

One example, for instance, is the mission innovating challenge on affordable heating and cooling launched two years ago. This challenge is of looking at how to address heating and cooling in buildings through

larger and often fragmented market, but it could actually help to keep cooling energy demand constant while still allowing people everywhere to be comfortable in buildings.

I think it just goes to say that we need all hands on deck if we want to address the cooling issue. We need to drive the market from the bottom through performance standards and by collaborating with industry.

We also need to pull from the top with better incentives to get people to buy better products, while also working with different stakeholders for better product development through research and innovation. Also, as we mentioned in the report, we don’t forget the importance of the building itself.

Mechanical cooling using air conditioning is likely to happen at a large scale. But we can also address thermal comfort by improving design and insulation of buildings. This is a more difficult task, because it is a much

Exactly. I think if we look at how cooling works, it drives home this message of efficiency and how we design buildings.

We can deliver more across the whole value chain, from cooling comfort to better access and affordable electricity, reducing local air pollutants and reducing emissions – all things we address in our report.

This report focuses on the role of more efficient air conditioners, but it links to a broader picture on how we deliver energy services in buildings.

Cooling is a critical piece, because it’s important for people to be comfortable, so they can be productive, healthy, etc. On the one hand, if buildings are poorly insulated and air conditioners are running all the time, we can only hope that those ACs are very energy efficient. But on the other hand, we can design better buildings, reducing overall need and energy consumption for cooling.

This can also increase capacity for energy services, without necessarily increasing total energy demand. This broader energyefficiency thinking can help deliver on multiple policy ambitions. In short, it’s a domino effect.

Could you comment on what this means for retrofit projects, given that much of the existing building stock was created at a time when regulations were not only stringent but often non-existent?

A big part of the work we do on buildings at the IEA, including in what

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we do in support of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, is a clear focus on “Build it right”. That means looking at new construction from an energy-sufficiency perspective, and then tapping into energy efficiency to make sure the energy we do need is used in the best way possible.

But for the existing built-environment, energy efficiency, for example, improving building envelope performance is even more critical, driving down the need for energy consumption as much as possible. This can be more complicated, of course, which is one of the reasons we focused on the value of energy-efficient air conditioners, since this is something that we think can be rolled out quickly. Air conditioning gets replaced every 10 to 12 years in general, so we have a real opportunity in the next decade to improve performance. In the meantime, we also need to ramp up the rate at which we renovate buildings and improve how well we renovate them.

In view of this, do you believe a holistic approach can be rolled out in such a way that both environmental and economic interest can be met?

Yes. There are historical examples of countries with more holistic programmes,

working with manufacturers and policymakers in a hand-in-hand process that makes sure we are delivering better products and solutions without them being more expensive. It’s about working through the value chain and getting the right products out in a way that is economically advantageous and competitive.

That is a critical aspect for the air conditioning market today.

We see, across the board, manufacturers producing more efficient products. But standards are relatively low across all countries and what people are buying is not much better than those minimum performance levels. So clearly there isn’t a real incentive to make the better products the standard available choice. Energy performance standards are one critical piece to address this, but we also know working with industry would help facilitate this process and alleviate concerns – for instance, manufacturers saying “Hey, I don’t want to make better products [that] I can’t sell”. International collaboration is also important, to raise the bar for everyone and avoid issues of competitiveness, if manufacturers are trying to sell those better products in other markets.

This is why, first and foremost, our recommendation is collaboration across governments and private sector to make standards higher everywhere, driving markets together and alleviating some of these issues that equipment producers might see as a challenge to delivering more efficient cooling. Also, we need to dive deeper into market data to see what is already achievable with off-the-shelf products. For example, we have noticed in a few countries that the equipment produced by national or regional manufacturers is already more efficient than some products being imported. I think this just raises the flag that countries might be helping their own industry by setting higher standards. But this isn’t possible without better data, and it’s about dialogue with industry, getting to know what they are producing and how they can help to deliver greater products.

Setting the standards higher might be in their interest already.

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o one could tell the difference. This was the aspect that Saad Ali, General Manager – Middle East and Africa, SPX Cooling Technologies, found most disturbing, recalling a joint seminar with UL, in which he took part several years ago. “We showed the difference between forged UL certificates, stamps or stickers on specific products,” Ali narrates.

“The consultants and contractors in attendance couldn’t tell the difference – no one could.”

There is no shortage of third-party certifications within the HVACR industry, and as Colin Bridges, Business Development Director, Belimo Automation, stresses, the testing standards being purported by these bodies provide a good safety net. However, Bridges points out, the regrettable aspect of the growing demand for third-party certifications is that most likely, it is owing to contractors and consultants being misled and hurt in the past. “As a manufacturer, you have to respect that,” he says, emphasising that more often than not, the industry suffers for the actions of rogue trading companies, “We all pay the price for that,” he adds. Yet, as Ali demonstrated, what happens when the safety nets are being manipulated?

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“The certifying and approval organisations all have websites that list the approved products, and the sites are updated frequently,” Ali stresses, adding that despite these checkpoints there have been occasional encounters with companies that misrepresent certifications and approvals.

Darren Farrell, Regional Sales Director, ME, Africa and ASEAN, Greenheck, provides an example.

“One of the things we see,” Farrell says, “is people misrepresenting AMCA based on wordplay. They say ‘Tested as per AMCA’ instead of ‘Tested

by AMCA’.”

Nazme Mohsina, Associate Director of Certification, AMCA International, explains the subtle difference.

“Products can be tested per AMCA standards without being certified,” she says, “so it is not a blatant misrepresentation.

However, it can lead to incorrect inferences by customers that [believe] simply testing to AMCA standards and having AMCA certification are synonymous. If they are claiming to have earned an [AMCA Certified Ratings Program (CRP)] seal and they have not received it – it is a violation of our programme and we will take steps to enforce our programme parameters – including taking action against the violator/violating product.”

Farrell adds that AMCA-tested From misrepresentation of product performance can be certifications and manipulation of compared and verified at the AMCA website using AMCApaperwork to the blatant distribution of verified catalogue data. counterfeit products, Hannah Jo Uy “Non-certified performance of Climate Control Middle East looks catalogue data does not give any assurance as it is at the broad spectrum of bad trading not certified or reviewed practices across the HVACR sector by a third party or and its chilling consequences in this AMCA,” he says, “and it can be manipulated two-part report... by manufacturers

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PRE INSULATED DUCT SYSTEM in order to gain unfair advantage, whether in terms of price or performance.” The database of certified products, he adds, can be searched by company name, product type, country or license type.

Farrell elaborates further on malicious practices, based on experience. “Some companies,” he says, “would change internal components to comply with specifications. If a company doesn’t have a reversible fire-rated fan, they buy a third-party prop, install that and claim it’s reversible, because fan blades can act in the same direction. But [in doing so] they’re not complying with [the specifications] anymore because the item was not in the original testing. That means they are violating the third-party certification requirement.” This, he says, is dangerous because such products are used for life safety.

Pointing to another pressing issue with regard to misrepresentation, Farrell shares that he has come across companies manipulating paperwork relating to country of origin, to avoid paying the five per cent customs tax required for products distributed across the GCC region. Some companies, Farrell says, would put a sticker to say it was ‘Made in the UAE’ and ship it to another country in the GCC region cleared of the five per cent cost, which is otherwise required.

Documentation is then altered after clearance, he explains, and stickers are replaced to accommodate labels to associate the products as imports from the United States or Europe. “These companies end up being cheaper than other law-abiding manufacturers would be,” Farrell says. “They are using that as a loophole."

With this, Farrell touches on another growing problem: The misrepresentation of provenance. “Manufacturing location is important,” he stresses, “as each location is separately certified by a third party and manufacturing cannot be extended to other locations unless the third party approved the facility.”

This is an issue Gianpaolo Bruno, Italian Trade Commissioner to the UAE, Oman and Pakistan, takes very seriously. “We deem ‘Made in Italy’ as a major brand,” he explains. “We are trying to promote and defend it against deception of consumers from producers illicitly and unfairly using it. We are 100% in favour of the defence of the ‘Made In’ concept, and we have done a lot in the European Union to create and enforce stricter rules.” Often, Bruno says, manufacturers undertake such deception in order to get unfair competitive advantage. “People should be aware that the ‘Made In’ is not just a label,” he says, “it reflects that the product entails intrinsic quality.”

Edward Gaynor, Regional Manager – Middle East, BRE Global, weighs in on the issue with regard to country of origin, adding that some manufacturers do so, because they are aiming to capitalise on a country’s reputation in the market.

Gaynor stresses that major manufacturers have factories all over the world and that in a globalised economy the country of origin is not the main issue, but rather the standards the product was manufactured under, the credence of the testing and certifications associated with it, and, ultimately, the deceptive nature of misrepresenting manufacturing location.

In this vein, Gaynor says he has heard of malpractice in the submission of certifications that haven’t been renewed. “You may have submitted a certificate,” he says, “and [they say] ‘Ok, thank you.’ [But] there is generally no date attached. You could have stopped paying you fees and your certification got suspended as there are audits once or twice a year.”

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There will be an incentive for counterfeiters to claim they are offering the refrigerants being phased out at a lower price

This practice, Gaynor says, has led some companies to communicate directly with thirdparty certification bodies, such as BRE, to inquire and corroborate the claims of manufacturers by requesting a sample of the certification. “He was doing his due diligence,” Gaynor says, of a particular instance when he was requested to do so. “If there is something wrong with the certificate it gets taken away," he says. "Market has a duty of care. They have to validate, it’s not like certificates are hidden – all these certificates are up online. When someone says they got misrepresented, really they got talked into it by a salesman.”

Hamid A Syed, Vice President and General Manager, UL Middle East, says the company regularly receives queries from consumers and clients expressing concern about suspicious and misleading products, ranging from a “gut feeling” to informing of a safety incident involving an unauthorised product. “These go-to-market shortcuts taken by sellers looking to turn a quick profit leave consumers with products that do not meet the required health and safety standards but, more importantly, place their physical safety at extreme risk,” Syed says.

The issue is also a major concern for stakeholders in the renewable energy sector. Dr Floris Hendrikus Schulze, Managing Director and Head, CESI Middle East, says that as certification becomes more valuable due to the ongoing changes in the energy sector, he expects an increase in falsification of certificates, largely owing to the fact that the GCC region is ripe in terms of becoming a leader in renewables.

OUTRIGHT DECEPTION: WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? While misrepresentation of certifications is a matter of concern, equally troubling is the

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distribution of counterfeit products. Abier Wasouf, Regional Anti-Counterfeit Counsel for the Middle East and Africa region (MEA), Danfoss, offers a historical perspective. “If I compare 12 years ago and now,” Wasouf says, “the counterfeiters have developed so much. They have become more sophisticated.

Before, they used to go from the source to the country of final destination. Nowadays, they will go to different ports and change the papers and the company’s names, so no one can trace the manufacturer or the source of the counterfeit products. When the shipment reaches the final destination, it has a completely different name and papers. The counterfeiters have started to invest more money on the route and transportation and stop in many countries. You cannot trace the name of the manufacturer or source and you cannot trace the final destination, or [even] the trader at the final destination. It used to be straightforward--we used to catch them easily. I talk about all industries, not just Danfoss.”

Counterfeit, Wasouf stresses, is a global problem that affects the economy. “Not even one single famous brand doesn’t have a counterfeit problem,” she says. “At Danfoss, we have a counterfeit problem, because we are a famous brand. We have standards and high-quality products. People tend to counterfeit and infringe on our rights, they want to use our fame to market their products.”

Frank Ackland, General Manager, Eaton Middle East, echoes this. “The counterfeiting of well-known brands and products is a growing and worldwide issue,” he says. “Many counterfeit products are hard to detect, because they may mimic the trademark or service mark of the genuine brand or use the appearance of a well-recognised device, which may not include the tags or labels that are commonly seen on real products.” In many instances, Ackland says, counterfeit products appear to be genuine but are unable to meet minimum performance specifications. “Manufacturers of counterfeit products often use inferior materials without regard for meeting published ratings or safety,” he says. “These “knockoffs” consistently fail independent certification testing from organisations such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL).”

Instead, he says, counterfeit product manufacturers rely on deception and prices that are below market level to find their way into homes, businesses and electrical infrastructure. Although counterfeit products may appear to be attractive, owing to lower pricing, he says, they are unsafe copies that can lead to “fires, shocks or explosions that can lead to injury or even death”.

From Wasouf’s experience with Danfoss, a lot of the counterfeits are directed towards spare parts and

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components, many of which are discovered in raids conducted in warehouses. These raids, she says, are a culmination of an elaborate process undertaken in close connection with authorities. After the company files a complaint, as per the jurisdiction and country’s requirements, authorities give the necessary approvals, and customs and police officials coordinate to raid the warehouse, in which Wasouf says she actively participates. “Sometimes, they mix genuine with counterfeit,” she recalls, “but in most cases, all of them are counterfeit. We can tell if it lacks the whole identification [features].” In most cases, Wasouf says, the traders are aware of the fakes. “He would know that this is Danfoss and that he is dealing with counterfeit,” she says, “In most cases the traders deny that they know, but he has the responsibility to have the knowledge and not to infringe anyone’s right.”

Tariq Al Ghussein, CEO, Taqeef, knows this all too well, having dealt with not only fake components but also fake products, particularly split air conditioners. “We have been selling Fujitsu General for many years,” Al Ghussein says, “and it is the most copied in the Middle East, because you copy a successful brand. We found 23 brands – all fakes.”

Al Ghussein says that the counterfeit brands come to surface, when dealers complain that sales have dropped owing to similar units being sold at a lower price.

“This is part of our market intelligence and presence with the dealers,” he says.

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only to find out upon arriving and inspecting the unit that it is not authentic. “If it’s fake, it doesn’t look the same and it’s cheap as possible,” he says.

“No one wants to buy a fake product, but the person is unaware.”

Al Ghussein says that this is mostly prevalent in consumer products and not chillers, which require specialised testing and installation and are not readily available in any outlet or shop. He adds that it is also not a common occurrence for VRF systems, save for possibly, spare parts, compressors, controls and replaceable units.

“Organised retailers don’t really sell a lot of air conditioning,” Al Ghussein says, “but there are a million little shops of household appliances that sell air conditioners, refrigerators and TV, and they will happily sell fake [Fujitsu] Generals. More blatantly, [of late] is General AUX, which is not General. They’re not saying it's General, but they are capitalising on the name.”

Syed weighs in on another aspect compounding the issue of such products entering the market.

“Online retail sales in the Middle East continue to grow rapidly – at a rate projected to more than double the combined E-Commerce sales of the Gulf countries between 2017 and 2020.

The flip side to this online retail sales boom? The evolving online retail environment has created the perfect playground for criminals and organised crime groups to operate anonymously and target vulnerable consumers. Against this backdrop, because the opportunity created provides factories, distributors and retail outlets with direct access to consumers through a click of a button, anyone has the ability to position themselves as an ‘entrepreneur’ – at times, with a non-legitimate business.”

Undoubtedly, counterfeit products pose a number of negative ramifications, but perhaps none is more chilling that the sale of counterfeit refrigerants – the consequence of which could be fatal. Brandon Witt, Global Brand Assurance Lead–FluoroChemicals, Chemours, points to the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol as having provided a clear and predictable path forward, providing the necessary time for a rational and cost-effective transition to new solutions.

“As the Kigali Amendment focuses on refrigerant management based on Global Warming Potential (GWP),” Witt says. “The framework provides a manageable plan to the industry for many years to come.”

James K. Walters, Vice President, International Affairs, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), says that though the association doesn’t specify or certify the use of one particular refrigerant over another, he has observed that owing to the transition to low- GWP refrigerants, there has been upward pressure on the price of the refrigerants being phased out and, as such, “there will be an incentive for counterfeiters to claim they

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are offering the refrigerants being phased out at a lower price”. This, Walters stresses, becomes a safety issue, with reports of accidents in various countries as low refrigerant level could potentially cause dangerous fires. Walters says that vigilance must be administered, especially in relation to drop-in refrigerants, as some counterfeit versions could be sold in retail stores or on the street, given the wide opportunity for counterfeit goods to change hands.

