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Empower inks pact with Vanderweil for Lagoons realty project

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12-Oct-2008

 The lagoons

The Lagoons, is located in an area adjacent to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary

Vanderweil Engineers has signed a contract to perform the design and supervision of the distribution pipeline network for its district cooling plant at The Lagoons real estate project, Emirates Central Cooling Corporation (Empower), the largest district cooling service provider in the region and a joint venture between Tecom Investments and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority announced.  

Bin Shafar said: "We are committed to supporting energy conservation and environmentally friendly systems and methods as part of our mission to provide energy efficient services for supporting Dubai's economic development."

The district cooling plant will provide 300,000 refrigeration tonnes (RT) to the 70 million square foot waterfront project, The Lagoons, which is being developed by Sama Dubai in an area adjacent to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. District cooling can reduce annual CO2 emissions by about one tonne for every tonnne of district cooling refrigeration demand served.