Utilities Middle East
Summary
The United Nations, joined with the coalition of its partners around the world launched the World Refrigeration Day, which celebrates on 26 June every year. Empower joins the celebration of the World Refrigeration Day which aims to raise awareness and understanding among the general public, of the significant role that the refrigeration and air conditioning industry and technology play in the modern life and society. It also draws attention to how the industry is uniquely leveraging engineering and science to improve our living standard, business, and all modern life activities, including saving of lives and protecting the natural resources.
“District cooling is a modern technology that has been devised for the benefit of community health, and to protect environment and natural resources, as a useful solution to reduce the usage of fossil fuel based energy. We believe that adopting of such solutions is an urgent need to enable communities to lead a modern life without wasting resources or exposing public health and environment to the risk of carbon emissions. According to the United Nations, nearly 30% of the world’s population is currently exposed to life-threatening temperatures for at least 20 days a year, making refrigeration a requirement that must be secured for everyone”, said Ahmad bin Shafar, CEO of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower).
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