The Bahrain World Trade Centre signs major contract

The contract will see Tabreed supplying a district cooling solution for the BWTC in the first new major district cooling operation to be set up in over 50 years. Tabreed will provide chilled water to the BWTC from its District Cooling Plant which will be specially constructed in the Diplomatic Area in order to offer a cooling solution for the building.

The benefits to the user of a district cooling system are considerable with lower capital expenditure, cheaper operating costs and considerably better rates of efficiency. The district cooling systems offers a far more environmentally friendly method of cooling with lower power requirement as well as much lower CO2 emissions.

Dany Safi, Managing Director of Tabreed Bahrain, on signing the contract commented: "This method of cooling buildings is expected to become more popular throughout the Kingdom and Tabreed has already secured forward commitments from 6 major companies. Further sites for Cooling Plants have also been identified in Juffair, Busiteen and Al Seef where demand is high to operate this system."

Tabreed currently operates in the UAE where it supplies over 200,000 tons of chilled water per annum to various businesses in the Emirates.

A signing ceremony took place at 4.00 p.m. on 29th March 2005 in the Bahrain Commercial Complex in front of an impressive model of the Bahrain World Trade Centre.