Witt echoes this. “With the transition to Chemours, we occasionally see outdated packaging carrying our product brands,” he says, “but this is a red flag for potential counterfeit products, since we updated our packaging after our separation in 2015. We also have relationships with customs agencies to ensure safe refrigerants are imported around the world.” He adds that the company takes the issue very seriously. “We work diligently to monitor and police counterfeiting on a global basis, to protect our customers and our brands,” he says. “We know that even a single case of counterfeiting puts our customers and industry at risk, which is why we all must remain vigilant to ensure we purchase and use genuine refrigerants.”

Two prime examples of this commitment in action came last year, Witt says. “Our team identified and prosecuted two Chinese businesses for selling fake refrigerant,” he says. “The cases resulted in fines, confiscation of more than 100 cylinders of counterfeit products and, in one case, imprisonment.”

COUNTRIES TAKING ACTION Ali, however, warns that stakeholders must not vilify the east as a source of counterfeits. “I do not agree that everything from China is bad,” he says.

“Some of the biggest manufacturers in the world have major manufacturing facilities in China. The fact that Apple manufactures products in China shows what their capabilities are. I think integrity is important. We need to identify quality products in every region of the world. To outright say ‘Chinese products are bad’ is wrong. It’s estimated that China produces 80% of the air conditioner products in the world.”

Al Ghussein echoes this. “China used to be the manufacturer of the world,” he says, “but not for their own brands and products.” He explains that previously, as OEM providers, some manufacturers create according to the specification of a client, whatever standards that may entail, without regard to where the components, parts or products go. While he admits that some companies still do so and operate without traceability, checks or measures, creating as per client demand, the market has significantly shifted from this old way of thinking. “China used to only manufacture for others, and it used to be 100% that way,” he says, “but now they are shifting. Manufacturers,

big companies, have taken action in China. China as a country and its authorities are stricter.”

Walters says that incentives vary among countries with regard to the kind of incentives they want to have for contractors and specifiers to be more aware that the equipment they are installing meet minimum energy performance standards. The government’s mechanism to regulate and test those products, he says, will encourage specifiers to ensure the products they are installing are true to the regulation of the country, whether it be the United States, Saudi Arabia or the UAE. In the UAE, in particular, Walters says, energy efficiency is an increasingly regulated aspect of the business.

The public sector’s interest in regulating fakes comes as no surprise as, Ackland stresses, counterfeits have a detrimental effect on the economy. “According to US Customs and Border Protection,” he says, “the manufacturer’s suggested retail price

(MSRP) value has grown by 538% since 2010, while, according to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) over 750,000 jobs are lost every year due to counterfeiting of distinguished brands.”

TO BE CONTINUED In the September 2018 issue, Climate Control Middle East shall take a closer look at the factors aggravating the proliferation of these bad practices, the regulations being rolled out to mitigate the sale of counterfeits, what companies are doing to battle these issues and the true cost of cutting corners.

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Ted Jacob, Gabriela Soto Conde, TJEG & Mario Seneviratne, Green Technologies

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ould you describe TJEG’s work with zeroenergy buildings in the healthcare sector?

Ted Jacob: We are focused on healthcare-type projects, and healthcare facilities are one of the highest users of energy among all building types. We have introduced innovations in healthcare buildings and have been able to lower energy use by 30%, if you take ASHRAE 90.1.

Could you describe the innovations?

Jacob: We have introduced five to six major innovations, and then there are sub-innovations coming out from them.

We were among the first to use 100% outside air with heat recovery. So, we have 100% outside air, which means we are bringing a whole lot of fresh air in; and you’re taking the heat, if it’s like really a design day outside, you take the cooling coming out from the building through piping going to the exhaust side and transferring the heat, and that’s about 60% efficient in recovering the heat in the hospitals. By doing that, you are reducing the ducting systems, so instead of having three ducting systems -- supply, return and exhaust – we basically are reducing that to a two-duct system.

If you have a two-duct system, all of a sudden you free up the space in the ceiling, and you have fewer fire and smoke dampers, and so on. You are also able to improve the indoor air quality.

You improve it by quite a bit; instead of returning the air to the hospital, which is one of the worst, you are supplying the outside air. The other aspect is that in a hospital the codes require a certain amount of fresh air coming in. You have to have enough air changes in a patient room, say. You have to have six air changes, of which two are outside air, and four are return air. But with the 100% outside air, you can go in at six, and the cooling load takes it, and you can reduce the supply air from six air changes to two air changes.

We adopted this approach in a hospital in California about five years ago, and it’s working perfectly. To put it in context, California has one of the strictest standards for healthcare design.

And then the third innovation that we are very excited about is displacement

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NET ZERO In the wake of the merger of Green Technologies with Ted Jacob Engineering Group (TJEG), Surendar Balakrishnan and Hannah Jo Uy caught up with Ted Jacob, President, TJEG; Gabriela Soto Conde, Associate Commercial and Bids, TJEG, and Mario Seneviratne, Director, Green Technologies, for a chat. Excerpts from the interview…

ventilation, where instead of supplying air at the ceiling level you supply at the lower level, which means your chiller plant is going to be reduced by about 15 to 20%. By reducing your chiller plant, you are reducing your air requirement, so your fan-related energy use goes down.

Also, by supplying air at the lower level, if you calculate the energy, you save about 15-20% on the energy; and from an IAQ point of view, according to ASHRAE, you will supply 25-30% better indoor air quality.

What does the merger mean to Ted Jacob Engineering Group? How will it benefit the Middle East region?

Jacob: The main focus now is lowering energy use. In 50 years’ time, we will be running out of energy, unless we find new reserves. If buildings typically last 50 years plus, we are talking about the energy prices increasing exponentially. There will be a breakeven point, where you want to go to zero-energy or nearly zero-energy buildings.

You first start with the systems being very efficient, just like our innovations are very important in taking energy use down to 50%; on top of that, you go with sustainable measures, like adopting photovoltaic on site or solar energy for heating water; or, you can go the wind energy or geothermal route. Ultimately, it all depends on the cost benefit. If the cost of energy is way high, photovoltaic makes sense. If the payback is around five years, it makes sense to put PV to take it to zero energy.

I’m excited about this merger, as it will give us that extra knowledge and that extra concentration to take the building to net zero. We are focused on healthcare, but we want to take the same ideas to hotel projects or mixed-used developments.

Mario, how does this tie in with the net-zero-energy SABIC project in Saudi Arabia that you worked on?

Mario Seneviratne: Before I discuss the SABIC project, I feel the need to add that Ted’s company is a typical specialist MEP engineering firm. As for Green technologies, we are in consultancy – we normally don’t do large or heavy MEP jobs and, instead, focus on boutique and specialist jobs, like SABIC. This merger gives that sustainability expertise along with the heavy engineering expertise, and it will be an easy solution for the client, because normally the

MEP is done by someone else and the sustainability is done by somebody else.

Sustainability is an intergal part of MEP engineering, we don’t see the demarcation line, so the coordination for the client and for the architect would be easier, because it’s one entity.

What would you offer that is different to the general structure of engineering companies in the construction field? I ask, because there is a lack of a critical mass of qualified MEP consultants or contractors to carry out specialised functions. How do you see the merger as contributing to the region in terms of good engineering practices?

Jacob: I travel globally, so I have a good idea what’s relevant around the world. I believe the US has a lot more advanced engineering in terms of innovations and project delivery. My firm in the US does highly technical buildings. We do healthcare, and we work with high-tech companies like Facebook Google and Oracle, which are very demanding. We have been looking for people for the past three years, I have not found people that are qualified. I would rather reduce my practice and do the right job instead of hiring these people, so we have been hiring people from school. It is very difficult to find a high level of expertise. It is the same here in this region, where I get at least 10-15 resumes every day, and I look at some of them and they’re just not good enough.

After the crash in 2008, a lot of people just quit engineering, so we are a rare breed, a dying breed.

Seneviratne: I recently went to a project with a problem. The owner called me two years after doing the initial job. It’s going to cost millions to rectify the problem, which is the result of bad quality control and lack of knowledge on the part of the consultant and the contractor. Can you imagine going to one of the most prestigious buildings in Dubai, ripping out all the installation and finding joints?

Again, you need high-calibre engineers on the site; if not, you would be sued in the US, correct?

Jacob: Yes, big time.

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accounting firms are being sued, and this is something unique to this part of the world to have the legal structure to place a portion of the responsibility for the people that do the wrong thing, and until that comes in, no regulation will change it. Ted is a professional engineer, and so am I. We are committed. When we finish a design, we are committed for life. If something goes wrong, we are committed for life. In the Canadian system, the moment you get a complaint they take your membership out, and if the committee finds any wrongdoing, it would fine you as much as 25,000 dollars.

Gabriela Soto Conde: The merger will bring a commitment to quality and delivering value to our clients not only now but also in the long term.

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What other best practices can we expect from the merger?

One of the areas we hear people constantly complain about is the lack of an integrated project delivery mechanism.

The considered opinion is that it’s crucial that the FM team is involved from the pre-design stage, so they don’t have to inherit a project they feel they can’t maintain properly throughout the life cycle.

Jacob: You mentioned a word not many people have used – IPD. I am a firm believer in IPD, where you bring a consultant, you bring an owner, you bring in a contractor. We are a big proponent for that. It is an idea that has not taken off in the Middle East. With our merger, we want to incorporate IPD. Seneviratne: IPD is something LEED has been trying to do for the last probably 10 years. Integrated design approach is mandatory in healthcare, and it’s also something that at the beginning of the project, a good mechanical engineer and a good electrical engineer will always design; we don’t need an FM team to tell you that, but because of these procurement processes, you need to get the FM team right.

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Jamal Abdulla Lootah is the President of Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA).

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Eco-technology has a key role to play in modern facilities management and offers benefits for both facilities managers and end-users, says Jamal Abdulla Lootah, as he discusses the challenges and opportunities in this emerging field.

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n the light of growing environmental concerns across verticals, a new kind of technological concept has inevitably emerged, and it is dubbed as eco-technology. Eco-technology is defined as utilising technological means to meet human needs with minimal ecological disruption by working within the boundaries of the ecosystem.

This concept is important in modern facilities management (FM) as buildings and residential units are among the biggest consumers of energy. Eco-technology comes into play when facilities managers roll out plans to maintain all functions in buildings and ensure that they are energy efficient. In an era of heightened FM awareness, devices such as smart thermostats, motion-activated lighting and other energy-saving tools integrated into facilities are becoming more and more popular, because they not only promote eco-friendly functions but also help reduce costs.

The rise of structures integrated with eco-technology tools is a welcome and positive development for the entire FM industry, as these next-generation technologies effectively cut down the process of monitoring and managing buildings – thereby ensuring that they are performing at the optimum level at all times.

In the Middle East region, the Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA) is one of the strongest proponents of ecotechnologies. The association has been actively encouraging facility developers to

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implement and give importance to advanced technologies, which are capable of building and supporting energy-efficient structures. It adds that special attention should be given to the principle of heat production based on the use of individual facilities, with an aim of decreasing the level of energy consumption, without compromising the quality of buildings and the comfort of their internal environment.

Despite the benefits of eco-technology, there are numerous barriers hindering its full implementation. Some of these factors include limited knowledge of the existing ecotechnologies, as well as lack of appropriate knowledge-sharing systems, given that best practices are not completely shared and workshops and other similar activities remain very few.

Additionally, perception that implementation is difficult is widespread, further worsened by limited scope of implementation, unsupportive policies, time and funding limitations and skill barriers.

Other challenges are lack of awareness about energy-efficient technologies and their benefits in the FM sector; lack of technical knowledge on sourcing and proper installation of new energy-efficient building materials and technologies; lack of incentives as energy prices are highly subsidised, especially for the lower-income groups; lack of comprehensive and formal regulations for energy efficiency; financial barriers due to a short-term focus on up-front acquisition costs and not on life-cycle costing by builders

and buyers and limited; and expensive ecotechnologies.

There are, however, effective ways to overcome these challenges. Improving the capacities of federal, state and local authorities on energy-efficient and sustainable housing, as well as building codes and the legislative framework conditions, will help drive eco-technologies in the region and the world. Having a local market for environmentally-friendly technologies, incentivising, and applying more ambitious energy-efficiency standards through investment are some of the measured steps that can be strategically taken to help break barriers.

The use of technology in a sustainable way is becoming more and more imperative.

Eco-technology powers lives differently and helps increase environmental awareness in different segments of society. It offers a new substantive orientation and a management process for minimising ecological impacts of economic production, while enhancing competitiveness of firms across industries. Eco-technology is here, and an FM community that integrates it properly will reap unimaginable benefits and can secure an unparalleled edge in the 21st century world.

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COUNTRY REPORT

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Denmark’s leadership role in the field of sustainability is not by chance – it is the result of an entire nation’s concerted effort to make sure that going green makes economic sense, for all stakeholders involved. What mechanisms are in place to help the country achieve its ambitious objectives and how is Denmark able to operate a District Energy infrastructure that is sustainable and cost-effective for consumers? Hannah Jo Uy has the story…

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n June 29, 2018, the Danish government signed an energy agreement to strengthen Denmark's climate and energy goals and to ensure that 50% of the country’s energy needs by 2030 are met by renewable sources. While ambitious goals are nothing new for a country known for its leadership role in the global dialogue towards sustainability, perhaps the most impressive aspect of the agreement is the unprecedented political support it received from all sitting parties in parliament.

Iver Høj Nielsen, Head of Press, State of Green, speaking on the significance of the agreement, points to the overarching objective to be independent of fossil fuels by 2050. This, he says, has prompted consensus in parliament in relation to big energy agreements, such as the most recent one that has paved the way for an investment of DKK 19 billion (USD 2.96 billion) towards green energy. Key elements of the agreement, Nielsen says, include a commitment to construct three new large offshore wind farms, new funds for onshore wind and solar energy, a targeted effort to realise energy savings and a targeted strengthening of energy and climate research.

“After negotiations,” Nielsen says, “all people in parliament agreed.”

Such a consensus embodies the ethos of green that cuts across Danish society. This, Nielsen says, is backed up by studies from opinion institutes revealing climate change and the environment as high on the agenda of the Danish people. “This has surprised even some of the political parties,” he says. “The Danes, as a people, feel conscious about it, and it has influenced politicians. We must have policy that reflects what the people think. It is easier to implement or find consensus of energy policy, because all

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parties accepted the opinion of the people that climate is important.”

Julia Panzer, Head of Group Public Affairs and Sustainability, Group Communication, Danfoss, echoes this, noting that the mindset is indeed reflected in regulation.

“Sustainability is not something you think about,” she says, “It’s the new normal.” This, Panzer stresses, is owing to Denmark’s experience following the oil crisis of the 1970s, which brought different stakeholders together in the move to find solutions where profit and comfort can go hand in hand in a sustainable manner.

Niels Radisch, HVAC Engineer, Senior Consultant, Ramboll, says the carrot-and-stick methodology is helping in this regard, pointing to the vital role subsidies play in prompting the investment towards sustainable buildings and equipment. Gleaning from experience, Radisch says companies showed interest following incentives from the government to promote greater efficiency in new and existing buildings, be it in the form of insulation, solar energy or better ventilation systems. This, Radisch says, showcases the government’s approach to develop regulation that combines energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Nielsen stresses that “green business is good business”.

To provide an example, Nielsen points to offshore wind, which, he says did not exist until 2001. “In the beginning, offshore wind was very expensive,” he says. “There were huge subsidies from the government to build the offshore wind parks, but technologies in the wind sector, and the industry, have made it possible to make cheaper solutions.”

Today, Nielsen says, wind parks are being built without the subsidies, and they are competitive with other energy sources. “This is really a breakthrough in renewable

energy,” he says. Nielsen adds that while technology is important, it is vital to have political will and the support of the citizens, to really make a change.

