A team from the District Cooling Services Department of Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) visited Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD) Monday.
According to a Kahramaa statement, the visit was part of monitoring the performance of district cooling plants operating at MDD. The team visited the second cooling plant and checked the extent of its operating system's commitment to implementing district cooling code instructions and key performance indicators.
MDD, described as the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project, has the latest sustainability technologies and energy-saving systems. The district cooling system, which covers all buildings and facilities in MDD, has the most appropriate facilities for modern and sustainable cities.
MDD has two central district cooling plants with a total cooling capacity of 31,000 tonnes through an integrated network, which ensures high energy performance, continuity and reliability and reduced maintenance and operating costs. The plant uses treated water through an additional purification plant that increases the quality of treated water contributing to the provision of good desalinated water.
Kahramaa has urged all developers and investors to adopt district cooling in their projects as it is the most energy efficient system which provides approximately 40% of electricity and nearly 98% of potable water in case of using treated water, compared with conventional cooling systems. This supports the efforts made to ensure the sustainability of water resources. Kahramaa works to enhance water security in the country by switching to the use of treated wastewater instead of potable water in all district cooling plants, taking advantage of the best sustainable system in the region.
Kahramaa's District Cooling Services Department was established in 2012 as a regulator for district cooling services in the country within the framework of developing and organising cooling services across Qatar, in order to provide services that contribute to enhancing energy and water sustainability.
MDD, described as the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project, has the latest sustainability technologies and energy-saving systems. The district cooling system, which covers all buildings and facilities in MDD, has the most appropriate facilities for modern and sustainable cities.
MDD has two central district cooling plants with a total cooling capacity of 31,000 tonnes through an integrated network, which ensures high energy performance, continuity and reliability and reduced maintenance and operating costs. The plant uses treated water through an additional purification plant that increases the quality of treated water contributing to the provision of good desalinated water.
Kahramaa has urged all developers and investors to adopt district cooling in their projects as it is the most energy efficient system which provides approximately 40% of electricity and nearly 98% of potable water in case of using treated water, compared with conventional cooling systems. This supports the efforts made to ensure the sustainability of water resources. Kahramaa works to enhance water security in the country by switching to the use of treated wastewater instead of potable water in all district cooling plants, taking advantage of the best sustainable system in the region.
Kahramaa's District Cooling Services Department was established in 2012 as a regulator for district cooling services in the country within the framework of developing and organising cooling services across Qatar, in order to provide services that contribute to enhancing energy and water sustainability.
