Empower declared Strategic Sponsor of Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016)

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, will participate for the 12th year in the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016). The company also revealed that it is the  Strategic Sponsor of the event, organised by DEWA under the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of DEWA from 4 to 6 of October, 2016 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

“Organised by DEWA since 1998, we consider WETEX an international event that reflects the significant advancement of the UAE and Dubai in the fields of energy, water, electricity and green sustainability. The show offers a global platform to launch best worldwide practices to the region. Being the biggest company in the district cooling industry worldwide, we consider our sponsorship to this show a strategic move to represent the district cooling industry throughout three days of its happening. During WETEX, we will display our most advanced solutions in district cooling to our customers. We will also meet our strategic partners to discuss with them the roadmap of developing the green economy in Dubai and to further increase the contribution of district cooling of achieving the long-term Green Economy for Sustainable Development initiative, launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai” points out HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, the CEO of Empower.

WETEX 2016 will tackle the most recent environmental challenges facing the world to develop optimal solutions through the experts present at the show. This is in line with Empower’s participation as district cooling is an ideal chilling solution that reduces CO2 emissions, hence protect the environment and face the global climate change issue. 

The participation of Empower at WETEX reflects the company’s global leadership position as one of the major companies operating on the development and deployment of the latest technologies in the field of district cooling. It also depicts Empower’s pioneering role in the development of global strategies to address environmental issues and help other countries further adopt sustainable solutions to effectively promote the district cooling industry worldwide.

“Holding WETEX 2016 under the umbrella of the 3rd Green Week and in synchronization with the first Dubai Solar Show and the third World Green Economy Summit (WGES), makes the show a value addition to participating companies and organisations as it offers for participants an ideal venue to make deals, discuss advancement in the various energy sectors, one of which is district cooling that we hold a market share of 70 percent of it in the UAE,” he added.

Empower currently operates more than 1 Million and hundred thousand RT, providing environmentally responsible district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments, such as Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World Trade Centre Residences and Dubai Design District, among others.