Jørgen Abildgaard, Executive Climate Program Director, City of Copenhagen, considers this close cooperation between the private and the public sector as an old tradition. We have done that for 200 years,” he says, “maybe more. It is embedded in the DNA of the people of Denmark, following the wake-up call that was the oil crisis, where people were 98% dependent on oil. When it comes to Copenhagen, the only way we can do these projects is with close cooperation with stakeholders, companies and universities and, to some extent, also citizens. Because a lot of consequences are to citizens.” Abildgaard stresses that this integrated approach is necessary and that the target is to make energy efficiency, if not cheaper, at the very least, not more expensive.

Panzer stresses that the District Energy system is perhaps one of the biggest successes of Denmark in this regard, which is currently at a penetration of 64% across the country. “The highest country globally,” she says. This, she explains, was made possible by early investments, which laid the foundation for its success.

“It is not possible to do everything green,” she says. “Save energy first, make it as efficient as existing technology, then switch what we still use to renewables.”

Abildgaard says that during the 1970s, in Copenhagen, the penetration for District Heating was only 40%. “By national regulation and a number of different activities in Copenhagen it was possible to raise that in the 1980s up to 80%.” Today, he says, there is full-scale District Heating in Copenhagen. "As much as 99% of all heat consumption in the city is coming from District Heating," he says, "more or less all buildings have District Heating.”

Anders Dyrelund, Senior Market Manager, Ramboll, seconds this, adding that the connection rate is also 99% in the large municipality of Frederiksberg and close to 99% in the District Heating zones in the nineteen suburbs part of the integrated District Heating system in Greater Copenhagen.

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In the municipality-owned companies, the city council, he says, nominates people to the board, to represent the interests of the municipality and the consumers, to make sure it is cost effective and is run efficiently. “The municipality could use the power in the “Heat Supply Act” to force buildings to connect to the District Heating network, and would not do it unless it was cost-effective in the long-term,” he stresses. “When the city council decides to connect consumers, they take into account the most cost-effective [solution] to ensure it will not be more expensive than the oil alternative.”

In addition to strong national regulation related to the heating sector, Abildgaard says, District Cooling is gaining

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Dyrelund says there are two dimensions to the cost-benefit analysis. First, the consumer cooperative or the municipal-owned District Heating company looks if the project is profitable for the local community compared to the base line. “Second, the “Heat Supply Act of 1979”, established to rid dependence on oil, regulates the supply of heat and hot tap water,” he says.

“Denmark was divided into three heat supply zones: District Heating networks, Natural Gas networks and other sources.” Thus, he says, competition between District Heating and Natural Gas networks came in.

To control competition, Dyrelund says, a heat-planning system was established from the bottom-up and top-down, which took into account input from the Minister, the municipality – as a planning authority – and potential investors, all of which needed to approve and ensure that it was “the best solution for the people of Denmark”.

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popularity. “We have two District Cooling stations [in Copenhagen] with two or three more in the way in the coming five years,” he says.

Its growing popularity, Abildgaard says, is because it was developed in such a way that it makes economic sense for stakeholders. “We secure the infrastructure cost,” he says. “We do not develop a new plant, if we don’t know there is a market for it. We need to have at least 60% consumers in the area, and we have to know the business case in place can deliver lower cost.” This approach, he says, is vital to protect the interests of the consumer. “Otherwise,”

he says, “it will be a waste. If there are only 45% of consumers [for the area] it will be a higher price than expected. Low prices are important for consumers,” he says, adding that the cost of individual (cooling or heating systems) in Copenhagen, “is at least 20-25% higher”.

Dyrelund further elaborates on Anders Dyrelund factors driving growth of District Cooling in Denmark. First, he points to new building regulations that require good indoor climate, prompting new office buildings, shopping centres and other institutions to have active cooling. The second reason, Dyrelund stresses, is fluctuating electricity prices.

“We have more wind in our system,” he says. “Sometimes electricity is cheap, sometimes it’s expensive [due to having no wind for some time]. Wind is going to be our dominating energy source, not even biomass.” Thus, he says, for the District Heating sector, it will be profitable to invest in electric boilers, larger heat storages and large heat pumps to supplement the CHP plants and benefit from the

Voices WHEN REGULATION FORCES INNOVATION...

Iver Høj Nielsen, Head of Press, State of Green: I think over the years, the understanding between government and industry on the importance of energyefficient solutions has been a real big advantage for the industry. We are a small country, the market is not so big for the big companies. When our focus on energy efficiency started in the 1970s these companies were much smaller than they were today. The demand from the government meant they were forced to find better solutions. It helped them in the export market to come out with world-class solutions that were competitive with international competitors.

Peter Robinson, Area Marketing Manager - Grundfos Middle East: All public support schemes for energy efficiency and renewables are ‘technology-neutral’, meaning that it doesn’t matter if you supply solar or wind power, pumps or insulation or windows or valves; what matters is the average cost of your solution. By designing public support schemes this way, the government tries to not favour specific solutions and, thus, only rewards the most efficient ones. This is a great way of incentivising further innovation in the

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Julia Panzer, Head of Group Public Affairs and Sustainability, Group Communication, Danfoss: Many companies in Denmark are supplying energy-efficient technology as the basis of economic growth of Denmark. Denmark has been a country promoting energy efficiency at every level and introducing directives that trickle down across Europe. Beginning with building regulation, it is a two-step way. Buildings have to comply with standards, now you have time to adopt, and if you are a smart investor you try to do that early on [by investing in energy-efficient technologies].

We commit to double the energy productivity before 2030, but right now it looks as if we will reach this target 10 years early. We have already achieved an improvement of 77% since 2007 and

companies to keep our world leading position as green technology suppliers in both energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Sustainability has always been our business. We firmly believe in taking our own medicine, and this actually helps us maintain and even reinforce our competitive advantage in the global market. We have lowered our energy consumption by 23% and our water consumption by 34% since 2008, resulting in large savings and a more efficient setup in our production companies all across the globe. In several cases, our [products] far surpass the needs and requirements of legal frameworks in the countries we operate in – not only because we have a firm belief that it is the right thing to do, but also because we know that it can give us an edge in the market.

fluctuating electricity prices. Therefore, large heat pumps, which can generate both useful heating and cooling, will be most profitable and justify investments in District Cooling networks to buildings that have a cooling demand. Dyrelund says that District Cooling, including chilled water storage can also level fluctuating electricity prices and reduce the “cooling peak”. The main reason that District Cooling can be more cost effective than individual chillers, he says, is that it is an integrated network, and the chilled water storage tanks reduce the need for expensive cooling capacity. “You save in investment, and the cooling is more efficient,” he adds.

Essentially, Dyrelund says, the success of the country’s District Energy system is owing to its democratic nature. "The consumers own the natural monopoly network, and even large production plants, directly, as a co-operative, or indirectly, through municipal ownership," he says. "This ownership is efficient as the companies can use the market forces with the aim to reduce costs of supply. The private sector -- consultants, contractors, suppliers of equipment, as well as the financial sector -- compete to provide the best services."

Dyrelund says this kind of public-private sector cooperation is also easy to administrate, through transparent tenders, and to

regulate. "Seen from the national price regulators’ perspective," he says, "[the mechanism] is self-regulating, as the aim is to use profit for reducing the heat price and not for [the profit of] any financial investor or contractor. If you have a private investor, who is allowed to own a natural monopoly and can include cost, then experience shows that it’s inefficient for the consumers and the society. The private sector will abuse a monopoly position. But when the monopoly is owned by those supplied by the natural monopoly, in a democratic way, i.e. consumer cooperative, politicians and city council, and [they are asked] on behalf of cities, to do what’s best for the city, then it’s a symbol of efficiency.” It’s a symbol with which the country, and its people, have increasingly become associated.

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ENERGY SECURITY ATTRACTING GLOBAL COMPANIES… expect to reach 100% by 2020. The next steps will be to increase the acceptable payback time from three years to 4-5 years to achieve more energy savings in our buildings. We have a strong focus on energy savings in the 27 largest sites accounting for 85% of our total energy consumption. The target is to reduce the consumption of both electricity and heating by at least 30% before the end of 2019 only by working with the energy consumption in the building stock – ventilation, heating and lighting.

We expect to reach this target within the present payback time of three years.

Iver Høj Nielsen, Head of Press, State of Green: We have the world record in energy reliability. We have no outages blackouts, virtually none. Reliability is 99.9997%.

It is important for data centres that they are reliable and they can be connected to the world, 365 days a year. The reliability of the energy system we have provided is possible, [because] you have an integrated system, where you have all kinds of energy sources. Our own power sector is supplied mainly by wind power but also by biomas. We have two power plants using coal; they will be phased out very soon.

Apart from that, we have a system connected to Sweden and Norway, when we have too little wind in Denmark we

Niels Radisch, HVAC Engineer, Senior Consultant, Ramboll: In Denmark, we have a new sustainability system, started five years ago.

LEED and BREEAM... they are well known systems, but Denmark uses a newer German-developed system, DGNB (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e.V.)-- German Sustainable Building Council. In Ramboll Denmark, we have five or six people working with the labeling of buildings. Many people are interested in it --to some extent, it’s a way to make your own building better in an easy way.

Facebook has big servers, data centres. They are making a new data centre in Odense with about 150 megawatt electricity consumption.

We just finished the project for heat pump central, taking heat from Facebook and putting it into the District Heating grid in Odense with about up to 40 megawatt heating capacity for District Heating.

can import electricity from Norway and Sweden where they have hydropower. Neighbouring systems give us flexibility to balance system; we will always have enough electricity, we are not going to have a breakdown What I think is also important is, global companies like Apple and Google, [they want their] CO2 print as small as possible. They look at places where they can have renewable energy. Big global data companies want to be able to say, "We get our electricity and data centres run by renewable energy in a country really serious about renewables." This is a general trend internationally that global companies show responsibility to consumers that they take the climate and the globe seriously.

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n the January 2018 issue of Climate Control Middle East magazine, I wrote about an energy company implementing an energy-control strategy on centrifugal chillers that was ill-conceived and was causing massive damage to the centrifugal chillers. Here, I am again revisiting the subject of improperly implementing energy-saving projects on centrifugal chillers, as yet again I have come across an energy company that had good intentions but, ultimately, implemented a control savings programme on a centrifugal chiller plant, which was implemented incorrectly, thus causing occupant comfort issues and not meeting savings projections, resulting in detrimental chiller operation and potential catastrophic chiller damage.

We were requested to perform an in-depth analysis of a chilled-water plant, where an energy project was being performed by an energy-savings company. The company had implemented variable flow on the condenser and chilled-water pumps to achieve energy savings. Subsequent to the control implementation, the chillers were suffering numerous emergency shutdowns.

We went through the chiller’s history and observed many chiller emergency shutdowns due to low condenser flow, low chilled-water flow and chillers shutting down on surge conditions. First and foremost, surge is one of the most detrimental conditions a centrifugal chiller can encounter and will cause catastrophic chiller compressor damage.

Two technical terms need to be made clear in this article, so that the reader will fully understand how the improper control of condenser and evaporator flows will cause

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the chillers to surge, thus leading to extensive damage.

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5. Labby seal damage 6. Impeller damage 7. IGV damage 8. Compressor catastrophic failure The preceding explanation is so the reader fully understands that surge must never occur and must be avoided at all costs in a centrifugal chiller.

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THE SOLUTION Variable condenser and evaporator flow have been proven to save substantial energy, and the energy company was correct in suggesting and implementing this type of optimisation programme; however, the control

system and programming were not set up correctly and were missing important input and output information and controllers to correctly control the variable flow solution, thus causing chiller and comfort issues.

This type of variable flow strategy needs to have a robust state-of-the-art Chiller Plant Energy Control System installed/overlaid on the building automation systems (BMS) to operate the flows and towers correctly as well as protect the chillers.

The proper way to achieve maximum savings and proper safe control of a chilled water plant with variable condenser and chilled water flow requires the following: Typical BMS control equipment via fixed set points and schedules. These systems have limited knowledge of the actual equipment being controlled and how their performance changes at different operating conditions.

Case-in Point: A BMS controls a cooling tower to a fixed 78°F, chillers are sequenced on once they reach full capacity, chilled water set point

is adjusted based on a fixed time of day schedule and chilled water pumps are operated to maintain a fixed pressure. Typical strategies, such as the above, have been proven to consume as much as 75% or more energy at part load when compared to a CPECS (Chiller Plant Energy Control System), all as a result of the typical BMS system not having the calculation horsepower to make complex equipment performance calculations.

The CPECS software has complete knowledge of compressor, tower and pump performance characteristics, which it uses in real time to modulate control levels to all VFDs and provide the maximum level of system performance while respecting chiller flow, temperature limits and occupant comfort. The result is a central plant that operates in synchrony to deliver the highest possible total performance and equipment protection. Unlike other static optimisation strategies, a CPECS has the ability to selfcorrect chiller, tower and pump performance maps, such that regardless of wear and

tear, inaccuracies in manufacturer's data or off-design conditions, the plant will always run at peak efficiency. A CPECS goes past the central plant and out to the AHUs, continuously scanning specific data points in order to balance central plant performance with air side performance without sacrificing occupant comfort.

Any time a variable speed chiller plant operates at a capacity less than its maximum, there exists an opportunity for optimisation of set points and flows without compromising occupant comfort or process temperatures. ASHRAE studies conclude that air conditioning applications operate at part load over 96% of the time. The CPECS web interface displays actual plant performance in real time to the operator, placing utmost focus on efficiency. All CPECS control systems have the ability to remotely warn of equipment failures or poor efficiency through a built-in email server. Each installation deploys with a full enterprise SQL database that resides on the site (all data owned and under control of the plant owner).

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immediately until a CPECS system was engineered, designed and installed at the chilled water plant, because without a CPECS system installed it would be impossible to achieve maximum savings and protect the chillers properly. We recommended the CEPCS system installed at subject chilled water plant should be equipped with its own flow, electrical and temperature metering, which will enable the owner and the energy company to view plant efficiency in real-time. In addition to electrical savings, reductions of up to 10% in tower water consumption can be realised with the CPECS system.

CPECS plants offer connectivity to: BdYWjh GIJ BdYWjh I8E$>E 7VXCZi Adc C' In closing, this energy-savings company did have a solution that would save energy; however, it was not engineered and implemented properly. Centrifugal chillers and plants are very sophisticated and expensive, and in my opinion, when an energy-saving solution is to be implemented on a chiller or any ancillary equipment, the owners and energy company should work with a proven chiller specialist energy solutions company to be fully involved in the design and implementation of the solution, as a proven chiller specialist company has the in-depth knowledge and experience to execute these projects to their full savings potential while keeping chiller reliability and safety, first and foremost.

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Sridar Narayanswami, Emerson

Sridar Narayanswami, President, Middle East/ Africa, Emerson, in this interview with Surendar Balakrishnan of Climate Control Middle East, speaks on the company’s mint-new psychrometric lab in the Middle East, its stand on refrigerants and on how its IoT-enabled products are permitting more capability on controls and on capturing data that can be converted into insights. Excerpts…

customers, because we find testing and fine-tuning to be critical steps, where one can have challenges in terms of priorities for some of the key stakeholders in the region.

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What we tried to do with the lab is to have the capability, which helps our customer to offer solutions, in turn, to end-users at the macro level. There is a big [emphasis on] energy-efficient solutions in an environmentally friendly way around doing what is right in terms of optimal deployment, in terms of speed to market, given evolving energy regulation and standards and overall competitive advantage. There is a need to optimise the product roadmap. Having the testing capability helps accelerate this process to

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Could you elaborate on what you mean by challenges?

What I mean by challenges is that you have a number of new products or optimised products that are launched, and you have to queue them up, because everyone has certain lab capabilities and bandwidth that are finite. If you have an external lab capability in the region, you can accelerate speed to market by utilising it. In a scenario, where some of these systems have to go out of the region for testing and then come back, there is a lead time associated with them. We can help cut the lead time short significantly with the capability we have here.

