Collocated with Arab Housing & Community Development Forum
Roadmap to Harmonising District
Cooling and HVAC Contributions
- 16-17 September 2024
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
Roadmap to Harmonising District
2023 Supporting Partners
GCC Project Market Overview
The report provides an extensive overview about the rapid expansion of the district cooling industry in the region in order to facilitate sustainable growth and profitability with valuable insights into the status of the cooling market in the GCC region, including growth overview, key, and challenges and trends.
Below are some of the top projects:-
- EMPOWER – Four District Cooling Plants & Pipeline Network
- Tabreed/Miral – District Coolin Plant -SeaWorld Park – Yas Island
- District Cooling Plant – King Abdul Aziz Road Development (KAAR)
EVENT OVERVIEW
The MENA Cool Forum is an annual meeting point for the key decision makers and stakeholders from district and conventional cooling (HVAC) to discuss and harmonise crucial areas including new developments, policies, project reviews, innovations and technologies, regional updates, and decarbonisation efforts bringing in a wider and more diverse set of audience from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
This edition served as a prominent platform to discuss sustainability in the cooling sector, create resilient and adaptable facilities with latest equipment and low-energy consumption and maintenance cost, and showcase new designs for future changes in technology and integration of the latest technologies and the adaption of automation.
Join us at the 2nd MENA Cool Forum on 16-17 September 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE to be part of the planning of the most inspiring and ambitious upcoming cooling projects in the MENA region and shape the sector’s future.
Key Themes
District Cooling
- Improving cooling performance and efficiency through digital transformation
- Policy and regulation landscape: Protecting consumer interests in the MENA region
- Demand Side Management (DSM) Strategy
- Billing and smart metering
- Overview of the energy-water nexus
HVAC
- Cooling as a Service (Caas) Pay-Per-Use Model
- VRF and VRF controls
- Retrofitting and Cost Optimisation
- Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) for predictive and preventive maintenance
- Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Regulations
WHO WILL ATTEND
- Operators & Providers
- Developers
- MEP Contractors & Consultants
- Building Consultants
- Operations & Maintenance Companies
- Engineering Consultants & Turnkey Project Consultants
- Regulators & Policymakers
- Contractors
- Municipalities
- Water & Wastewater Companies
- Consumers Groups
- Investors and Banks
- Facility Heads
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Advisory Board
Dr. Alaa Olama
United Nations Expert Consultant
Kuwait
Hassan Ali Younes
Co – CEO & Founder
Grfn, UAE
Omnia Halawani
Co – CEO & Founder
Grfn, UAE
Key Industry Speakers
Faisal Ali Rashid
Senior Director
Demand Side Management, The Supreme Council of Energy U.A.E., UAE
James Grinnell
Head of Water
Regulatory and Supervisory Bureau for Electricity and Water of Dubai (RSB), UAE
Abdulsalam Al Mobayed
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Tabreed O&M (STOM), Saudi Arabia
Farooq Mehboob Khan
President
ASHRAE Society UAE
Nabil Shahin
Managing Director
AHRI, UAE
Dr. Ahmed Alla Eldin Mohamed
Director & Regional
ASHRAE Society
AbdallaH Mahmoud
Chapter President Elect
ASHRAE - Falcon Chapter, UAE
Bassel Anbari
Chapter Nominating Committee
ASHRAE Falcon Chapter, UAE
Mohamed Eltaieb Ibrahim
Chapter Treasurer
ASHRAE Falcon Chapter, UAE
Behloul Larbi
Director of Facilities Management
Unified Real Estate Development, Saudi Arabia
Harris Qureshi
Associate Director
MEP, Cundall, Saudi Arabia
Imteyaz Ahmad
Managing Director
Power and Water, Future Water and Power Consulting (FWPC), UAE
Khurram Iqbal
Associate Director
WSP Middle East, Saudi Arabia
Mohd Imran Shaikh
Head of Mechanical
Ramboll, UAE
Nicholas Byczynski
Director of Sustainable Engineering
AESG, UAE
Omnia Halawani
Co – CEO & Founder
Grfn, UAE
Sameer Hussain
Principal Consultant - Building Services Division
SEED Engineering Consultants, UAE
Steve Lemoine
CEO Middle East
Dalkia EDF Group, UAE
Wissam Jarmak
Associate - Infrastructure MEP
EGIS - UAE
Zaki Mohammed
Director of Sustainability Advisory
Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Qatar
Sarath Karottu
Head of Sustainability & Corporate Development
Stout Energy, UAE
Mohamed Rafeeq Zackariah
Chief Consultant
Suhaimi Design – Protecooling, Saudi Arabia
Edmund Riehle
Sales Director
FAST GmbH, Germany
Dr. Rui Yan
Head of Intelligent Technologies - Midea Building Technology Division
Taqeef, China
Himanshu Sharma
Acting Asst. Director – Electromechanical
Etihad ESCO, UAE
Manish Thakare
Business Development Manager
Etihad ESCO, UAE
Mohamad Hassan Rasouli
International Business Development
Mehr Asl Manufacturing Corporation, Iran
