Tabreed, the world’s largest district cooling company, is participating in the forthcoming World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2008, which will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on January 21-23, 2008. During WFES, Tabreed will demonstrate its district cooling solutions, highlighting their cost-efficiency and benefits to the environment.
“We trust the 3-day event will draw a professional audience and we plan to take the opportunity to introduce Tabreed and showcase our system and services,” said Dany Safi, Tabreed CEO. “Also, we will gladly help answer queries on Tabreed and the district cooling industry,” he added.
WFES, which is being held under the auspices of Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is bringing together leaders from the commercial and governmental development sectors and their counterparts from in innovation and technology to promote alternative and renewable energy systems. In addition to the exhibition, the summit also includes a specialist conference focusing on global policies and strategies for sustainable and renewable energy. The speakers list, a brilliant line-up of experts, includes government, business and NGOs representatives.
“WFES provides a unique opportunity for innovators like Tabreed to exhibit its alternative solution. For us, that’s district cooling, which provides cooling services that have proven to be economical while contributing to the reduction in greenhouse gas emission,” Safi concluded.
Tabreed, the Middle East’s award-winning district cooling pioneer, has been at the forefront of the industry for almost a decade now and has provided cooling services to 473 buildings covering a total of 149.9 million square feet in 2007 in the GCC as well as the wider Middle East.
These achievements helped the company scoop two gold awards from the US-based International District Energy Association (IDEA) - which works to advance global environmental quality through efficient district energy systems.
ABOUT TABREED
About Tabreed
Tabreed is a UAE public joint stock company established in June 1998 and is now the world’s largest district cooling company. It provides district cooling services throughout the GCC and Levant region with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Doha, Manama, Al Khobar, Muscat and Amman.
The company has been growing at a very rapid pace and recently won two gold awards by the International District Energy Association (IDEA) in the USA for new customers by the number of buildings it serves and by the associated cooling load for 2006 in a repeat of its 2004 performance. Earlier in January 2007, Dany Safi – the company’s CEO bagged IDEA’s Global Pioneer award and Tabreed scooped its Global Partner honour.
Tabreed pioneers energy efficient gas-fired and electric-powered district cooling solutions in the UAE and across the region. The company offers customers the highest quality service through an integrated energy system devised to help them optimize their energy usage and reduce power and maintenance costs. Tabreed is a member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA), Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), American Gas Cooling Centre, Inc. (AGCC) and the Dubai Quality Group.