The other part is that often, after we launch systems we want to go back and see whether they are truly optimised or not. We want to see if we have the potential to optimise it further in terms of

performance, the components and also the cost. What a lab like this does is that it drills down performance, even to the specific component level, and utilises those inputs to improve, refine or modify to meet your objectives in terms of performance and cost. That’s at the macro level.

Coming back to the question on the neutrality of the lab?...

First of, the intent of the lab is to have the ability to support partners. Certification from key standards and bodies is an important priority. The other is to help and join them in seeing how we can develop and optimise their own systems. It is not just about our products but also other components that go into the system and how they play together through the simulation and test capability that we bring.

We have formidable opportunity for people to benefit from that, in terms of medium-term direction. We are still charting that out in terms of how would the lab testing model work; as we speak, we are drafting that out.

We have been engaged with key stakeholders. I mean end-customers, key companies and some standards authorities.

[We are in the process of] dialogue and feedback with several of them, before we finalise our plan on how we shall be offering our services in the market.

Are you looking to go beyond R410a towards a low-GWP refrigerant for your portfolio of products?

The approach we have taken as Emerson is to continue our development, engineering and R&D effort. We generally stay ahead of the curve in terms of adopting next-generation refrigerants. It’s something we have done over the decades, and we continue to do so, moving forward.

What we like to do is to take a position, which says here are the benefits of deployment of certain refrigerants and here could be some tradeoffs and have that dialogue with some of our partners. We have helped several markets, including in this tradition towards more environmentally friendly refrigerants.

So, to that question, are we wanting to move direction or change course, the answer is we are building capabilities to support and enable the market as it gets ready, but also are putting those capabilities ahead of time.

For example, we have a sound range of products that are based on R32 available today out of our plants in Asia, and already being deployed and used by some of our customers in Asia and deployed successfully.

And R32 comes with its own advantages, and people are seeing those benefits, and we have the ability to offer it in other markets, as and when it gets ready.

How have you been able to reconcile with flammability concerns associated with R32?

Where we have seen people deploy R32 with products we had offered, we know our partners have taken adequate precautions and care to deploy R32 in a safe manner.

This I mention in the broad context of manufacturers in Asia, not necessarily in the Middle East and other geographies in a more global context.

What is Emerson doing in terms of contributing to improving food safety and reducing food wastage.

How closely are you involved with Dubai’s Food Watch programme and the UAE’s Food Bank programme, to cite two examples?

The way I would answer this is that we have been associated with the UAE government and with other governments and governmental bodies in different parts of the world in enabling food safety and food quality. This is one of those, where we continue to be engaged, and we will have a role to play, as certain plans and programmes get on to implementation.

Sridar Narayanswami We are seeing a trend at this point in time in the United States of additive manufacturing or 3D printing. Is that a direction to offer customised solutions, or do you think the market is too unregulated at this point in time?

I can only respond to this by saying Emerson has looked at 3D printing and additive manufacturing. We continue to deploy or use these technologies and do leverage them in terms of our development activity. We do see value in what some of these technologies bring in.

Could you talk us through on your IoT-enabled devices?

On the IoT front, we are adding more and more capabilities from being a world class provider of products and devices and components to adding more capability on controls, on capturing data that can be converted into insights. We have several examples and success stories where we worked.

Today, we help remotely monitor over 17,000 retail outlets and supermarkets across the globe. We can monitor energy usage, temperature, humidity, maintenance needs, and whether there are certain display cases where a door is open. We do a lot of that and provide those capabilities as needed. What we deploy are solutions from

customers that manage it on their own. We also have examples, where we offer that service to them of remotely monitoring, enabling and helping manage locations and sites in a better way.

We have state-of-the-art technologies on electronics that go together with components that track it. We even have compressors that come with core sense modules.

Based on some of the data that gets captured through them, we can essentially manage from a remote location. We can provide services, where we can know the health of the compressor, and assess and track risk of compressors failing. When it comes to critical cold chain products, it is imperative that the uptime is very high.

It is a fact that no matter how sophisticated a piece of equipment is, if it lands in the hands of an unqualified installer, it’s invariably as good as nothing, because the design intent is not translated to strong performance across the lifecycle of a project.

What leadership are you giving to ensure that the best equipment is also given the best treatment in terms of installation, testing & commissioning and O&M across the lifecycle of a building?

This is a great question and one of the key areas we focused on through our infrastructure of training centres and qualified application engineering people who can support deployment of technologies in projects and in greenfield requirements.

The training infrastructure we created is well received.

The purpose is to provide hands-on training, where people come in. We cover refrigeration or air conditioning basics. We train on how do you do a gas charge, what happens if you overcharge gas and what happens if you undersize a valve, to name just a few practical examples.

We are also available to support on critical location and sites, especially in multisite requirements. We provide support to make sure all the right practices are being used, and we also document the right practices so that everyone has the right practices.

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FEATURE

Grilles and diffusers

PAYING HEED TO AIR VELOCITIES … as also to sound levels is critical in selecting the right type of grilles and diffusers. What are the consequences of paying less attention to them, with price being the main area of focus?

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rilles and diffusers are essential elements that determine the level of comfort in the builtenvironment, in terms of air velocities and sound levels. But what happens when a client’s preference with regard to price and aesthetics, though an important factor, takes precedence over quality?

Balagopal Nair, Engineering and Business Development Manager, Faisal Jassim Group, says: “Aesthetics plays a crucial role while selecting grilles and diffusers; however, performance and quality must be given priority. The performance of a cooling system depends on the comfort it provides within the space it serves. Factors like the dry bulb temperature (DBT), humidity, mean radiant temperature and air movement are influencers that determine the comfort level in a room and must be taken into consideration.” Matthias Kasprowicz, Regional Managing Director, TROX Middle East, echoes Nair, when he speaks of the manner in which products typically are selected. “I have experienced product selections, which have gone against the engineering theorem,” he says. “And what is a good engineering theorem? Well, as educated professional engineers, we have a responsibility to come up with a good working solution. And after studying the various parameters with regard to noise, pressure levels, temperature and velocity, it is our duty to come up with a workable solution.” There are many, who instead of taking the parameters into consideration, settle for products that are cheap and not premium in quality, he says. As a result,

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sound levels are not within the permitted range, and air velocities and drafts make living uncomfortable.

Kasprowicz acknowledges the fact that the grilles and diffusers market is a costdriven one, where quality is only appreciated in areas where prestige comes into play. He says: “Unfortunately, the demand for highquality products has always been limited to 10-15% among all buildings in the Middle East region. He highlights how at select fivestar hotels, guests complain about the HVAC systems, a place where customer comfort should be treated with utmost importance.

He says, “This example is proof, how in some

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places, profit is given priority over quality, which is not an ideal long-term method of functioning.”

COPING WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION According to Tecnalco Aluminium Technical Engineering Factory, the market size of the grilles and diffusers sub-industry is estimated at USD 25 million in the GCC region, and USD 15 million in Saudi Arabia.

However, the sub-industry faces a number of challenges, when it comes to product supply.

The geopolitical situation in the Middle East is a matter of deep concern, and is putting a considerable amount of strain on manufacturers, suppliers and contractors – in some cases even causing companies to shut down operations.

Kasprowicz believes the situation has led to an increase in instances of value engineering, as is defined in the region. He says: “Due to the current economic situation, we see a trend, where the concept of value engineering is misused. Instead of applying a good value with a good solution, today it’s all about buying products that are cheap, even though a project might have no financial pressure.”

Yet another challenge is the reduction in product uptake. Tecnalco, for instance, recorded fewer orders between the last and this month, as a result of which the company is booking orders against L/C conditions with 90 days against delivery.

Nair, however, is optimistic about the situation and feels positive about dealing with the present economic slowdown. He says: “There are a number of regulatory

End-users have their say on the quality of grilles and diffusers they encounter in the market…

standards, like the Estidama programme, a distinctive framework developed by the Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) for measuring sustainability and performance beyond the usual planning and construction phases. Following these standards, for instance, will ensure that Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) levels of powder coating in grilles and diffusers are within the approved limit.” Nair makes the point to say that in the end, the quality of the products offered will play a role in brand selection.

“Education is key,” asserts Matthias Kasprowicz. Interestingly, despite the economic situation, his company has been increasing its business footprint in the market, he claims. “As a manufacturer, we have a responsibility in the market to educate every stakeholder,” he says.

“Be it contractors, developers, clients or consultants, it’s all about coming up with a well-engineered HVAC solution.” He speaks of how TROX conducts regular seminars for consultants and engineers, and of how the company has been introducing several products that have been successful across markets in the past few years. TROX, he points out, has delivered on a number of projects with respect to grilles and diffusers, including to the Dubai Mall, the Louvre (Abu Dhabi), Etihad Museum and the Dubai Opera.

STEP TOWARDS CHANGE Nair explains how the grilles and diffusers market is undoubtedly price-sensitive and asserts that price margins have been affected. But despite the economic slowdown, he says, the Faisal Jassim Group does not believe in compromising on quality.

He says: “We are always in the process of opening up new export markets in order to leverage our profit margins and maintain quality. A number of low-cost options for grilles and diffusers exist in the market, but these products cannot be called as options, if they are compromised on quality while being manufactured.” He points out that the cost of aluminium per tonne is decided globally and, hence, the difference in cost among manufacturers is the cost of production, which results in a commendable difference in selling price. If a brand sells below the average market price, he says by way of citing an example, it means that the thickness of aluminium used might have been compromised upon.

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The overall experience with grilles and diffusers, with reference to the specifications mentioned, meets the design deliverable. However, there is scope for improvement, when it comes to thermal comfort and energy efficiency. Guests tend to spend time in spaces like restaurants, bars and hotels, and so the diffuser delivery must go beyond just meeting the need for comfort cooling. More than providing a simulated natural environment, other considerations must be met.

For example, there must be a dew point control to avoid any condensation, so as to avoid the chilled beam effect.

G Ramamurthy Thevar, Managing Director, Patron Bridge FM services

Some of the most important factors when it comes to grilles and diffusers are air supply, velocity, air distribution, noise levels, and the aesthetic look and finish of the product. We always follow the standards put forth by ASHRAE in terms of quality. While there are numerous grilles and diffusers manufacturers across price ranges in the market, meeting quality with tight budgets is always the challenge. Additionally, this industry has a lot to grow in terms of the colour coating and fittings.

Khaled Haitham Metri Alamat, MEP Manager, Project Management & Engineering Department, Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi

Aesthetically speaking, finding the right shade of grilles and diffusers without compromising on quality is a challenge. Also, factors like high air velocity play a crucial role in monitoring sound. So far I’ve had no bad experiences concerning grilles and diffusers, although I think that the way the spare parts are fitted will reflect on their performance. With just one look you can tell whether it is of poor quality or not.

Amit Loiwal, Procurement Manager, James L Williams Middle East (JLW)

Even as there are regulatory standards, which help contain the situation, few companies continue to see a spurt in growth. Nair estimates a 15% rise in business volume in comparison to the past one year and attributes this to the company’s continued partnership with its clients, paired with an increase in export business. TROX says its emphasis on research and development is a lifeline for business growth. Kasprowicz says: “We are investing in research and development, because that is what boosts innovation.

One such innovation is the Type XARTO, which are circular and square ceiling diffusers for high volume flow rates at low sound power levels and low differential pressure. We also have underfloor diffusers and other displacement solutions.”

While the uncertain economic situation is just one of many factors influencing manufacturers, suppliers, contractors and end users, there is general agreement on scope for change. As with any market segment, education is vital to making informed decisions and the right choices, which will improve the value of service delivered to the end user. As is regulation in nudging stakeholders towards noise-related comfort and ideal air velocity, among other attributes for good health and wellbeing in the builtenvironment.

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Oman on track to implementing second-stage energy-efficiency regulation Industry stakeholders question whether the move is too much too soon; share recommendations for a smooth market transition

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challenging. “They are straightaway implementing stage two for the Oman market, higher than current regulation in UAE,” he says. This, he said, is a challenging shift for a country, where no regulation previously existed, especially with the looming deadline. Oman, he said, is purely an R-22 market, which would not be able to meet the efficiencies the new regulation requires. Indirectly, Syed Jafar Imam Michel Farah Kartik J Raval Raval said, it will push for R-410A products, which – while commendable – would require more time.

As for the difficulty the regulation may pose with arlier in May, Oman announced the implementation existing orders, Farah said “If someone has a contract for delivery of GSO 2530:2016 on Energy Labelling and Energy after November, the regulatory authorities should be open to such Performance Requirements for Air Conditioners, to be rolled cases where if you prove the contract was made before the date of the out in November. Syed Jafar Imam, Regional Director, announcement, in May they should allow the product to be [brought AHI-Carrier, said that following the announcement, the company in].” has discussed the issue with regulatory authorities in Oman. “It’s Imam also touched on the impact the regulation will have on good to go for regulation,” Imam said. “They can control and make consumers. “Since there is no regulation and no first phase, it’s tough best use of resources, which is electricity. Going for regulation for people operating in a non-regulatory market,” he said. Any fixedmeans phasing out underperforming units and bringing in products speed unit that meets the standards of the second regulation, he of higher efficiency, which means less electricity consumption.” A said, will be 30% more expensive, and inverters will be almost 50% country-wide move towards energy-efficient products, he stressed, more over the current base price. “If the current base price in the nonwill have positive impact and savings on the national grid. regulated market is 100,” he stressed, “tomorrow with second phase of Michel Farah, Director – Corporate Environmental and Social 11.5 EER, a fixed-speed product will be 130. Some brands can’t do this Responsibility, Daikin Middle East and Africa, said Oman’s 11.5 with fixed speed, they will do it with inverter. There will be additional minimum standards puts the country one step behind Saudi savings apart from fixed-speed, [but] consumer base will be paying as Arabia, which has moved to MEPS 3 at 11.8 , and on the same level much as up to 150.” as Bahrain. “This is good for Oman, the industry is aligning and The hard stop, Imam said, is not possible, or else retailers and harmonizing with other countries in the GCC region,” he said. “From stakeholders will be sitting on inventory. “You need to give a coolour point of view, if you are ready for Bahrain you would be ready off period from nine months to one year,” he said adding that, this for Oman, because the same levels are required in Bahrain as of amendment should entail that whatever enters the market before last month.” Daikin, Farah said, has been proactive in showcasing November could be sold until the next year, to get rid of dealers’ the benefits of having minimum energy efficiency standards in existing products. Such a mechanism, he said, will help the market get the country. “They didn’t have it,” he said. “It meant all the lowaccustomed to the new regulation and will not be heavy on the pocket efficiency products were entering the market, and they realised they of consumers. “A mental shift will be happening in the progress,” need to go quickly and they used the GSO standard.” Farah added Imam said. “People will know the future is this; they can see price tags that greater clarity would be helpful in specifying whether rooftop changing on the shelves for new product lines. They may ask for the units and multi-splits fall under the scope of the regulation. old products now, but everyone knows, companies and people are Kartik J Raval, General Manager, Leminar Air Conditioning, prepared, the mental shift would have happened.” This, he stressed said that while the regulation is a good push, the time frame is would help towards making a gradual and smooth transition.

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100% business ownership in UAE a welcome move, stakeholders say News “highly appreciated” by foreign business community

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By Hannah Jo Uy | Assistant Editor

n the weeks following the UAE's announcement that it will allow up to 100% ownership to foreign companies, stakeholders across the industry commented on the move as having removed one of the potential barriers to enter the market. Gianpaolo Bruno, Italian Trade Commissioner to the UAE, Oman and Pakistan, described the news as a welcome one. “This news is highly appreciated by the foreign business community here in the UAE,” Bruno said. “This will greatly improve the business environment and be a great incentive for foreign investment.”

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Canada-based company, echoed this. “We were looking at investing in UAE as a hub for gas-detection products,” he said, stressing that the news has encouraged the company to do so. “UAE has emerged as a major location for international investment. It’s politically stable, it’s forward-looking, the quality of the infrastructure is good. If you are going to put your money somewhere, UAE is an attractive place to do it.”

