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Al Hilal Bank tower on Abu Dhabi's Al Maryah Island.

Tabreed supplies chilled water to Abu Dhabi tower

ABU DHABI, May 28, 2015

National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed), a leading Abu Dhabi-based district cooling utility company, has commenced the supply of chilled water to the Al Hilal Bank tower on Abu Dhabi’s Al Maryah Island.

Tabreed, which acquired the Al Maryah Island district cooling plant last year in a consortium with Mubadala infrastructure Partners (MIP), an infrastructure-focused fund investing in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey with institutional investors from the GCC region and Asia, will deliver more than 1,600 tonnes of refrigeration (RT) to the tower, said a statement.

The firms’s district cooling services will enable the Al Hilal Bank tower to reduce its expected energy consumption by approximately 2.9 million kWh per year compared to conventional cooling, it said.

This will lead to the elimination of 2,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

Jasim Husain Thabet, chief executive officer, Tabreed, said: “In conjunction with our partners at MIP, we are proud to deliver our services to Al Maryah Island, which is one of Abu Dhabi’s key developments as it aims to become the new central business district and luxury lifestyle destination.

“For Al Maryah Island and other large-scale, high-density developments, district cooling represents the ideal solution as it consumes approximately half of the energy compared to conventional cooling. This in turn leads to significant environmental benefits and cost savings.”

Mohamed Jamil Berro, group CEO of Al Hilal Bank, said: “Al Hilal Bank prides itself as ‘the Orange bank that thinks green.’ One of our top priorities is to ensure high levels of sustainability and the least environmental impact across all of our facilities. Through Tabreed’s expertise we are fulfilling our commitment to a greener future for the communities we serve.”

The tower extends over 25 levels above island podium level, providing approximately 35,570 sq m of net internal area.  It includes nine levels of parking providing 1,046 spaces in total, offering a very competitive parking to office ratio. - TradeArabia News Service




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