Ines Dassonville
Technical Project Manager
Middle East, Dalkia EDF Group, UAE
Agenda
DISTRICT COOLING
08:15
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS, AND NETWORKING
08:50
OPENING REMARKS BY GREAT MINDS EVENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
09:00
WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE CONFERENCE CHAIR
- Omnia Halawani, Co – CEO & Founder, Grfn, UAE
09:10
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH
- Farooq Mehboob Khan, President, ASHRAE Society
The outlook of offshore support vessels in the Middle East
09:20
STAKEHOLDERS PANEL DISCUSSION | KEY PERSPECTIVES FOR STRENGTHENING DISTRICT COOLING (DC) ECOSYSTEM IN THE MENA REGION
- Approaching district cooling projects from an integrated point of view to curb climate change
- Establishing a sustainable and affordable district cooling model for both operators and users
- Modernising plants to save energy and water resources and reduce carbon footprint
- Exploring scope of sustainable energy alternatives like sea water, wind, and thermal energy in DC plants
- District cooling lifecycle management by enhancing existing equipment, incorporating digital solutions, and intelligent platforms for predictive and preventive maintenance
Moderator:
- Omnia Halawani,Co – CEO & Founder, Grfn, UAE
Panelists:
- Faisal Ali Rashid, Senior Director, Demand Side Management, The Supreme Council of Energy U.A.E., UAE
- Abdulsalam Al Mobayed, Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Tabreed O&M (STOM), Saudi Arabia
- Zaki Mohammed, Director of Sustainability Advisory, Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Qatar
- Mohamed Rafeeq Zackariah, Chief Consultant, Suhaimi Design – Protecooling, Saudi Arabia
10:00
KSA PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: UPDATES ON LATEST PROJECTS FROM THE REGION’S DISTRICT COOLING OPERATORS
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Project updates from Saudi Arabia
Abdulsalam Al Mobayed, Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Tabreed O&M (STOM), Saudi Arabia
Speakers:
- Douglas Korth, Senior Director Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Marine and Global Shallow Water Operations, McDermott International, Inc, United Arab Emirates
10:10
PRESENTATION | DISTRICT COOLING REGULATORY UPDATES FROM THE REGION’S KEY REGULATORS
- Regulatory framework from UAE
- Discussing the policy landscape protecting consumer interests of DC users
- James Grinnell, Head of Water, Regulatory and Supervisory Bureau for Electricity and Water of Dubai (RSB), UAE
10:30
INDUSTRY INSIGHT | DECARBONIZATION OF DISTRICT COOLING NETWORKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
- Steve Lemoine, CEO Middle East, Dalkia EDF Group, UAE
10:45
INDUSTRY INSIGHT | LEAK DETECTION IN DISTRICT COOLING PIPELINES – CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
- Edmund Riehle, Sales Director, FAST GmbH, Germany
OSVs technical specifications and requirements to meet the surging demand in the region
11:00
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
11:30
PRESENTATION | LEADING THE WAY FOR THE DECARBONIZATION OF ENERGY CENTERS
- Zaki Mohammed, Director of Sustainability Advisory, Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Qatar
11:50
PANEL DISCUSSION | MAXIMISING CHILLER PERFORMANCE AND PEAK EFFICIENCY WITH PERFORMANCE BASED COMMISSIONING
- Adopting performance-based commissioning for minimising operational anomalies and finding the probable root cause
- Reducing chiller loads by incorporating variable frequency drives (VFDs) for full time operating chillers
- Incorporating variable frequency drives (VFDs) for centrifugal pumps and pipes for operational efficiency
- Integrating the alignment of analytics platform to existing building automation system (BAS)
Moderator:
- Omnia Halawani,Co – CEO & Founder, Grfn, UAE
Panelist:
- Ines Dassonville, Technical Project Manager - Middle East, Dalkia EDF Group, UAE
- Zaki Mohammed, Director of Sustainability Advisory, Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Qatar
- Mohamed Rafeeq Zackariah, Chief Consultant, Suhaimi Design – Protecooling, Saudi Arabia
12:40
PRESENTATION | Low Energy hvac retrofit strategies
- Nicholas Byczynski, Director of Sustainable Engineering, AESG, UAE
13:00
PRESENTATION | DISTRICT COOLING - POTENTIAL FOR COST & ENERGY OPTIMIZATION
- Khurram Iqbal, Associate Director, WSP Middle East, Saudi Arabia
13:20
PANEL DISCUSSION | IMPROVING PLANT COOLING EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE THROUGH ENTERPRISE-WIDE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
- Developing infrastructure to setup a central command and dispatch center
- Setting up the foundation for an enterprise-wide transformation by moving to the cloud and mobility platform
- Strengthening cybersecurity and data protection to ensure a successful digital transformation
- Exploring the various implementations of RPA and AI in functions such as vendor management, customer service, procurement, and HR, etc.
