The Middle East District Cooling Conference 2008 organized by MEED will host a number of powerhouse speakers in the industry of district cooling. According to MEED “There has never been a more important time to run this event with the market opportunities growing at a rapid rate and the region’s project developers’ needing to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. Companies engaged in climate control products and services will benefit from the developments in this event.”
Rental Solutions and Services LLC will be the lead exhibitor in the event along with several companies in district cooling, chilling, HVAC, climate control and refrigeration. The organizers has invited the industry leaders in district cooling as well as key customers such as Nasri Chami, CEO of DALKIA Bahrain; Adib Moubadder, Acting GM of EMICOOL; Mario Seveviratne, Founder and Secretary to the Board of Emirates Green Building Council; Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO EMPOWER; Adil Toubia, CEO GCC Energy Fund; Bob Bryniak, CEO of Folden Sands Management Consulting; Luke Nickeman, Energy Analyst of International Energy Agency; Walid Madwar, Business Development Manager of METITO; Keith Levers, CEO of Palm District Cooling UAE; Fayad Al Khatib, General Manager of Qatar Cool; Abdulhamid Al Mansour, CEO of Saudi Tabreed KSA; Thomas Waterhouse, Deputy General Manager - Head of Energy & Natural Resources, Project Finance of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd (SMBCE); Karl E. Marietta, Deputy CEO of TABREED; Craig Marsh, Senior Manager of ADCB MACQUARIE Corporate Finance; Tawfiq Abu Soud, Corporate Services Director of Drake & Scull International;
Milan Balac, Managing Director of Rental Solutions & Services L.L.C. mentioned that “the district cooling in the Middle East is growing on a rapid scale. The numbers of construction projects in several key cities in Gulf are increasingly getting bigger, particularly Doha, Manama, Kuwait and Muscat. These cities have huge projects in commercial, residential and mix projects which all require district cooling. RSS has provided temporary cooling solutions to district cooling in several locations.”
Lee Cox, Rental Solutions and Services general manager for U.A.E. says that “our projects with several district cooling companies in Dubai have been successful. We started from 200TR with several companies and now, we are running up to 5,200TR of temporary cooling in just one site. Other projects in Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ras Al Khaima and Umm Al Quwain are already in the pipeline. District cooling companies in U.A.E are very progressive and require thorough technical expertise in providing temporary cooling solutions among Gulf countries. RSS technical capabilities and in-depth experience in rental cooling allow us to be more flexible and efficient”
Colin Cavé, Rental Solutions & Services General Manager for the Northern Gulf cited that “district cooling companies’ not only benefit from our rental chillers but also from our technical expertise in installations and operations. Before delivering rental chillers to our district cooling clients, we provide technical and risk-management assessment to deliver the exact requirement and the most cost-efficient temporary cooling and rental power solutions. In Saudi Arabia there are several mix-projects in cities like Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, Dammam, Al Khobar, Tabuk, Yanbu that are already in the planning and construction stage.”
Rental Solutions & Services LLC will show their temporary cooling & chilling services as well as rental power solutions from 26th to 27th of May 2008 at the Middle East District Cooling Conference at Dubai Festival City, Crowne Plaza Hotel.
For further details, visit www.rss.ae or email info@rss.ae
