day Climate Control Conference (C3) opened here with health sector as one of the focus of participants that include experts in HVACR technology. The conference dubbed as “The Kingdom beckons” is a gathering of the HVACR fraternity in the region and a free-flowing exchange of news, ideas and observations. The conference is the first such event comprehensively dedicated to HVACR (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration) with ‘district cooling industry' that never discussed in Saudi Arabia before, said Fredric Paille, managing director and associate publisher of a Dubai-based magazine Climate Control Middle East, the organizer of the event. Paille said he was impressed with the high turnout of Saudis from leading public and private sector companies such as National Water Company, Saudi Aramco, National TriGeneration CHP Company, authorized by ECRA (Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority in Saudi and Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), a government organization that represents industrial cities and is responsible for developing and supervising industrial parks in the Kingdom. Besides, district cooling and refrigeration, the C3 will include discussions on air-conditioning in industries, and air-conditioning and ventilation in the healthcare sector, he said. Experts will discuss district cooling and refrigeration, air-conditioning in industries and air-conditioning in the health care sector, he said adding that the panel discussion, titled ‘District cooling: an end-user perspective on costs, efficiency, reliability' will be organized. The conference aims to fulfill a long-felt industry need for a focused and uncluttered HVACR event, he said. The C3 will also feature a never-before-discussed topic such as ‘large central chilled water plants and an integrated approach to district cooling, and industrial cooling applications'. To elaborate on just one application, effective air filtration is highly desirable in hospitals, in particular in areas with critical air quality requirements, such as children's wards and cancer research centers, Paille said.
