Middle East
Beating the heat: Solar power ACs could be next big thing in
October 3, 2013 Islamabad: With a serious power crisis and rising fuel prices, Pakistan’s industry appears to be looking toward alternative solutions to overcome its energy needs. The industry’s predi...
ARAMENA Launch Gives Voice to HVACR Industry in Middle East
September 10, 2013 Dubai, UAE -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and the United Nations Environmental Programme’s (UNEP) - Regional Office of West Asia today announce...
New regional HVACR association ARAMENA to be based in UAE
Sep 10, 2013 Wam Dubai, - The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced the launch of an association for the manufacturers of the air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration products and components (HVACR) in the Middle East and North Africa. The launch of the association, ARAMENA, comes in res...
HVACR Industry Association formed to Serve Middle East and N
Sep 11, 2013 The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and the United Nations Environmental Programme’s (UNEP) - Regional Office of West Asia announced the launch of ARAMENA, an association of manufacturers of the air-conditioning, heating, and refrigeration products and components (HVACR) in the Middle East and North Africa. The association was developed with assistance f...
Date overload spurs investment in cold stores
3 - September - 2013 Six cold stores in Saudi Arabia dedicated for dates storage with a total capacity of 100,000 tons have stopped receiving any orders to take in more produce because they are full. Abdulaziz Al-Twaijri, member of the National Centre for Palms and Dates, said cold stores in Al-Qassim are not enough to meet the seasonal demand despite their large capacity, according to the ...
AC Market Special: The Middle East
The largest air conditioner market in the Middle East is Saudi Arabia, which continues to enjoy solid economic growth. There are also a higher number of construction projects due to additional governm...
‘High energy consumption alarming’
?19 August 2013 Naif Al-Abadi, director general of the Saudi Energy Efficiency Center (SEEC), has warned against the alarmingly high rate of energy consumption in the Kingdom. He said the per c...
Freight Forwarders and Shippers Advised of Import Changes in
Certification Group Issues Details of Programme Alterations 06 August 2013 UK - Saudi Arabia - Intertek, the global conformity and certification group which acts on behalf of shippers and governments to ensure goods imported maintain recognised standards, have issued a notice recently which may affect freight forwarders and other interested parties. Several changes to the Energy Efficiency Ratio ...
Energy efficiency = comfort, lower utility bills
August 3, 2013 Across the UAE, where the average daily temperature in the summer can soar to over 40-degrees celsius (104-degree Fahrenheit) for weeks at a time, it might seem the weather is to blame ...
Advantix air-con empire built on ice and salt
The Israeli inventors took their ice-skating rink technology and put it into efficient air-conditioning systems used by businesses across the world. When three Israeli brothers back from vacati...