Bruno added that this also bodes well for small- and medium-sized companies eyeing the market. “As you probably know,” he said, “most of the Italian companies are SMEs [and] are sometimes weak in terms of FDI, particularly when there is the need to comply

Empower awards contracts worth AED 175 million for projects in Dubai Contracts awarded for the extension of District Cooling pipe networks, CEO says

By CCME Content Team

mirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the District Cooling services provider, announced contracts worth AED 175 million for the extension of its District Cooling pipe networks, in a Press communiqué.

This supports the steady growth of its major projects in Dubai, the communiqué said.

Empower will extend its District Cooling pipe network on Sheikh Zayed Road to serve the Dubai Arena and Al Wasl Tower with three kilometres away from Empower’s District Cooling plant in Business Bay, the communiqué said. Unique technological solutions will be used to connect the pipes, without disturbing the road traffic system, by digging a tunnel under Sheikh Zayed Road at a depth of 15 metres, while another pipe network will be extended to Al Batha Tower, the communiqué further said.

The extension will include other projects at Dubai Healthcare City (Phase 2) Jumeirah Village South, Dubailand, Cityland, and Dubai Science Park (Phase 2), which has a total length of eight kilometres, the communiqué added.

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with difficult regulations overseas that they may not understand. Lifting this barrier will, for sure, give potential for new companies to come and invest in the market and try to reap the benefits of the wide range of opportunities.”

Saad Ali, General Manager – Middle East and Africa, SPX Cooling Technologies, a US-based company with presence in the region, shared that the impact of the announcement is yet to be felt. He added that while it remains to be seen whether the announcements materialise and evidence of it becomes visible in terms of new projects, “Dubai, UAE and the Middle East are on the right path”.

Commenting on the expansion, Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO, Empower, said: “Pipe networks are a vital part of the District Cooling system, as they transfer chilled water from the District Cooling plants to the buildings. Empower is Ahmad Bin Shafar committed to use the latest technologies to ensure the best cooling quality within the pipes, without being affected by external factors, such as the summer heat. The extension of the pipe network reflects the high demand for District Cooling systems across the Emirate, and indicates the widespread of District Cooling services in various sectors. This contributes to energy conservation, saving the environment, preservation of natural resources, and saving maintenance and operational costs.”

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Global efforts on energy efficiency inadequate, says ACEEE

Countries worldwide need to perform far better to meet Paris goals, says body; energy efficiency needs to account for almost half of all GHG emission reductions, necessary through 2040 to limit the global increase in temperature to two degrees C, says IEA

By CCME Content Team

he World Energy Rankings for 2018, released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), make for sombre reading, the body alluded through a Press communiqué.

The ACEE recently published The 2018 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which suggests that while some countries do much better than others in saving energy, all can better use efficiency to meet their Paris Agreement climate goals, the organisation said in a Press communiqué.

According to ACEEE, this fourth biennial scorecard ranks 25 of the world's largest energy users on 36 efficiency metrics and highlights best practices that countries can use to boost their energy savings. It includes the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine for the first time, the communiqué said.

The Scorecard, which can be accessed here: http://aceee.org/research-report/i1801, reveals that no country came close to a perfect score, and the average remained the same as in 2016 – 51 out of a possible 100 points, the communiqué said. Overall, Germany and Italy tie for first place this year with 75.5 points, closely followed by France (73.5), the United Kingdom (73), and Japan (67), the communiqué further said. The UAE and Saudi Arabia, with scores of 18 and 16.5 points, respectively, are at the lower end of this year's rankings; however, scores for these countries, in part, reflect poor data availability, the communiqué added.

Commenting on the results, Steve Nadel, Executive Director, ACEEE, said: "Our results show that all countries would benefit from adopting additional energy-efficiency policies.

These policies will reduce dependence on energy imports, create jobs, cut pollution, and save people and businesses money. They will also help countries remain globally competitive and meet climate goals." Nadel also noted that global energy demand is projected to grow 30% by 2040.

Within sectors, Germany scored best for national efforts, including cross-cutting targets and programmes, the communiqué said. Spain gained the top spot for buildingsrelated efforts, while Japan led on industry and France on transportation, the communiqué further said. Meanwhile, the United States slid from eighth place in 2016 to 10th in 2018, by scoring six fewer points, the communiqué added.

According to the International Energy Agency, energy efficiency will need to account for almost half of all the greenhouse gas emission reductions necessary through 2040 to limit the global increase in temperature to two degrees C. The communiqué said that countries should build efficiency into their economic and energyrelated plans and learn from one another, by emulating the best policies and practices of leading countries, in order to meet climate targets and reap the multiple benefits of energy efficiency.

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Dubai leads adoption of VRV units, says Galaxy Cooling Technologies Daikin expands partnership with Galaxy Cooling Technologies in UAE

By Hannah Jo Uy | Assistant Editor

here will be a greater uptake of inverter VRV units in the UAE market, said Mohammad Badri, Director, Galaxy Cooling Technologies, owing to a growing need for energy-efficient technology, compared to conventional air conditioning systems. Badri said this after a recent announcement that Daikin has entered into a partnership with the company. Galaxy Cooling Technologies will be representing Daikin and its range of residential and commercial products across the UAE as an authorised dealer. “Dubai is leading this way [in the adoption of VRV units while Abu Dhabi is catching up," he said.

"Sharjah and Northern Emirate markets are still dominant with DX Decorative / DX Ducted split units and chilled water units. VRV is still to penetrate into these markets.”

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UL’s IP Crime Conference to raise awareness about counterfeit products Event to be held in Dubai from September 25 to 26, 2018

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market, Badri cited growing number of low- and medium-height residential and commercial buildings as one, stressing that there are not as many high-rise buildings announced for construction. Other factors, Badri said, include the government's drive to provide affordable housing (villas) to its citizens, and large districts of villa construction announced for sale to expats and investors. Additionally, he said, the high energy-saving potential and easy and minimum maintenance of VRV systems as well as the focus of major players on providing technologically advanced refrigerants for air conditioning, makes a case for VRV. Touching on the advantages, Badri said the high performance of equipment, high energy efficiency, lower failure risk, and greater load management potential and modular and flexible installations are factors propelling the growth of the VRV system market. “Another major driver,” he said, “is that VRV offers greatest diversity and lowest electrical connected load when compared to DX Decorative / DX Ducted split units in a building/villa, if people were to choose VRV.” Badri also highlighted bottlenecks with regard to adoption of VRV systems among stakeholders in the UAE. “Since VRV is a technology-oriented system,” he said, “it is generally seen to be higher first cost compared to conventional DX Decorative/DX Ducted split units and chilled water units.” Badri said while VRV technology offers significant savings in operating and maintenance costs “stakeholders often see this first costs as bottleneck”. Badri stressed: “By applying proper tools to calculate ROI/

Quality control vital for GCC region’s renewable energy sector, says CESI Company's Managing Director encourages vigilant monitoring of component supply to maintain international standards; outlines areas of improvement

By Hannah Jo Uy | Assistant Editor

financial paybacks, this bottleneck can be overcome. Greater engineering technology into inverter-controlled variable compressor pumping is leading to longer refrigerant pipe length adaptations reaching almost 90 metres or more vertical heights.”

Badri added that proper training in installation will further encourage adoption of VRV and overcome existing bottlenecks, pointing to the wealth of knowledge being offered

by Daikin through its reference guide, which he said guides installers correctly about the way the units have to be handled, installed and connected with each other, with indoor and outdoor units, including piping, wiring and control systems.

Additionally, Badri said, Best Practices Guides are available for after-sales service and maintenance and that Daikin, along with Galaxy Cooling Technologies, has invested heavily in training of its engineers and technicians, in its global training centre, to meet engineering service expectations of consultants and clients.

L is set to host an IP Crime Conference in Dubai from September 25 to 26, 2018. Hamid A Syed, Vice President and General Manager, UL Middle East, said the conference is part of UL’s commitment to “raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeit products and support government officials in mitigating the risks of this fraudulent activity in the Middle East”.

Syed added: “Through ongoing proactive online and market surveillance efforts to identify counterfeit products alongside the implementation of policies and legislation, we have ample opportunity to make a difference, locally, on this global challenge that UL is dedicated in helping to combat.”

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s the GCC region moves towards a new era of renewable energy development, paving the way for more modern interconnection infrastructure, network expansion and new technologies, Dr Floris Hendrikus Schulze, Managing Director and Head, CESI Middle East, stressed that quality assurance and control will be of the utmost importance to monitor the quality of the components and supply “to avoid the region being flooded by low quality parts and related problems”. "The industry is relatively new and it needs to maintain an international standard in order to be taken seriously by the rest of the world, particularly as it looks to supply electrical power to Africa, Asia and beyond," he said.

In addition to quality, Dr Schulze stresses the importance of integration of renewables into the grid. “This has been, and still is, a key issue all over the world,” he said, “and will also be a very important challenge in the GCC [region] when connecting vast amounts of renewables to the GCC [region] grid.”

Dr Schulze stressed that solutions for main challenges can be divided into two complementary categories. Effective and affordable technology solutions, he said, is one, as it will help decrease or eliminate these challenges and [bring about] appropriate policies. Regulation and market design, he said, also play a fundamental role in the development of variable renewables and their efficient integration in electricity systems. Dr Schulze added that owing to the unique nature of each and every countries’ power systems, a holistic and long-term approach to system design is key.

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MEFMA records key milestones during H1 2018

Association affirms continuing commitment to take regional FM industry to new heights

By CCME Content Team

he Middle East Facilities Management Association (MEFMA) recorded significant milestones during the first half of 2018, in its efforts to provide a dedicated platform for facilities management (FM) professionals as well as support the Jamal Lootah regional industry’s sustainable growth in the 21st century, the association said in a Press communiqué.

Jamal Lootah, President, MEFMA, said, “We take pride in the achievements and success of the association, which has helped drive in key growth to both MEFMA and the FM industry. The strong support given by our members, partners and stakeholders has helped greatly in achieving our objectives and enhancing the global competitiveness of the region's FM segment.”

During the first half of the year, MEFMA staged a comprehensive forum on energy efficiency, simultaneous with the opening day of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) at the National Exhibitions

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Centre, Abu Dhabi, the communiqué said. The association also organised an interactive FM workshop in Oman in February, 2018, to help enhance the global contributions of the Middle East’s FM community, the communiqué further said. MEFMA also hosted a forum and workshop covering the role of FM in the freehold sector in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the communiqué added.

MEFMA Confex Dubai 2018, which was successfully held in April, 2018, reviewed the potential of the FM sector in the region and how companies could play an important role in maintaining this expected increase in revenues, the communiqué said. The association also released three reports, titled ‘Performance Benchmarking in Facilities Management’, ‘ISO 41000 Facility Management – a global management system standard’ and ‘How smart buildings can deliver long-term asset sustainability’, the communiqué further said. Another highlight was MEFMA founding member Enova bagging the Silver Award at the Global FM Awards 2018, the communiqué added. According to MEFMA, Enova was recognised for its excellent performance and key contributions to the FM industry.

Trane highlights summer energy best practices Manufacturer of air conditioning systems shares tips that deliver 10–25% energy savings

By CCME Content Team

rane, the manufacturer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, has shared best practices for the summer, in a Press communiqué.

Johan Samuelsson, Vice President MEA, Trane, has identified the four best practices that deliver 10-25% energy savings, the communiqué said:

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1. System scheduling: System scheduling is setting the temperature up or down according to building occupancy schedules, the communiqué said. Flex time, work-from-home and busy travel schedules bring variability to building occupancy rates and, with fewer people using heat-generating computers and other equipment, there may be an opportunity to reduce HVAC system operation, the communiqué further said. Office managers and building operators are encouraged to check with department heads or HR to find out how many people are actually in the building at any given time to ensure the HVAC systems aren’t running wastefully for full occupancy, the communiqué added.

2. Don’t over-cool: Many commercial buildings are notoriously over-cooled, the communiqué said. Moving sensors around to get better readings can help, as a sensor placed in direct sunlight

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may give an inaccurate reading for a large open workspace, the communiqué further said.

3. Shift energy demand: While reviewing scheduling and setpoints, look for ways to shift energy use to off-peak hours, the communiqué said. In the UAE, this is between noon and 6pm and this practice is also in line with DEWA’s annual PeakLoad Campaign and is being carried out in accordance with the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy, which aims to reduce energy demand by 30% by 2030, the communiqué further said.

4. Evaluate: The communiqué said it’s a good idea to give HVAC systems an overall review and restore them to the original performance standards. The communiqué further said it is important to look for manual overrides keeping settings out of spec, outdated or poorly located sensors in reconfigured spaces and valves and dampers that are stuck open.

Yas Bay Arena wins at MENA Green Building Awards 2018

The multipurpose venue has won the Sustainable Building Design of the Year award, developer says

By CCME Content Team

he Yas Bay Arena, currently being developed by Miral, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, has won the Sustainable Building Design of the Year award at the MENA Green Building Awards 2018, the developer said in a Press communiqué.

Yas Bay Arena is part of Yas Bay’s waterfront destination, which is part of an upcoming mixed-use area on the southern end of Yas Island, the communiqué said.

According to Miral, the sustainability of the Yas Bay Arena building has been achieved by integrating energy- and waterefficient building systems and architectural treatments, which lead to a 22.4% saving in energy and 28% saving in water.

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Commenting on the award, B.R. Kiran, Chief Portfolio Officer, Miral, said: “We are very proud of the recognition of the design of Yas Bay Arena as the most Sustainable Building of the Year. This is testimony of Miral’s commitment to creating and building projects that are globally recognised as sustainable and environment-friendly projects.”

The Yas Bay Arena is scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2019, the communiqué said. The Arena is part of the overall transformation of the southern part

of Yas Island, the communiqué further said.

The destination will include a waterfront promenade with 50 restaurants and 20 retail shops, in addition to two hotels, a Hilton family resort and a beach club, the communiqué added.

According to Miral, the Overall Yas Bay project will also be home to Abu Dhabi’s media zone, twofour54, and the Residences at Yas Bay, an urban island community. The communiqué said this development is set to attract more than 15,000 new residents and 10,000 working professionals to Yas Island.

7th Annual EmiratesGBC Congress to discuss net zero cities Event to be held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Climate Change & Environment; has sub-themes that focus on the values that mark the Year of Zayed, official says

By CCME Content Team

he Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC) will mark a regional first with an in-depth discussion on scaling up the Net Zero Energy Building movement to create net-zero cities, at its seventh annual Congress, the organisation said in a Press communiqué. The Congress will be held under the theme ‘Targeting Zero: A Vision for Future Cities’, on October 9, 2018, at the Pullman Dubai Creek City Centre hotel, the communiqué said.

The event is being held for the second consecutive year under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Climate Change & Environment, mandated to promote advancements toward a Green Economy in the United Arab Emirates, the communiqué said. The Annual EmiratesGBC Congress brings together international experts to discuss strategies for promoting sustainable built-environments for the cities of the future, in line with UAE Vision 2021 and the objectives of the Paris COP21 Climate Agreement, the communiqué further said. The event aims to influence sustainable practices in the UAE’s built-environment, help identify key industry challenges and solutions as well as catalyse innovation in green building practices, to create new models that support the country’s efforts to be more sustainable, the communiqué added.

The communiqué said, the 2018 Congress’ discussions will focus on three sub-themes that are closely related to the values associated with the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, as the UAE marks

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Saeed Al Abbar According to EmiratesGBC, the first sub-theme, Inspired Cities reflects the Wisdom of Sheikh Zayed that supported the UAE’s social and economic transformation into a forward-looking, visionary nation. The second theme, Collaborative Cities focuses on the value of Respect that was advocated by the late leader to establish a collaborative, vibrant and diverse nation for all, the communiqué said. The third sub-theme, Holistic Cities mirrors the value of Sustainability, which was an integral component of Sheikh Zayed’s vision to shape the UAE into a sustainably developing country that respects the environment and positively caters to the needs of future generations, the communiqué further said.

