DOHA: Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will be among the key participants at the seventh edition of The Climate Control Conference (C3), to be held on October 6 and 7 in Doha.
Produced by CPI Industry, the publishers of Climate Control Middle East magazine, the conference is themed ‘Essentially District Cooling’ and will be co-hosted by Qatar Cool.
The conference will seek to highlight critical issues, including district cooling regulations, water, end-user concerns, creating an enabling environment for the industry and key measures the industry could consider adopting to put district cooling on a growth trajectory in the region.
In the context of the choice of topics for discussion, the participation by Ashghal is being seen as an ideal fit, and is likely to shed light on questions the industry has for the authorities.
Ashghal will be represented by Ahmed Mohamed Sharif, the Manager of the Drainage Networks Operations and Maintenance Department of Asset Affairs. Sharif will participate in the plenary discussion, which, among other topics, will look at environmental policies that govern the thinking on the development of Qatar, project finance and at creating facilities and an overall enabling environment for the district cooling industry.
“The confirmation of participation by Ashghal is an exciting development, considering the much-felt need for clarity on water and service corridor issues in Qatar,” said B Surendar, the Editorial Director & Associate Publisher of CPI Industry. “Equally exciting is the prospect of getting a first-hand account on new developments related to district cooling regulations in the peninsula.”
Other participating entities in the conference include Marafeq, Qatar Project Management (QPM) and Doha Bank, which is hoped to provide key insights into the current thinking among finance providers on district cooling. As an extension of the discussion on finance, the conference will look to explore how district cooling can possibly earn Carbon Emission Reductions (CERs) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) framework.
“With all the talk circling around district cooling companies being able to achieve higher efficiencies, the scope is there for them to earn carbon credits, which they can, then, use as tradable security while seeking finance, as and when the carbon credit market regains its robustness,” Surendar said.
“CERs can be applicable even to modular chilled water plants, as is the current trend in the peninsula, through the application of the PoA (Programme of Activities) approach, which comes under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change,” he said.
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