INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology
Tabreed integrates Big
Data technology to improve
operational performance
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Tabreed, which provides
environmentally friendly
district cooling solutions
to support energy
sustainability in the Middle
East, becomes the first
district cooling company
to integrate OSIsoft PI
System into its operations
as part of its Digital
Transformation strategy.
such as real-time and historic power
consumption, cooling energy production and
equipment status. Employees also use PI
Vision, OSIsoft’s visualisation tool, to create
dashboards which present data with greater
clarity and across multiple devices.
District cooling consumes up to 50% less
energy than conventional individual air
conditioning, reduces maintenance and
capital costs and lowers CO 2 emissions.
By reducing demand for conventional air
conditioning, Tabreed estimates its own
operations have contributed to eliminating
986,750 tons of CO 2 annually, or the
equivalent of taking 214,000 cars off the
road and contributed to saving 1.97 billion
kilowatt/hour across the GCC, enough
energy to power approximately 112,000
homes in the UAE every year.
T
abreed (The National Central
Cooling Company), a leading
UAE-based regional district cooling
utility company, is integrating data-based
operational intelligence software across
its network of district cooling plants to
monitor, analyse and improve overall plant
performance and reliability, making it the
first district cooling company to do so.
Created by OSIsoft, a leader in operational
intelligence, the PI System will collect,
analyse, visualise and share the large
amount of data produced by Tabreed’s
network of plants.
Tabreed is a partner of choice for
organisations across the GCC in providing
environmentally friendly district cooling
solutions that support the region’s energy
sustainability. With 74 district cooling plants
located throughout the region, Tabreed
currently delivers over one million refrigeration
tons to key developments in the region
including iconic infrastructure projects.
“The PI System gives us real-time insight
into our systems, which plays a key role in
enhancing customer satisfaction and our
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Jean-Francois Chartrain, Chief Operating
Officer, Tabreed
services provided to them,” said Jean-
Francois Chartrain, Chief Operating
Officer, Tabreed.
“This kind of immediate application of such
world-class technology is the cornerstone
of Digital Transformation and we hope
to leverage technology like the PI System
to predict equipment malfunctions and
proactively enhance our operations. Data
analytics solutions will increase our ability to
deliver affordable and reliable chilled water
to our customers.”
Tabreed now tracks approximately 30,000
data streams or ‘tags’, monitoring metrics
OSIsoft’s PI System transforms the vast
number of operational data streams from
sensors, industrial equipment and other
devices into rich, real-time insights to help
save money, increase productivity and make
better decisions.
In facilities, the PI System is used to manage
power consumption for over 135 million
square feet of building space at leading
universities, research hospitals, data centres,
national laboratories, stadiums, government
centres and corporate campuses.
Patrick Kennedy, Founder and CEO of
OSIsoft, said: “Data is the one commodity
in the world that gets more valuable the
more people use it. In Tabreed’s case,
Digital Transformation can help improve
the company’s performance, enhance the
comfort of its customers and ultimately
benefit the greater community. We look
forward to seeing what they accomplish.” n
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