- Enhancing real time data collection to unlock the analytics potential and get advanced insights on plant performance
Moderator:
- Imteyaz Ahmad, Managing Director – Power and Water, Future Water and Power Consulting (FWPC), UAE
Panelists:
- Wissam Jarmak, Associate - Infrastructure MEP, EGIS, UAE
- Dr. Ahmed Alla Eldin Mohamed, Director & Regional, ASHRAE Society
- Mohamed Eltaieb Ibrahim, Chapter Treasurer, ASHRAE Falcon Chapter, UAE
14:00
PRESENTATION | MONITORING BASED COMMISSIONING (MBCX) IN DISTRICT COOLING
- Necessity of MBCx in District Cooling
- Challenges of Implementing MBCx
- Integrating Monitoring-Based Commissioning in Performance Contracts
- Outlook of MBCx
- Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics-AFDD
- Data analytics platform to ensure that systems were operating at optimum levels of efficiency
- Mohamed Rafeeq Zackariah, Chief Consultant, Suhaimi Design – Protecooling, Saudi Arabia
14:20
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION | AN OUTLOOK OF DEVELOPER’S ADOPTION TO DC SCHEMES TO MINIMISE OPERATIONAL COST AND MAXIMISE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Addressing initiatives taken by developers in mitigating overcapacity of cooling load
- Highlighting MEP innovations being adopted by developers for operational efficiency
- Bridging the gap between billing and metering systems through smart metering at the developer’s end
- Behloul Larbi, Director of Facilities Management, Unified Real Estate Development, Saudi Arabia
14:40
CHAIRMAN CLOSING REMARKS
14:45
NETWORKING LUNCHEON AND END OF DAY 1
HVAC
08:00
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS, AND NETWORKING
09:10
WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
- Omnia Halawani, Co – CEO & Founder, Grfn, UAE
09:20
PANEL DISCUSSION | ROLE OF THE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE SECTOR IN PERPETUATING SUSTAINABLE COOLING
Moderator:
- Nabil Shahin, Managing Director, AHRI, UAE
Panelists:
- Abdallah Mahmoud, Chapter President Elect, ASHRAE - Falcon Chapter, UAE
- Bassel Anbari, Chapter Nominating Committee, ASHRAE Falcon Chapter, UAE
- Mohamed Eltaieb Ibrahim, Chapter Treasurer, ASHRAE Falcon Chapter, UAE
10:20
PRESENTATION | SHAPING ENERGY EFFICIENCY: AHRI'S CERTIFICATION AND THE PATH OF STANDARDS’ DEVELOPMENT
- Nabil Shahin, Managing Director, AHRI, UAE
10: 40
PRESENTATION | AN APPROACH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE HVAC SYSTEMS FOR VARIOUS BUILD TYPOLOGIES
- Passive design optimizations
- Design for performance
- Impacts of energy and carbon neutrality on HVAC
- Digital engineering
- Harris Qureshi, Associate Director - MEP, Cundall, Saudi Arabia
11:00
INDUSTRY INSIGHT | Support High Performance District Cooling Plant With Midea Intelligent Solution
- Dr. Rui Yan, Head of Intelligent Technologies - Midea Building Technology Division, Taqeef, China
11:15
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
11:45
PRESENTATION | DESIGNERS PERSPECTIVE ON HVAC CHECKLIST
- Sameer Hussain, Principal Consultant - Building Services Division, SEED Engineering Consultants, UAE
12:05
INDUSTRY INSIGHT (RESERVED FOR MEHR ASL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION)
- Mohamad Hassan Rasouli, International Business Development, Mehr Asl Manufacturing Corporation, Iran
OSVs technical specifications and requirements to meet the surging demand in the region
12:20
PRESENTATION | A LOOK INTO BENEFITS OF COOLING AS A SERVICE (CAAS) PAY-PER-USE MODEL TO THE HVAC-R INDUSTRY
- Understanding why the service is priced cheaper than existing passive maintenance contracts
- Decoding how energy savings are produced by virtue of ultra-efficient maintenance by CaaS providers
- Overviewing the use of advanced artificial intelligence and mixed reality technologies to pre-emptively fix issues
- Sarath Karottu, Head of Sustainability & Corporate Development, Stout Energy, UAE
