Emirates Central Cooling Methods Company PJSC (Empower) has reported a 7.1 per cent improve within the quantity of consumption of its district cooling providers throughout the first half of 2025 on account of excessive actual property occupancy charges.
This development is pushed by the excessive occupancy charges in present actual property tasks, in addition to the addition of latest tasks to the corporate’s portfolio. These developments have contributed to diversifying Empower’s buyer base, which spans residential, business, hospitality, healthcare, retail, leisure, and different sectors, all of that are more and more adopting energy-efficient cooling options and prioritising sustainability of their operations to cut back carbon emissions.
The sustained improve in district cooling consumption displays the rising demand for environmentally pleasant district cooling providers. Within the first half of the 12 months, the corporate signed 86 new contracts to produce greater than 99,000 RT to varied tasks and buildings throughout Dubai, elevating its whole contracted capability to 1.86 million RT. Empower’s related capability additionally grew to over 1.6 million refrigeration tons with the addition of roughly 38,000 RT, whereas the variety of buildings served reached 1,684.
Ahmad bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, stated: “Empower is dedicated to delivering district cooling providers of the best high quality and reliability, leveraging superior applied sciences and improvements. This dedication helps Dubai’s ongoing inhabitants development, urbanisation, and financial improvement, whereas aligning with the imaginative and prescient of the smart management to construct a inexperienced future and obtain sustainable improvement and web zero objectives.”
He added: “We take satisfaction within the belief our prospects throughout sectors have positioned in us as a dependable accomplice of their journey to cut back carbon footprint and embrace sustainable greatest practices. The regular improve in consumption and the growth of our buyer base are a testomony to the excessive effectivity of Empower’s district cooling providers. In addition they function a robust motivation for us to uphold the standard of our providers and to additional develop our enterprise and partnerships for the advantage of all stakeholders.”
Bin Shafar emphasised that the readiness of Empower’s state-of-the-art district cooling techniques, their excessive operational effectivity, and their use of the most recent applied sciences, mixed with their massive capability, have been key elements in assembly the rising demand for environmentally pleasant cooling providers throughout the first half of this 12 months. He added that this distinctive operational efficiency enabled Empower to fulfill the wants of numerous sectors, demonstrating the flexibleness and effectivity of the corporate’s infrastructure.
This efficiency was additional strengthened by the implementation of an in depth upkeep and preparation marketing campaign forward of the summer season season, masking the corporate’s 88 district cooling crops and distribution networks. The exercise ensured the readiness of all items and amenities, maintaining tempo with the anticipated seasonal improve in demand, notably in mild of the excessive summer season temperatures. Consequently, Empower was capable of present a snug indoor atmosphere for Dubai’s residents and its prospects throughout the sectors.
Empower additionally highlighted the substantial rise in its prospects’ district cooling consumption (RTh) over the previous 5 years, from 2020 to 2024, with a development of roughly 69 per cent. This constant improve in district cooling consumption in Dubai stays one of many key drivers of the corporate’s ongoing growth, in addition to its sustained income development and profitability.