Environment Ministry on Wednesday commenced a Stakeholder workshop on District Cooling Feasibility in Maldives.
District Cooling is an energy efficient technology to provide air conditioning and cooling for buildings in entire communities, cities and developments and it is used in large scale throughout the world for more than 20 years.
Maldives is implementing its HCFC Phase-out Management Plan (HPMP) with funding from the Multilateral Fund for implementation of the Montreal Protocol. The plan targets complete elimination of HCFC use by 2020. HCFCs are widely used as refrigerants in Maldives in servicing of various refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, with significant majority use in air conditioners.
Devcco, a leading firm in developing District Cooling and District Energy worldwide with its office in Stockholm, Sweden has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (“UNDP”) in Maldives to perform a feasibility study for District Cooling in Male’ and Hulhumale’.
According to Environment Ministry, the findings of the feasibility study show that Hulhumale’ and the planned developments provide excellent conditions for successful implementation of sustainable and competitive District Cooling.