District cooling is a centralised system supplying the buildings of Reem Island with chilled water for cooling/air conditioning purposes. District cooling is the latest, state-of-the-art technology, which ensures benefits to the end-users and provides a sustainable environment. Master Developers has been mandated to provide district cooling facilities to all public domain s and non-commercial entities such as the Sorbonne University, hospitals and schools on Reem Island.
The makeup water for District Cooling Plant is designed to be supplied by 35% from Potable Water and 65% from polished water produced from the Polishing Plant where the treated sewerage effluent (recycled water) received from ADDC will be further treated to high standards for District Cooling Plants. The design of the infrastructure comprises the latest technological, international standard and Authorities’ requirements. However, at this moment Polished Water/Recycled Water not yet available in Reem Island, therefore temporarily 100% of DC Make-up Water is supplied from ADDC Potable Water.