Commenting on the Congress, Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman, Emirates Green Building Council, said: “It is forecasted that by 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Within this same timescale and in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement there is a need to decarbonise the global economy by 2050, which necessitates a pathway of developing zero carbon cities. This challenge and unique opportunity forms the heart of the conversation that we aim to steer at the Annual EmiratesGBC Congress.”

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3e Apps announces collaboration with AIndra Labs

Company’s CEO highlights applications for computer vision and machine learning for stakeholders in the built-environment

By Hannah Jo Uy | Assistant Editor

nergy and Environmental Efficiency Apps (3e Apps) recently announced its collaboration with India-based AIndra Labs, an AI start-up. Speaking on the collaboration, Sougata Nandi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 3e Apps, said this is part of a strategic geographic Sougata Nandi growth plan, including other start-ups.

“We want to grow in expertise relevant to our theme of work,” Nandi said, “which is energy and environment.

That is where the collaboration with this company, AIndra, based in Bangalore, comes in. The whole technology is based on computer vision and machine learning, under the umbrella of AI.”

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The technology, Nandi said, is largely based on object recognition, applications of which can vary from plate numbers being scanned by security cameras to keep track of the comings and goings of cars, to capturing the face of employees as part of monitoring attendance.

Nandi said the technology has gained popularity in India’s property insurance sector. Traditionally, he said, one person inspects the building to determine the valuation of the property, which will form the basis of the premium fees that will be applied. “The value of the property is important for insurance companies,” he said, “but it is also important to see its design from other perspectives, such as fire and life safety. If a building doesn’t have the proper smoke detectors and alarms, the building is, by default, unsafe. If there is a fire incident, the building would not be in the position to help the first line of defence. In this scenario, the insurance company will charge significantly higher premiums compared to buildings, where proper controls and equipment have been installed.”

Nandi said that surveying a building is a time-consuming exercise, which requires skilled, and usually highly paid, personnel to audit towers that may range from 600,000 to one million square feet, with an existing building stock that may reach thousands. “When you are surveying facilities manually,” Nandi pointed out, “there is scope of errors. If you have done, say, 10 floors you are now fatigued. There is no objective evidence on the accuracy of the data. We have to rely on the surveyor’s word.” The asset register then, he said, is manually prepared by the surveyor.

Following this, Nandi posed an alternate reality: “Imagine a scenario, where a person goes to the site with his smart phone and takes pictures of all the objects he is surveying. The app, then, uploads photographs to the AI platform, which evaluates the photograph and churns out the report. The AI-based application automates visual information in a reliable, accurate and efficient manner.” As an example, Nandi pointed to fire extinguishers, which no longer need to be counted owing to the object and text recognition and identification, all of which will be summarised in a report backed with evidence.

Customers, Nandi said, claim the technology has reduced cost by 66%. “When, earlier, they were spending AED 100, they can execute the same work at AED 33,” he said. “It offers huge savings, reliability, accuracy and transparency and minimises business risk.”

The applications for the built-environment, Nandi stressed, are endless. The public sector, he said, such as civil defence, as an example, could benefit from the technology, especially in relation to rolling out approvals for fire and life safety equipment for the thousands of existing building stock. “There are many applications, because it’s about accuracy, especially when it requires acquiring volumes of data.” Nandi said this is especially the case during audits, where stakeholders focus on the condition of the equipment. Often, he said, the engineers of FM personnel take photographs as records.

However, he said, the photographs have to be assessed in order to be translated into a meaningful asset register, again paving the way for object recognition. Nandi added it could also be applied for the inventory of warehouses containing massive volume of products or proper deployment of personnel for FM companies.

As the business development arm for AIndra in the UAE, Nandi said, the company will get full access to the UAE market. Beyond this, Nandi said, 3e Apps aims to evolve the product to make it more bespoke for the needs of the local market, stressing that the successful commercial application of the technology may entail some level of modification, evolution, refinement, upgrades and other add-ons that may not otherwise be needed for the Indian market.

Demand for temporary, residential units in Bahrain on the rise Growing expat base and support from GCC region neighbours are driving local commercial AC market, industry representative says

By Hannah Jo Uy | Assistant Editor

he Bahrain market is perhaps one of the smallest in the GCC region, yet – despite the lack of large oil revenues – the country has benefited from investments and support from GCC V Jayachandran region neighbours, said V Jayachandran, General Manager, Commercial Air Conditioning Division, AJM Kooheji Group. "The local population is but a small portion compared to the floating population from the GCC region, as well as its reasonably large expat base," said Jayachandran. "This peculiar combination benefits the country in terms of creating a potential demand for temporary and residential units." Jayachandran further said that given the limited land mass available, tall and vertical units are being seen as an answer to the rising demand for temporary and permanent accommodation.

"One could say that Bahrain boasts of the largest [number of] fully furnished accommodations for hire – long and short term – as well as properties on freehold, if you omit Dubai from the comparison," he said. As such, he added, a large part of the economy revolves around the construction of such units, with investors pouring in from other affluent GCC members. This, Jayachandran emphasised, has driven demand for commercial air conditioning requirements, which the company aims to address through its Division, which offers design supply, installation, testing and commissioning.

"Bahrain is very strict with respect to doling out power, and demands extremely energy-efficient air conditioners and appliances," he said, adding that AJM KoohejiGroup supports this by emphasising its inverter-type ACs, multi-split systems, VRF and conventional ACs from LG Electronics, in South Korea. The support also includes a large after-sales service infrastructure.

Jayachandran said, "You may already know that the inverter types, despite their higher cost, are fast gaining acceptance, as they have other investment savings with respect to power, in addition to running efficiently at perhaps 30-35% lesser power, not to mention the savings on wear and tear, due to controlled operation of their compressors."

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Empower to supply 6,000 RT of District Cooling to Al Barari Community This is the first phase, with a total load of 10,000 RT, CEO says

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mirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has signed an agreement with Abwab Real Estate LLC, the developer behind Al Barari, to supply its Ashjar and Seventh Heaven buildings with a load of 6,000 Refrigeration Tonnes (RT) in the first phase, the former company announced in a Press communiqué. Empower also announced acquiring Al Barari’s existing District Cooling plant, built to supply Ashjar and Seventh Heaven residences at Al Barari Community, the communiqué said.

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The agreement was signed by Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO, Empower, and Nadia Zaal, CEO, Al Barari, at Al Barari’s office, the communiqué said.

Commenting on the agreement, Bin Shafar said: “We are proud to have the agreement signed to provide highly-efficient District Cooling services to Al Barari. This strategically located green community in the heart of the city provides an environment that enhances wellness for residents and visitors alike.

The agreement reflects the increasing demand within the real estate sector to invest in environmental sustainability, which is key for the company’s growth.

Al Barari will be provided with District Cooling services in several stages using the latest innovations and sustainable methods.”

Commenting on the partnership, Zaal said: “As the green heart of Dubai, we are committed to always seeking the latest sustainable technologies with proven environmentally friendly features, and our partnership with Empower is a testament to that. Empower’s District Cooling systems use 50% less energy compared to conventional cooling systems. This supports protecting the environment, which is consistent with our sustainable development goals.”

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Gerab Energy Systems applies ‘Smart Cooling’ to Etihad retrofit project Executive director highlights benefits of adiabatic pre-cooling systems

By Hannah Jo Uy | Assistant Editor

erab Energy Systems has applied ‘Smart Cooling’, an adiabatic pre-cooling system, to more than 20 chillers in Etihad ESCO retrofits for WASL Properties.

Adnan Sharafi, Executive Director, Gerab Energy Systems, elaborated on the benefits of the technology, which, he said, was rolled out in cooperation with Blue Energy Global. The new generation intelligent adiabatic pre-cooling device, he said, offers faster installation, is more technologically advanced, uses less water, requires less maintenance and has been approved by Etihad. “Most of our clients are concerned about high cost of the energy consumption of the chillers for cooling,” Sharafi said, “and that’s why they want us to [retrofit it] for them. This includes ESCOs, because ESCOs need to find ways to guarantee a reduction in power consumption.”

Janis Strelits-Strele, Business Development Manager, Gerab Energy Systems, added that major chiller manufacturers have approved this technology, highlighting the company’s commitment to cost-effective after-sales and maintenance services. He said that for all the projects, the company, through its after-sales service mechanism, carries out maintenance once every 30 days.

Sharafi stressed that the company recognises that maintenance is part of cost, as the company calculates the return on investment and payback to include cost and extended warranty to ensure clients’ ease of operations. StrelitsStrele added that operations greatly benefit from proper technical know-how and that the company’s knowledge and expertise in ensuring the installation, maintenance, performance and operation of equipment makes Gerab Energy Systems a good partner for ESCOs. “[Clients] know,” he said, “that it will be installed and maintained properly and that the performance on the

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first day will be the same after two, three even five years.”

Pointing to benefits of the system, Sharafi said that the company is working with manufacturers to enhance the efficiency of even brand-new chillers. “With all the chillers we get more efficiency,” he said, “because with time, chillers become less efficient; when you retrofit, they will reduce energy consumption and increase the Coefficiency of performance (COP).”

On whether the company has seen greater demand for HVAC retrofit solutions, Strelits-Strele said while the market is still in its early stages, the company has invested in improving awareness among chiller manufacturers about the benefits of pre-adiabatic cooling systems and that the market is becoming more educated. “People are responding,” Sharafi said. “In the beginning, people were not aware of what it can do, because there has been a lot of green washing as you know, and people get scared. Now, we have done a lot of case studies and a lot of installations to show that this works – and it works extremely well.”

Sharafi stressed that the payback period for investing in retrofit solutions is also attractive, as it is approximately less than two years.

Strelits-Strele said the company is eager to showcase its success stories to overcome perception with regard to adiabatic precooling systems. He added that there have been some apprehensions as older models of poorer design had damaged chillers. “We are changing understanding about the adiabatic solution itself,” he said, stressing that technology has evolved in such a way that it has been able to address previous concerns.

“People in the past used very crude adiabatic systems that damaged their chillers,” Sharafi said, “and that scared them.”

Strelits-Strele said that to battle this perception, the company conducts seminars and participates in relevant events. “We are also supplying chiller manufactures,” he said, “and once approved by a chiller manufacturer [it provides] some kind of trust in the customer, because a chiller manufacturer will never use something that can damage their chiller.” Sharafi echoed this. “They will lose a lot of the goodwill they have built over the years,” he said. “So they don’t take things lightly.”

Speaking on the company’s profile of activities in Saudi Arabia, Strelits-Strele said the company has signed partnership agreements in major cities in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam and is looking forward to finalising private projects in the country.

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Belimo Automation FZE, Goumbook partner in environmental initiative Give a Ghaf Tree Planting Programme to raise awareness about the local ecosystem, official says

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elimo Automation FZE, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Belimo AG, has signed a contract with Goumbook, a Dubai-based social enterprise dedicated to raising awareness on sustainability and Green Living, the former company said in a Press communiqué.

In 2011, Goumbook launched the Give a Ghaf Tree Planting Programme, an initiative aimed at boosting awareness about the local ecosystem, protecting fauna and flora from the dangers of desertification, mass construction, water depletion and extinction, the communiqué

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said. The Give a Ghaf Tree initiative is a tree and seed planting programme that raises awareness about the importance of the desert and the local environment, its beautiful indigenous plants and trees, as well as important topics such as water scarcity, the communiqué further said.

Goumbook encourages people to plant the Ghaf tree, as it is the national tree of the UAE and the best example of the harsh desert climate interwoven with the history and culture of this country, the communiqué added.

According to Belimo FZE, it is their intention to purchase one young Ghaf tree

Reliability and efficiency key for Middle East customers, says Trane Vice President says high-efficiency products gaining more appreciation in the region

seedling that has matured for approximately 1 year and/or till they have reached about 50cm, as per the following conditions: DcZ <]V[ igZZ hZZYa^c\ [dg ZkZgn aVg\Z Belimo Energy Valve sold in UAE – DN65 to DN150 mm DcZ <]V[ igZZ hZZYa^c\ [dg ZkZgn ild small Belimo Energy Valves sold in UAE – DN15 to DN50 mm According to Belimo, at the end of the year (winter time), the company will host a tree planting event of all the seedlings purchased, together with their customers who installed the Belimo Energy Valve, in conjunction with Goumbook.

Danfoss felicitates EmiratesSkills participants Company appreciates student engineers that participate in the HVACR category, official says

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ustomers in the Middle East are looking for reliability and efficiency, said Johan Samuelsson, Vice President and General Manager MEA, Trane, adding that this is a global trend. Samuelsson Johan Samuelsson said: “The high-efficiency products Trane developed in North America and Europe provide category-leading EER and SEER, and this is more and more appreciated in the region. Many of the GCC [region] countries are increasing their minimum efficiency standards in order to reduce the demand on their energy infrastructure.”

Samuelsson stressed that because of the stringent performance requirements that the company incorporates during its initial product development, the base products are already built to withstand the heavy demands that are placed on them in the region. “A very good example of this is the Trane unitary rooftop portfolio,” he said. “These are US-made and designed products. If you ask our customers, they will confirm that they are extremely durable, and this is not an accident -- they were designed that way.”

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ngineering and cooling solutions provider, Danfoss hosted an Appreciation Night to recognise the student engineers who participated in the HVACR category during the EmiratesSkills National Competition 2018, the company said in a Press communiqué.

The ceremony was attended by Mohamed Homsi and Carlo Magno, Technical Managers, Danfoss, and Mohammed Al Ali, Head of Training, EmiratesSkills, on July 5, 2018, at the Conrad Dubai, the communiqué said.

The six participants – Suhaib Ali Mohammed, Ammar Ahmed Al Buraimi, Reem Ismaeil Mohammed Mosabbeh, Asma Alneyadi, Noura Al Nuimi and Rudainah Alhammadi – were awarded commemorative plaques as a mark of appreciation for their skills and work during the competition, the communiqué said.

Speaking on the occasion, Ziad Al Bawaliz, Regional President, Danfoss Turkey, Middle East and Africa, said: “At Danfoss, we are committed to nurturing innovation by tapping into the potential of young local talent. Our partnership with EmiratesSkills not only showcased the youth’s skills but also became a platform for other young minds to get involved in the HVACR sector, a vital area of technology in the region. Danfoss is proud to be part of their journey as we look forward to seeing a brighter future of the sector and the UAE’s overall digital transformation.”

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Honeywell announces R-410A alternative for air conditioning systems Solstice N41 is a lower GWP non-flammable replacement for a commonly used refrigerant, company official says

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oneywell has announced the development of a new lower-GWP, non-flammable alternative to R-410A in stationary air conditioning systems, in a Press communiqué.

According to Honeywell, the new refrigerant, named Solstice N41, is the result of years of research and development and addresses “one of the most vexing regulatory and safety challenges facing the HVAC industry”.

Having received a preliminary A1 (non-flammable, nontoxic) classification by ASHRAE, the new refrigerant would be a serious rival to R-32 and offer a much-needed lower GWP alternative to R-410A in VRF systems, the communiqué said.

R-32 has become the lower-GWP refrigerant of choice for smaller air conditioning systems. Its A2L flammability, however, makes it unsuitable, currently, for use in larger systems, and there are doubts whether it will ever be acceptable for use in VRF systems, the communiqué said.

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concerns over handling flammable refrigerants and avoiding the need for new safety standards or building codes, the communiqué further said.

Commenting on the new refrigerant, Sanjeev Rastogi, Vice President and General Manager, Fluorine Products, Honeywell, said: “This refrigerant is energy efficient, good for the environment, and the logical economic choice. The costs associated with moving to Solstice N41 pales in comparison to those required for conversion to a flammable refrigerant.”

While not actually claiming that N41 would be a “drop-in” replacement for R-410A, Honeywell indicated that early tests show that switching to Solstice N41 would require minimal changes to equipment and may allow OEMs to easily convert from R-410A, the communiqué said.

Rastogi added: “What we have created and developed in Solstice N41 is nothing short of a breakthrough. It is an incredibly promising product that is poised to solve a key problem and become the next global standard for refrigerants.”

