YORK prepares Makkah’s Holy Mosque chiller plants for gradual resume of Umrah – MEP MiddleEast

YORK prepares Makkah’s Holy Mosque chiller plants for gradual resume of Umrah – MEP MiddleEast

Al Salem Johnson Controls (YORK) is among the key players actively preparing for the resumption of Umrah.

The company is the cooling provider and operator of the cooling plants allocated for the Holy Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Haram), the Makkah Royal Clock Tower and other facilities, with a full capacity of its largest specialized maintenance team in the Middle East.

In March, during the lockdown of the Holy Mosque, at first for the sterilization of the Mosque, all YORK Chillers and Air-Handling Units were turned off for 48 hours, when only 10% of the total cooling capacity was turned back on, sufficient to maintain a convenient environment for the limited number of allowed visitors inside the Mosque, as well as to achieve the right moisture level that will maintain the structural integrity