
PALM District Cooling (PDC), a subsidiary of Palm Utilities, has won gold and silver awards in two categories of the International District Energy Association’s (IDEA) District Energy Space Awards 2009.
It received the gold award in the Most Number of Buildings Serviced Beyond North America category, and the silver award in the Most Square Feet Serviced Beyond North America category.
PDC was recognised for servicing a total of 1,479 buildings in key residential areas in Dubai, the most outside North America, while the total area being covered by PDC’s cooling solutions has reached more than 73 million sq ft, the second biggest outside North America.
The prominent residential developments that are availing of PDC’s services include the Gardens Residential Complex, Jumeirah Island Villas, Discovery Gardens, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Palm Jumeirah Crescent and Palm Jumeirah Trunk.
The Energy Space Awards aims to assist IDEA in determining growth and progress among its member companies.