Emirates Central Cooling Programs Company PJSC (Empower) has reported a 7.1 per cent enhance within the quantity of consumption of its district cooling providers throughout the first half of 2025 because of excessive actual property occupancy charges.
This development is pushed by the excessive occupancy charges in current actual property initiatives, in addition to the addition of recent initiatives to the corporate’s portfolio. These developments have contributed to diversifying Empower’s buyer base, which spans residential, industrial, 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 enhance 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 provide greater than 99,000 RT to varied initiatives and buildings throughout Dubai, elevating its complete 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, mentioned: “Empower is dedicated to delivering district cooling providers of the very best high quality and reliability, leveraging superior applied sciences and improvements. This dedication helps Dubai’s ongoing inhabitants development, urbanisation, and financial growth, whereas aligning with the imaginative and prescient of the smart management to construct a inexperienced future and obtain sustainable growth and internet zero targets.”
He added: “We take pleasure within the belief our clients throughout sectors have positioned in us as a dependable associate of their journey to cut back carbon footprint and embrace sustainable finest practices. The regular enhance in consumption and the enlargement 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 programs, their excessive operational effectivity, and their use of the newest applied sciences, mixed with their massive capability, have been key components 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 pliability and effectivity of the corporate’s infrastructure.
This efficiency was additional strengthened by the implementation of an intensive upkeep and preparation marketing campaign forward of the summer time season, masking the corporate’s 88 district cooling crops and distribution networks. The exercise ensured the readiness of all models and amenities, holding tempo with the anticipated seasonal enhance in demand, significantly in mild of the excessive summer time temperatures. Consequently, Empower was in a position to present a cushty indoor surroundings for Dubai’s residents and its clients throughout the sectors.
Empower additionally highlighted the substantial rise in its clients’ district cooling consumption (RTh) over the previous 5 years, from 2020 to 2024, with a development of roughly 69 per cent. This constant enhance in district cooling consumption in Dubai stays one of many key drivers of the corporate’s ongoing enlargement, in addition to its sustained income development and profitability.
