Qatar District Cooling Company (Qatar Cool) has signed a landmark agreement with Commercialbank to provide chilled water-cooling at the bank’s new building in Doha’s West Bay for at least 20 years.

The signatories of the agreement were Shaikh Abdullah bin Ali bin Jabbor Al Thani, vice chairman of Commercial-bank and head of Commercialbank’s tower project and Omar Al Fardan, chairman of Qatar Cool.
Explaining the technology, Fardan said: “District cooling – an innovative method of building cooling supplied by Qatar Cool – uses chilled water supplied through a network of pipes to multiple buildings.
“District cooling offers building users large savings through energy efficiency and economies of scale in comparison to traditional air-conditioning systems. In addition, the utilisation of chilled water to cool buildings, removes the need for a chiller plant resulting in the additional benefits of less noise and more space,” he said.
“We are delighted that Commercial-bank has been one of the first to recognise the considerable cost and efficiency benefits of district cooling,” he said.
Qatar Cool’s district cooling scheme in the West Bay area has been under development for several years. Covering 10 sq km, the facility will be able to supply over 42,000 refrigerating tonnes of cooling to a range of residential, commercial and government customers.
Explains Fardan: “42,000 tonnes is the equivalent of 50 typical office buildings. This means that many building owners and developers will be able to benefit from the great savings in energy costs afforded by district cooling. Residents of Doha will also benefit from a cleaner environment.”
Qatar Cool is a private sector joint venture company owned 50.5 per cent by United Development Company (UDC), 44.5 per cent by the Dubai registered National District Cooling Company (Tabreed) and five per cent by private Qatari investors.