Empower launches new plans, policies to drive sustainable operations

Empower launches new plans, policies to drive sustainable operations

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has launched new policies and plans to ensure sustainability in its district cooling operations across Dubai, including the adoption of reverse osmosis (RO) technologies. is using RO technology to purify and reuse water in its operations since 2012, started in the Dubai International Financial Center district cooling plant, and continued adoption of this technology in most of its district cooling plants across Dubai. The company is starting construction of reverse osmosis plants in three of its eight district cooling plants in Palm Jumeirah. This is in line with the objectives of the Dubai government’s strategy seeking to rationalise the consumption of desalinated (fresh) water in district cooling operations and promote the use of other water alternatives such as sea water, dark water and treated sewage effluent to enhance sustainability approaches and applications. The company has saved 412 million imperial gallons of fresh water in 2022, which is equivalent to the amount of water in 749 Olympic swimming pools, by using recycled water in its operations. The company said that the introduction of reverse osmosis technologies in the Palm Jumeirah district cooling plants aims to purify water from salts, organic compounds, heavy metals and other