Industry expert discusses 3D printing for HVACR sector

Heat exchangers and duct-line top candidates to be most positively affected by Additive Manufacturing, expert says

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he possible components,” he said. “Actually, implications an integration of both into that Additive the façade of a building, into Manufacturing the structural or architectural (AM), more commonly elements would be the easiest referred to as 3D printing, and most efficient way to use will have on the builtAdditive Manufacturing in the environment remains HVACR industry. Therefore, Dr Z Haktan Karadeniz open to debate. Speaking HRVUs are the best candidates on its possible impact for to be the pioneering units.” the HVACR sector, in particular, Dr Z Dr Karadeniz said that while fans can be Haktan Karadeniz, Assistant Professor, manufactured by 3D printers, simultaneous Department of Mechanical Engineering, on-site production during construction İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, said that will only be possible by using a separated he believes heat exchangers will be the production line, “because the precision parts that will benefit the most from AM. needed for a fan will always be higher”.

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construction’ of the building, duct-line, and heat exchanger, simultaneously, will be needed for manufacturing fans. The challenge will be the integration of the 3D-printed sensor network, electronic cards, and electrical motors because of the scale of the fabrication.” On the other hand, he said, appropriate design for the local needs and possibility of fluidics applications may result in better passive control, which may reduce the need for electronic control equipment.

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ASHRAE concludes 2018 Annual Conference

Canada's retaliatory tariffs include HVACR equipment

HVAC&R professionals engaged in a meaningful exchange of knowledge and experience, organiser says

The tariffs, in response to United States Section 232 tariffs, are effective from July 1, 2018, AHRI says

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he 2018 ASHRAE Annual Conference, which took place from June 23 to 27, 2018, at the Hilton AmericasShelia J Hayter Houston Hotel and the George R Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas, attracted 1,675 people, the organisation said through a Press communiqué.

The Annual Conference offered an extensive technical programme with eight tracks and one mini-track, including numerous presentations, tours and social events, the communiqué said. The five-day event also featured meetings of technical, standards and standing committees, developing guidance for the future of the industry and ASHRAE, the communiqué further said.

According to ASHRAE, Shelia J Hayter took office as the 2018-2019 President, ASHRAE. Her theme for the Society year, ‘Building Our New Energy Future,’ focuses on the important role buildings will play, as the traditional electrical grid continues to evolve toward a smart grid with advances in renewable energy, the communiqué said.

Speaking at the conference, Hayter said: “ASHRAE will play a key role in accelerating the use of innovative technologies as we move toward greater energy efficiency and healthier buildings. This conference is a perfect example of how we’re taking the lead through the sharing of knowledge and resources to be the bridge between industries to our new energy future.”

During his State of the Society address, Bjarne W Olesen, outgoing President, ASHRAE, spoke on the Society’s expanding partnership with UN Environment, which includes training courses and resources to support the phase-out activities of ozone-depleting substances around the world, the communiqué said. In addition to highlighting the recent opening of new offices in Washington, D.C. and Dubai, Olesen emphasised ASHRAE’s engagement in Europe by stationing staff in Brussels, Belgium, beginning in July, the communiqué further said.

According to ASHRAE, the conference’s technical programme addressed trends in integrated building design, HVAC&R analytics, best practices in standards authoring and impacts of extreme and future weather scenarios on buildings, along with other current topics. The communiqué said a seminar highlighting the proposed ASHRAE Hot Climate Design Guide provided an opportunity for attendees to contribute ideas to improve the design, construction and operation of buildings in hot climates.

n June 29, 2018, Canada released its final retaliatory tariff list for a variety of goods, in response to United States Section 232 tariffs, AHRI said in a Press communiqué. The tariffs will be effective from July 1, 2018, the communiqué said.

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In a related development, Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Minister, Canada, announced an aid package for the country's steel and aluminum industry, the communiqué added.

The communiqué also said that AHRI encourages members to review the final tariff list carefully for any products not included in its analysis.

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Cooling appliances to rise to 14 billion by 2050, University of Birmingham study says Global quadrupling of cooling appliances could cause a staggering increase in energy consumption, report’s authors say

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oaring global demand for cooling by 2050 could see world energy consumption for cooling increase by 90%, as the number of cooling appliances quadruples to 14 billion, according to a recent report by the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

The report sets out to provide, for the first time, an indication of the scale of the energy implications of ‘Cooling for All’, the university said through a Press communiqué. With increasing populations, expanding urbanisation and climate change impacts leading to more frequent heatwaves and temperature rises, the demand for more cooling will increase in the decades ahead, the communiqué further said.

According to the University of Birmingham, there are currently 3.6 billion cooling appliances around the world, and the report’s authors forecast that the 14 billion devices needed by 2050 will consume three times the amount of energy currently predicted for cooling usage.

The report, ‘A Cool World – Defining the Energy Conundrum of “Cooling for All”’, states that, by 2050, without action beyond current technology capabilities and efficiency gains, cooling could account for 19,600 TWh of energy consumption per year, against a current annual world ‘cooling budget’ of 6,300 TWh, the communiqué said. Even with new technologies coming on board, the annual energy requirement will be 15,500 TWh, the communiqué further said.

One of the report’s authors, Professor Toby Peters, University of Birmingham Energy Institute, said: “Current projections do not consider a ‘Cooling for All’ scenario, and it will be impossible to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals as well as the Paris climate change targets. If we are to meet either of these, relying on technology efficiency and greening electricity won’t be sufficient.

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The report’s authors call for the creation of a series of real world ‘Living Labs’, which will engage at community level, testing and demonstrating not only new technologies, but also the socio, business, governance, policy and funding models, the communiqué said. This will ensure that new thinking on systems, innovations and business models can be properly designed and tested, the communiqué further said. They also urge the creation of an international centre for excellence with an aim to deliver global collaboration on cooling, the communiqué added.

The report builds on the University’s research partnerships in India. The University of Birmingham recently signed an agreement with the State Government of Haryana to advance the use of ‘clean cold’ technology in India and help meet rising demand for cooling sustainably, the communiqué said.

The communiqué also said this landmark agreement followed the world’s firstever Congress on Clean Cold, held at the University of Birmingham last month, supported by the University’s India Institute, which also sponsored the first BirminghamHaryana clean cold workshop last year.

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ENGIE Refrigeration strengthens position in the field of heat pumps Refrigeration specialist has acquired the high temperature heat pump business of Hafner-Muschler, company official says

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NGIE Refrigeration, has acquired the CO2 high temperature heat pump business from the insolvency assets of HafnerMuschler Kälte- und Klimatechnik on June 29, the former company said in a Press communiqué. This includes all patents as well as rights to all trademarks and names, the communiqué said.

According to ENGIE, the activities previously performed for Dürr Thermea GmbH at the Ottendorf-Okrilla site in Dresden comprise the construction, production, sale and servicing of CO2-based heat pumps and compressed-air refrigeration dryers. All employees will be kept on

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With this acquisition, ENGIE Refrigeration is expanding its product and service portfolio in the fields of high temperature heat pumps and drying technology, with CO2 technology, and further strengthening its position in the field of natural refrigerants, the communiqué said. By using the R-744 refrigerant, it is possible to achieve temperatures of up to 110 degrees C. This opens up applications in the fields of heating, heat supply in communal and industrial heating networks and drying technology. The machines that have already been sold under the Thermea brand around the world will be looked after by the international ENGIE Refrigeration service network in future.

Commenting on the aquisition, Jochen Hornung, CEO, ENGIE Refrigeration, said: "The high temperature heat pumps are an excellent addition to our existing product and service portfolio. By using CO2, a natural refrigerant, we will also be creating a strong starting point for further growth – in Germany and abroad. Hafner-Mutschler's high temperature heat pumps ,therefore, fit perfectly into the ENGIE Refrigeration business strategy."

June 26 declared as World Refrigeration Day

Purpose of the day is “to raise awareness of how refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat-pumps (RACHP) technology improves modern life and to promote the significant contribution to the well-being of human society of today’s RACHP industry”, organising body says

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une 26 has been declared as World Refrigeration Day, World Refrigeration Day.Org said in a Press communiqué.

According to World Refrigeration Day.Org, World Refrigeration Day will be celebrated all over the globe as an annual event. It is intended that World Refrigeration Day will serve as a means of raising awareness and understanding to the general public of the significant role that the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat-pumps industry and technology play in modern life and society, the communiqué said. RACHP and HVACR organisations and professionals around the world will undertake a range of activities on the day, the communiqué added.

Commenting on the announcement, Graeme Fox, Head, REFCOM, said: “REFCOM are proud to have supported the inaugural World RACHP Day on June 26th, in recognition and celebration of the contribution the sector makes towards

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Four lawsuits filed regarding US EPA SNAP Rule 20 Legal action undertaken to stop the US Environmental Protection Agency from rolling back hydrofluorocarbon regulations

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refrigeration technologies, and we look forward to working more closely with everyone supporting this great campaign” According to World Refrigeration Day.Org, the establishing of a World Refrigeration Day has been the personal crusade of industry figure, Steve Gill for over a decade. Although he will be the first to admit that the idea of an industry day may not be new, the gaining of a consensus for a fixed date from organisations and individuals from around the world certainly is, the communiqué said.

Gill said: “Refrigeration has such a long and fascinating history full of inventors, engineering pioneers, scientists, and industrial entrepreneurs from around the world, all of whom deserve to be recognised and remembered for their valuable contribution. With such a long and rich history, agreeing upon a date has proven to be challenging even at a national level, let alone an international one. However, the industry is united in its desire to raise its profile to the general public for all the right reasons, and so we were able to build solidarity upon many common goals and finally agree on a date.”

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Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps impact on almost every aspect of modern society and yet is often the hidden technology that nobody thinks about until something goes wrong, so it is right that we acknowledge this contribution with a special day in the calendar year.”

Marco Buoni, President, AREA, (European contractors’ association), said: “AREA supports the establishment of World Refrigeration Day on 26th June. Such a celebration is an acknowledgment of the role for our society played by refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps whether related to health, food or comfort. RACHP contractors represented by AREA are proud to contribute to achieving such noble purposes.”

Miriam Rodway, CEO, Institute of Refrigeration, said: “The IOR is a proud supporter of World Refrigeration Day as an initiative to raise the profile of the important contribution that refrigeration air conditioning and heat pumps make globally across so many aspects of modern life – from medical, to food supply and farming, process engineering to data and IT – refrigeration technologies are essential and yet go widely unrecognised. Bringing together the world’s community to celebrate our success and achievements is very much part of the IOR’s role to promote the advancement of

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filings are an attempt to keep the US EPA's 2015 rule banning the use of certain HFCs from being tossed out, and responses to both petitions are due on July 26 and July 30, 2018, the communiqué added.

According to AHRI, on June 26, 2018, the District of Columbia and 11 states filed a petition, as did the NRDC to the D.C. Circuit requesting the court to review the US EPA's April 27, 2018 guidance indicating that the agency would suspend its final rule prohibiting the use of certain HFCs. The states and the NRDC argue that the US EPA can still enforce limits for manufacturers and users that have not switched to HFCs, the communiqué said.

The communiqué also said that AHRI's Legal Department will continue to monitor the lawsuits and keep members updated as it receives relevant information.

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On June 25, 2018, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and industry manufacturers Honeywell International Inc., and Chemours Co., filed petitions for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the court to review and reverse the D.C. Circuit Panel's August 2017 decision vacating the US EPA's rule to limit the use of HFCs under the agency's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) programme, the communiqué said.

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The communiqué said how this date will be marked in 2019 in the United Kingdom and elsewhere is yet to be determined; however the various groups are in discussion and details of planned events will be issued in due course.

According to World Refrigeration Day. Org, any organisation or individual wishing to support World Refrigeration Day can contact: steve@worldrefrigerationday.org.

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USTR and CBP implement Section 301 tariffs

District Cooling market to surpass USD 140 billion by 2024

List includes HVACR and water heating products, AHRI says

Growing concerns about carbon emissions, along with rising demand for space cooling, will foster the District Cooling market, Global Market Insights, Inc., says

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n July 6, 2018, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) started collecting Section 301 tariffs on USD 34 billion worth of Chinese exports, while China implemented retaliatory tariffs on USD 34 billion worth of goods exported by the United States, mimicking the United States tariff implementation schedule, AHRI said in a Press communiqué. China released the list of products subject to retaliatory tariffs on June 16, 2018, but AHRI staff did not identify any HVACR or water heating products on that list, the communiqué said.

According to AHRI, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) plans to collect tariffs on an additional 284 tariff lines after the second list undergoes a public comment and review process. China will implement its second list of retaliatory tariffs, if the United States implements its second round of tariffs, the communiqué said.

AHRI said it has analysed the Section 301 tariff lists, and they include the following HVACR and water heating member products: · Boilers · Pumps · Compressors · Furnaces · Refrigerators · Freezers · Water heaters · Heat exchangers · Motors · Control equipment According to AHRI, it will file comments urging the USTR to remove all AHRI member products from the second tariff list, during the public comment and review process.

he global District Cooling market is set to grow from its current market value of more than USD 100 billion to over USD 140 billion by 2024, as reported in a recent study by Global Market Insights (GMI), Inc. Growing concerns pertaining to carbon emissions, along with rising demand for space cooling, will foster the District Cooling market, the study said. Increasing penetration of renewable energy technologies, coupled with growing adoption of sustainable cooling solutions, will stimulate the industry growth, the study further said.

In 2016, Tabreed reported an elimination of 570,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions from their 66 DC plants installed across the GCC region countries, the study added.

According to GMI, changing climatic conditions, on account of increasing surface temperature and global warming, will boost the market share of District Cooling companies. In addition, rapid urban development and residential sector growth due to increase in consumer spending and rise in per capita income will encourage product adoption, the study said.

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n July 10, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a proposed list of Chinese imports, found in Annex A of a draft Federal Register notice, which could be subject to an additional 10% tariff, once the list becomes final, AHRI said in a Press communiqué. The proposed tariff list includes several AHRI member products, including refrigerants, heating equipment, ventilation and components, air conditioners, cooling equipment, refrigerators, freezers, vending machines, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, the communiqué said.

According to AHRI, the list covers approximately 6,000 tariff lines – approximately USD 200 billion worth of goods – according to the USTR, and is the third group of products subject to tariffs and the latest trade development to occur between the United States and China. Comments on the list are due to the USTR by August 17, the communiqué said. No dates were provided in the announcement for when the product list would be finalised, or when the tariffs would go into effect, the communiqué further said. The USTR will hold a series of public hearings from August 20 to 23, 2018, at the U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E St. SW, Washington, D.C., the communiqué added.

According to AHRI, members must file a request to appear and submit a summary of testimony by July 27, 2018, and submit post-hearing rebuttal comments by August 30, 2018. The communiqué said AHRI will file comments urging the USTR to remove all AHRI member products from the tariff list.

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will encourage product adoption, the study further said. Growing concerns towards energy security, along with large-scale deployment of cooling systems across Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka and Yokohama, will complement the business outlook, the study added. Rapid technological advancement in product design and development, along with extensive R&D activities across the nation, has also instituted a favourable business scenario for industry players, the study also said.

According to GMI, increasing adoption of energy-efficient and sustainable building standards, along with ongoing development of environment-friendly building solutions, will stimulate the commercial market worldwide. In addition, the flourishing service sector, including

office buildings, data centres, colleges and universities will further impact industry growth, the study said. For instance, in the fourth quarter of 2016, the overall investments toward commercial establishments were valued around USD 107.8 billion, the study further said.

Ongoing adoption of heat pumps, owing to their compatibility with sustainable heating technologies, will stimulate the District Cooling market, worldwide. In addition, the technology is widely used for trigeneration, providing heat, cool and electricity across the commercial and residential establishments. It uses the waste heat to generate energy, thereby reducing the emissions effectively, when compared with other counterparts.

A stringent regulatory framework towards the adoption of sustainable cooling technologies, along with an accelerating service sector across the nation, will boost the Sweden market, the study said. Increasing investments towards development of innovative energy efficiency solutions, energy management systems and an efficient pipeline network will encourage the product demand, the study further said. According to GMI, ongoing deployment of clean energy technologies, on account of government norms toward decarbonisation of buildings, will further complement the business outlook.

