Middle East
Montreal Protocol Begins Formal Negotiations on HFCs
October 30, 2015 DUBAI-Today the world’s governments agreed to start formal negotiations to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), potent greenhouse gases used primari...
OzonAction Events during the 27th Meeting of the Parties to
- Technical Forum on Research Projects for Alternative Refrigerants in High Ambient Countries - Ballrooms F-D - 31/10/2015 - 9:00 AM - Agenda The Forum will focus on presenting the findings and outcom...
Resumed Session of the 36th Meeting of the Open-ended Workin
(36OEWG) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and 27th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP 27), 29-30 October and 1-5 November 2015 Duba...
World's largest indoor ski slope in Dubai
12/10/2015 Dubai has announced it will build the world’s largest indoor ski resort, with a 1.2 kilometre run. Dubai’s current indoor ski resort, opened in 2005 in the Mall of the Emirates, rema...
BSRIA helps the Saudis stay cool
October 8 2015 The first phase of a study carried out by BSRIA for the Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity has been successfully completed. Working closely with Saudi Arabia agency AMAD, the in-de...
R32 passes high ambient test
16 September 2015 SAUDI ARABIA: Tests in Saudi Arabia have indicated that, as well as having better performance, R32 might be compatible with existing R410A air conditioners in high ambients. ? Compar...
Treated water for district cooling
04/09/2015 In Dubai, Empower claims to have saved 735,000 m3 of fresh water last year by using treated water in its district cooling systems. Empower (Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporati...
Emerson opens assembly facility in Dammam
03 Sep 2015 SAUDI ARABIA: Emerson Climate Technologies has opened a new condensing unit assembly facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Coinciding with the launch of Emerson Climate Technologies Ara...
Emerson opens manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
02 Sep 2015 SAUDI ARABIA: Emerson Climate Technologies has announced the opening of its new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and celebrates the launch of Emerson Clima...
MHI Wins Order for Saudi 200,000-ton Cooling Plant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for 80 units of large capacity centrifugal chillers for the district cooling plant of an urban development project in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The ...
