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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) of Dubai has been recognized with a MENA Green Building Award for its research into a sustainable air-cooling system that could be deployed in Dubai’s harsh desert climate. Faculty from the University’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering partnered with energy experts at an Italian firm, Graded SpA, to design and optimize the system, which could deliver energy savings of up to 20%.
Building on the success of the pilot project, the research team now plans to scale up the innovation, to be deployed in different settings. Dr Kahwaji concluded, “The technology can be coupled with refrigeration systems for residential and commercial buildings as a passive method of heat rejection, to increase the systems’ efficiency and improve their performance, leading to energy savings and sustainability. Ultimately, we hope to be able to install this system in a district cooling plant to support energy conservation at the community level.”
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