EIA uncovers illegal CFC-11 production and use in China New report reveals China is the source of ozone-destroying chemical in the Earth’s atmosphere, EIA says

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n the wake of evidence showing significant emissions of the ozonedestroying chemical CFC-11 in the Earth’s atmosphere, a new report, titled 'Blowing It', by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals compelling evidence that illegal production and use of CFC-11 in the polyurethane foam sector in China is the cause, EIA said in a Press communiqué.

According to EIA, it obtained evidence from 18 different companies in 10 Chinese provinces confirming their use of CFC-11 as a blowing agent for the manufacture of foams utilised to insulate buildings and appliances.

Detailed discussions with company executives make clear these are not isolated incidents, but common practice throughout the industry, the communiqué said. Producers and traders of polyurethane foam blowing agent repeatedly told EIA sources that the majority of China's foam industry continues to use CFC-11 due to its better quality and lower price, the communiqué further said.

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According to EIA, conversations with traders revealed some companies produced CFC-11 themselves, while others were supplied by factories in undisclosed locations.

Several companies also referred to the ease with which CFC-11 could be exported in the pre-blended polyol used to make the foams, the communiqué said.

Commenting on the report, Alexander von Bismarck, Executive Director, EIA US, said: "If China doesn't stop this illegal production, it will imperil our slowly healing ozone layer. CFC-11 is also a super global warmer, making this a serious threat for our climate, as well.

What we've uncovered is a systemic problem, not isolated incidents. It requires a comprehensive nationwide intelligenceled investigation and higher penalties

throughout the sector that fit the crime."

EIA is releasing the report in advance of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol meeting in Vienna, from July 11 to 14, where the issue of the rogue CFC-11 emissions is likely to be high on the agenda, the communiqué said.

Commenting on the findings, Clare Perry, Climate Campaign Leader, EIA UK, said: "This is an environmental crime on a massive scale. Steps need to be taken to ensure enforcement and compliance with all the obligations of the Montreal Protocol, including new controls on HFCs. How the Montreal Protocol addresses this issue will determine whether it continues to merit its reputation as the world's most effective environmental treaty."

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Ingersoll Rand pledges to invest USD 500 million in R&D by 2020 Ingersoll Rand’s Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability and UL Environment develop exclusive ‘Design for Sustainability Certificate Program’, says Trane

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Ted Jacob Engineering Group and Green Technologies announce merger Merger will augment the team’s ability to incorporate expertise and specialisation in sustainability and implementation of LEED and Net Zero Energy design, official says

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ed Jacob Engineering Group and Green Technologies have announceed the signing of their agreement to merge, through a Press communiqué.

Effective June 18, 2018, Green Technologies is Ted Jacob Engineering Group, the communiqué said.

Green Technologies Inc was established in Canada in 1997 and, subsequently, as Green Technologies FZCO in Dubai in 2004, the communiqué said. The company has delivered 665 LEED-certified buildings to date in the Middle East and, as a specialist engineering consultancy firm, has provided engineering services that include retrofitting of existing buildings to improve their energy efficiency and operating performance, design and retrofitting of District Cooling plants and developing of lowenergy to zero-energy buildings, the communiqué further said.

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Ted Jacob Engineering Group is an international engineering design consultancy founded in 1985 in California, USA, which opened its Dubai branch in 2012. The merger of Green Technologies into Ted Jacob Engineering Group will greatly expand and augment the team’s ability to not only continue to provide excellent service to our customers but to incorporate expertise and specialisation in sustainability and implementation of LEED and Net Zero Energy design, the communiqué quoted a Ted Jacob Engineering Group spokesperson as saying.

Commenting on the merger, Ted Jacob PE and Mario Seneviratne P.Eng, said, “The ethos of both companies, based on professionalism, innovation, and commitment to engineering excellence is a winning combination to deliver greater projects to its current and future clients.”

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ngersoll Rand has pledged to invest USD 500 million in productrelated research and development by 2020 to fund the long-term reduction of GHG emissions, said Johan Samuelsson, Vice President Johan Samuelsson and General Manager, Trane, MEA. Speaking on the recent initiatives, Samuelsson stressed that sustainability has been factored into the Ingersoll Rand Product Development Process. “Ingersoll Rand’s Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (CEES),” he said, “partnered with UL Environment (ULE) to develop the exclusive Design for Sustainability (DfS) Certificate Program.”

Elaborating on the programme, Samuelsson said that DfS advocates for sustainability with product design teams, customers and markets; analyses and articulates market-specific value propositions of sustainability; expands risk and opportunity assessments to include sustainability; incorporates sustainability-related attributes into all product design, and understand the trade-offs and opportunities during the product design stage.

Samuelsson added that in view of Ingersoll Rand’s commitment to cut the GHG footprint refrigerant-bearing products by 50% by 2020 and incorporate lower global warming potential (GWP) alternatives in the portfolio by 2030, the company is “transitioning to lower-GWP refrigerants – without safety, efficiency or other tradeoffs – faster than required”. Samuelsson said, “We have already introduced several products in our EcoWise portfolio as part of this commitment, resulting in positive customer reactions from all over the world to both the climatefriendly nature and overall lifecycle performance of these products.”

Samuelsson said that the company’s proactive move to advance its sustainability objectives has also trickled down to its supplier base and measure what matters. “We have collaborated with our preferred suppliers,” he said, “to jointly own goals around sustainability and identify solutions – whether it’s sourcing materials from new places or improving packaging.”

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Global demand for sealants and adhesives is increasing, says AMI Managing Director says the increasing demand is due to the energy requirement of HVACR systems

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lobal demand for sealants and adhesives is continuously increasing every passing year, said Safdar Badami, Managing Director, Al Muqarram Industry (AMI).

Emphasising the vital role of sealants in filling up joints and gaps in the structure of HVACR systems, Badami said the demand is largely owing to growing recognition of the burden placed by these systems on the building. “The HVACR systems of any built structure,” he said, “are the biggest guzzlers of energy and the biggest contributors to increasing the carbon footprint.”

Badami added that growing recognition of LEED certification also contributes to cultivating more conscious consumers, stressing that having proper ducting joints could translate to huge savings for owners, as they would use less power and reduce the number of emissions. The energy savings, he stressed, can be directly calculated

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to safe greenhouse gas emissions, which contributes to the overall green rating of a building. In addition to energy efficiency, Badami said that the demand is also owing to greater recognition by the industry for low-VOC, low-shrinkage and eco-friendly sealants and its role in enhancing IAQ within the built-environment in a costSafdar Badami effective manner. Lastly, Badami pointed to the role that fire safety sealants play in HVAC systems, which he stressed have a significant impact in reducing the average loss of life and property in a fire.

In view of the benefits that sealants can offer, Badami stressed that proper selection is a must, “otherwise after application there might be a new gap and that will affect the HVAC system’s efficiency”. Badami said: “We are frequently conducting internal and external training programmes for the market. There is much appreciation of our quality products, as they help industries to reduce the maintenance cost. AMI sealants and PIR Glue exactly meet the requirements of the HVAC industry, with water-based, solvent-based and silicone options available. They are easy to apply and are both waterproof and heat resistant, offering excellent adhesion to metal surfaces.” Badami added that AMI’s R&D and QC Departments are working on developing advanced formulae for its products.

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Cool Mentoring: a modern mentoring scheme for the HVAC industry “If we help another individual, we help the industry as a whole,” says Founder

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entoring, the system of guiding a efficiency and management as areas of expertise,” he new generation of practitioners of a said. “The mentees apply and put a preference who they particular trade, has existed in a variety would like, if possible, and the reason why.” Mentors and of industries, facilitated by the inheritance mentees can live in the same country, or in separate of knowledge to a mentee. This has served to continents, he added. cultivate excellence within practice, closing the skills Following this, Gill said that the application would gap between the experienced and the novice – a gap undergo an evaluation process to ensure mentors are Stephen Gill especially palpable within the modern engineering not overloaded, as they are all volunteers and there are community. This is what drove Stephen Gill, Founder, no fees. The mentors themselves, Gill said, go through a Cool Mentoring, to develop a modern mentoring free training programme, to ensure consistency within the scheme specific to the HVACR industry. “We all feel if we help scheme. Gill stressed that there is a shortage of mentors, with 100 another individual, we help the industry as a whole,” Gill said. “If mentees awaiting the start of the new programme in September. the industry is highly skilled, we will all benefit.”

“We are always on the look-out for new mentors and mentees,” Gill The mentoring scheme started as a small-scale initiative in added that there is also a lack of women mentors, with only two 2014. The idea, Gill said, was to address the downfalls of modern globally at the moment. business organisations, where in an increasingly competitive Gill explained that the mechanism also allows for ‘Reverse market, proper training is not being rolled out, and there is a lack Mentoring’ where older professionals are mentored by a younger of exchange of knowledge between experienced stakeholders and person in relation to emerging technologies and IT-related skills. the new generation entering the workforce. The mentoring scheme, Additionally, Gill said, mentees that have shown interest also include Gill said, also aimed to take advantage of modern communication those that are looking to get back in the industry after a significant channels, allowing older professionals to easily connect and gap in the work portfolio, for whatever reason. “If they feel they have cultivate the skills of less experienced stakeholders. “We started dropped behind in some way,” Gill said, “they get in contact to get with 10 mentors and mentees,” Gill said. “Four years later, we have the confidence again to enter the industry.” completed 300 pairings, some have mentored three or four times.”

Currently, Gill said, the scheme runs purely voluntarily with no Emphasising the global nature of the movement, Gill said, funding, though they look to expand soon to accommodate growing since it began in the United Kingdom, the mentoring scheme interest. He added that they are moving beyond refrigeration, air has picked up in Africa and in the Middle East as well as in Asia, conditioning and heat pumps to include experts in energy efficiency with recent pairings in Hong Kong and China. The scheme, Gill and energy usage. Currently, he added, they are even welcoming said, lasts approximately 12 weeks, allowing both parties to have architects, building services professionals and those from the energy specific areas of concentration, though, he stressed,that often, the sector to the programme. “These are the next generation of builtfriendship between the mentor and mentee carries on beyond this environment professionals”. Gill stressed that beyond knowledge period for a lifelong exchange of knowledge and expertise. transfer, it’s also about conferring experience and developing the With regard to how mentors and mentees are paired, Gill individual. Gill added that interested volunteers, as mentors and explained that the website would list the mentors’ names and mentees, may contact him at steve@coolmentoring.org for more profiles. “For example, a mentor would list refrigeration, energy information.

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Australian manufacturers eyeing GCC region have an advantage, says EHVACS Cpmpany's Director says manufacturers are able to design products that can withstand harsher conditions, because they have faced similar conditions in Australia

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ustralian products coming to the GCC region are at an advantage, said Ahmad Fraij, Director, Engineered HVAC Solutions (EHVACS), owing to similarities in the environmental conditions of both places.

“The Australian HVAC and Plumbing Products manufacturers have been in Australia producing Ahmad Fraij [for] the Australian ambient conditions for many years,” Fraij said. “The weather in Australia is harsh and similar to the weather in the GCC region. The people here in Australia have experienced the extreme weather, and they know how to design products that can withstand such conditions.”

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Eurovent Association announces programme for Eurovent Innovation/HUB

Eurovent Summit's Innovation/HUB in Seville, Spain, will see industry leaders presenting in a TED-style manner, Association says

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he Eurovent Association has announced its programme for the second edition of the Eurovent Innovation/HUB, in a Press communiqué. The event, scheduled to take place on September 26 in Seville, Spain, will feature leading personalities from in and outside the HVACR industry giving their keynote presentations in a TED-style manner, the communiqué said.

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This year's Eurovent Summit will see a particular focus on southern European markets, the communiqué said. Highlights of the event include a welcome reception by the Eurovent Association President; a dedicated workshop for installers in Spanish by the Spanish federation CONAIF and the Spanish Industry Symposium, organised by AEFYT and AFEC (in English and Spanish), the communiqué further said.

ASHRAE to expand role in IEQ President shares commitment to incorporate “wellness” into technical activities

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Kelvion to exhibit at the SMM Trade Fair in Hamburg

‘Take a K°ruise around the world of Kelvion’ is the theme of the company’s presence at the exhibition, official says

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isitors to the SMM trade fair, from September 4 to 7, 2018, in Hamburg, Germany, will be invited to take a ‘K°ruise around the World of Kelvion’ to see how heat exchangers can save energy, reduce emissions, improve safety and increase heat recovery, the company said in a Press communiqué.

The company will be exhibiting a range of products for on-board and offshore plants and systems that offer safety, reliability and durability even in the most turbulent conditions at sea, the communiqué said.

The products to be featured include LNG/gas engines, where Kelvion’s shell and tube double safety heat exchangers ensure safe and efficient gas preheating for the regasification process on board gas-driven marine vessels, the communiqué said. The engine room features Kelvion’s Box Cooler, which combines efficient, powerful cooling over a long service life, the communiqué further said.

The K°ruise continues with a look at Scrubber Water Coolers, which play an important role in scrubber systems, lowering a ship’s emissions by removing SOx particles from exhaust gas, the communiqué said. Also on show will be Heat Exchanger Coils for HVAC systems, the communiqué further said. The K˚ruise concludes by docking alongside the LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU), the communiqué added.

Charge air coolers, brazed plate heat exchangers and exhaust gas recirculation coolers will also be featured during the show, the communiqué said. According to Kelvion, over the four days of the show, the Kelvion crew will be on hand to provide information and advice.

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here will be a move to expand ASHRAE's role in IEQ, said Sheila J Hayter, President, ASHRAE. Hayter added that this will be done by incorporating “wellness” into ASHRAE’s technical activities, working with other organisations to link the builtenvironment to human wellness and happiness and providing the tools and resources to move the built-environment into the new energy future, without compromising the health and wellness of occupants.

“Stakeholders,” Hayter said, “now understand that there also needs Sheila J Hayter to be a way to give the occupants feedback on their behaviour to obtain a good indoor environment with reduced energy use.” Hayter stressed that understanding occupant behavior will help the industry “improve designs, reduce energy use in buildings and better meet occupants’ needs”.

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Jean-Pascal Tricoire appointed to the UN Global Compact Board

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Appointment a recognition of Schneider Electric’s long-term commitment to sustainability, company says

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N Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has appointed Jean-Pascal Tricoire, President, Global Compact France, and Chairman and CEO, Schneider Electric, to the United Nations Global Compact Board, the Jean-Pascal Tricoire company announced in a Press communiqué. The UN Global Compact Board plays an important role in shaping the strategy and policy of the initiative, which acts as the United Nations flagship for responsible business action, the communiqué said. Designed as a multi-stakeholder body, the Board provides ongoing strategic and policy advice for the initiative, the communiqué further said. Board members are considered champions, who are willing and able to advance the mission of the UN Global Compact, and they act in a personal, honorary and unpaid capacity, the communiqué added.

According to Schneider Electric, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, with the mission to align companies’ strategies and operations with 10 universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption and take actions that advance societal goals.

The UN Global Compact has more than 13,000 participants from more than 160 countries, the communiqué said. Global Compact France is its second-largest national network worldwide, with 10% of the participants, the communiqué further said.

Paul Polman, Vice Chair, Board of the United Nations Global Compact, said: “I am delighted to welcome JeanPascal Tricoire to the Board for the UN Global Compact. JeanPascal has shown great leadership in driving sustainability in a business, and with his extensive global experience, I am confident that his contribution to the UN Global Compact will be very valuable in helping the organisation to continue to thrive. I look forward to our collaboration.”

Commenting on his appointment, Tricoire said: “I’m thrilled to keep contributing to the development of the UN Global Compact by joining its Global Board, four years after becoming President of Global Compact France and 16 years after Schneider Electric’s accession. As the world’s largest corporate sustainability organisation, the UN Global Compact is a tremendous collective movement for companies to make progress in the fields of human and labour rights, gender equality, environment protection and ethical business through the 10 Principles and 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

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