{"id":82066,"date":"2024-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/01\/30\/empower-ashrae-ink-mou-to-research-third-generation-district-cooling-system\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:00:00","slug":"empower-ashrae-ink-mou-to-research-third-generation-district-cooling-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/01\/30\/empower-ashrae-ink-mou-to-research-third-generation-district-cooling-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Empower, Ashrae ink MoU to research third-generation district cooling system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Empower takes on third-generation district cooling:<\/strong> UAE\u2019s district cooling company Emirates Central Cooling Corporation (Empower) has partnered with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ashrae.org\/conferences\/ashrae-conferences\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashrae<\/a>) to develop a third-generation district cooling system, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/2448.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release (pdf)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The details: <\/strong>Empower will conduct a research project, supervised by Ashrae, to accelerate scientific advancements in the district cooling sector and identify advancements that can be used in the next generation of district cooling technology, \u201cspecifically concentrating on the transition from traditional, first and second-generation DC systems to innovative third-generation models,\u201d the statement notes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Not the first <\/strong><strong>collab<\/strong><strong> for Empower and Ashrae: <\/strong>The UAE\u2019s district cooling company and Ashrae recently signed an agreement to develop a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.empower.ae\/media\/news\/empower-and-ashrae-collaborate-to-develop-global-standard-for-district-cooling\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">District Cooling Standard<\/a>, which is expected to be adopted globally for emerging district cooling infrastructure by 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Empower has been busy: <\/strong>The company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/climate\/en\/news\/story\/e91f4d59-2fc2-4119-95e5-8c9563588b8d\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded several contracts<\/a> for the development of a new district cooling plant in Dubai\u2019s Jumeirah in October 2023. 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