12:35
PANEL DISCUSSION | ADDRESSING RETROFITTING IN EXISTING BUILDINGS FOR ENERGY AND COST OPTIMISATION
- Allocating sufficient time and budget for detailed assessments of the buildings
- Selecting the right measurement and verification for the Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs)
- Assigning a 3rd Party measurement and verification reviewer and consulting an energy advisor
- Implementing preliminary energy assessments by benchmarking facilities with similar energy efficiency solutions
Moderator:
- Omnia Halawani, Co – CEO & Founder, Grfn, UAE
Panelists:
- Himanshu Sharma, Acting Asst. Director – Electromechanical, Etihad ESCO, UAE
- Sameer Hussain, Principal Consultant - Building Services Division, SEED Engineering Consultants, UAE
- Sarath Karottu, Head of Sustainability & Corporate Development, Stout Energy, UAE
13: 20
PRESENTATION | EXPLORING WAYS TO ACHIEVE ENERGY-EFFICIENT HVAC SYSTEMS WITH RETROFITS
- Omnia Halawani, Co – CEO & Founder, Grfn, UAE
13:40
PRESENTATION | ROLE OF BUILDING RETROFIT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Himanshu Sharma, Acting Asst. Director – Electromechanical, Etihad ESCO, UAE
- Manish Thakare, Business Development Manager,Etihad ESCO, UAE
14:00
CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
14:05
NETWORKING LUNCHEON & END OF CONFERENCE
WHY GET INVOLVED
Hear
from the various cooling operators on their upcoming projects in the Middle East & North Africa
Participate
in the ‘technology innovation showcase’ session which will highlight key innovations and solutions that are transforming the cooling plants
Indulge in discussions
around cooling plant energy retrofits, digital transformation, and the latest in joint ventures and acquisitions in the industry
Learn
from case studies on topics including IoT integration, seawater, and TSE usage in various cooling plants
Explore the ‘regulatory viewpoint’
Listen to updates from the regulators on the evolving regulatory landscape
Sponsors & Partners
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Exhibit Partner
Supporting Partner
Strategic HVAC Partner
Media Partners
Project Intelligence Partner
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AT MENA COOL FORUM
We only work with the best to offer the best to our customers. Great Minds Conferences are a great platform to get your message across to your target audience. Whether you are looking to educate your target market, launch a new product or increase your branding and visibility, our team will work closely with you to develop a package that suits your requirements and helps you stand out as a Great Mind in this space.
WHO SHOULD SPONSOR
Solution Providers offering the following:
- District Cooling Engineering services
- Turnkey Project Contractors
- ESCOs
- Manufacturers and OEMs
- Cooling Tower Units
- Cooling Networks, Pre-insulated pipes, and Fittings
- Absorption Chillers
- Electric Chillers
- Valves
- Pumps and Compressor
- Water Filtering Systems
- Digital Transformation
- Smart and IoT Solutions
- Asset Management
- Predictive Maintenance
- Energy Control System, SCADA Systems, and Control Solutions
- Heat Exchangers
- Inverter
- Refrigerant
- VRF Systems
- HVAC Systems
- Renewable Energy
- Speed Drives
- Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Fibre Optic Cables
- TES Units
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AT MENA COOL FORUM
We only work with the best to offer the best to our customers. Great Minds Conferences are a great platform to get your message across to your target audience. Whether you are looking to educate your target market, launch a new product or increase your branding and visibility, our team will work closely with you to develop a package that suits your requirements and helps you stand out as a Great Mind in this space.
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