{"id":85300,"date":"2024-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/07\/10\/district-cooling-green-infrastructure-updates-from-uae-qatar\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:00:00","slug":"district-cooling-green-infrastructure-updates-from-uae-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/07\/10\/district-cooling-green-infrastructure-updates-from-uae-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"District cooling + green infrastructure updates from UAE + Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tag-border-left\">DISTRICT COOLING-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Qatar's <\/strong><strong>Hamad International Airport has partnered with Siemens to enhance its <\/strong><strong>district cooling infrastructure, <\/strong>according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dohahamadairport.com\/press-releases\/news\/hamad-international-airport-partners-siemens-pioneer-sustainable-cooling\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The airport will use Siemens\u2019 patented <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siemens.com\/us\/en\/products\/buildingtechnologies\/energy\/energy-efficiency\/demand-flow.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Demand Flow<\/a> technology to reduce energy consumption and costs by 23% annually. The partnership builds on an earlier collaboration which concluded last November, and is part of the airport\u2019s commitment to reduce carbon efficiency by 30% by 2030. The airport reduced CO2 emissions by over 5k metric tonnes since first partnering with Siemens in 2021, with projections to cut 16k tonnes annually starting in 2024. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">GREEN CITIES-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Enter Dubai Green Spine:<\/strong> Dubai-based developer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urb.ae\/about\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">URB<\/a> unveiled a proposed megaproject to turn Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Road into a 64-km sustainable corridor, dubbed the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urb.ae\/projects\/dubai-green-spine\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai Green Spine<\/a>, according to a statement picked up by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/companies-news\/worlds-greenest-highway-unveiled-in-dubai-p84m8c1m\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Zawya<\/a>. URB planned the project with its research arm Epic Lab. The corridor features solar-powered trams, a 300 MW solar energy network, mixed-use buildings, as well as green spaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A USD 10 bn project? <\/strong>The project is still in the concept stage and no formal proposals have been submitted to authorities, URB CEO Baharash Bagherian told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/uae\/dubai-tram-system-through-e311-dubai-firm-unveils-plans-for-worlds-greenest-highway\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaleej Times<\/a>, adding that the project is expected to cost USD 10 bn. If approved, the project would take 10 years to complete. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>OTHER STORIES WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THIS MORNING-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Iran <\/strong><strong>will get 3k charging points: <\/strong>Iran will install around 3k EV charging points across the country by March next year. The country is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/climate\/en\/news\/story\/1706dcc3-1839-4468-928a-96565a3f6d03\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">working with China<\/a> to co-produce electric cars and is developing its own lithium-ion battery cells used for EVs. 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