Aviation District, a purpose-built area designed to meet the needs of aviation businesses within Dubai World Central (DWC) development, has announced that its energy-efficient central cooling plant has begun operations at Dubai South.

The plant was set up by Johnson Controls, a global diversified technology and multi-industrial leader. It features highly efficient air-cooled variable speed drive York chillers which meet Dubai South’s goals of tapping advanced energy-efficient cooling solutions that optimizes its energy footprint.

The new plant will cater to the cooling needs of the VIP Terminal located in the city’s Aviation District, it stated.

The launch was held in the presence of Tahnoon Saif, CEO of Aviation District and Ismail Al Marzooqi, CEO of South Energy and other senior executives from Johnson Controls including Claude Allain, VP and General Manager Middle East and Africa and Dr Marcus Schumacher, VP and General Manager Gulf Countries.

Al Marzooqi said: "South Energy’s vision is set to continuously expand its capability to provide advanced sustainable energy-efficient cooling solutions for the rapidly expanding Dubai South project."

Saif pointed out that the VIP Terminal was primed to meet the needs of global business travelers and was strategically positioned to become the world’s most frequented aviation hub designed with the most advanced technology solutions to provide the ultimate comfort and experience to our prestigious customers.

Johnson Controls' scalable cooling concept provides advanced technology solutions to provide convenience and efficiency to travellers, said its top official.

"Both South Energy and Aviation District were long standing partners whose visions were set to new technology benchmarks," remarked Allain.  

"This inspires us even more to serve such forward-looking clients, always wanting to be at the forefront of what is technically possible," he added.-TradeArabia News Service