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DOI	10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107522
	District cooling in the Middle East & North Africa; history, current status, and future opportunities
	Alotaibi, Sorour; Nazari, Mohammad Alhuyi
通讯作者	Alotaibi, S
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
EISSN	2352-7102
出版年	2023
卷号	77
英文摘要	Air conditioners are responsible for substantial portion of electricity consumption all around the world. It is anticipated to require more cooling load in near future due to the global warming, population increment and increased tendency toward better life quality. In this regard, it is crucial to make use and develop more efficient systems for cooling particularly in hot and arid regions. District Cooling (DC) systems have significantly higher efficiency and lower energy con-sumption in comparison with the traditional cooling technologies. Owing to hot climate in the majority of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, utilization of DC systems would be in-credibly attractive option. In this article, status of DC systems in the countries of the MENA re-gions is represented and discussed and the planned future projects are represented. Furthermore, challenges and opportunities related to the development of these systems are provided. In order to get the required information, different sources such as the data provided by the companies and institutes working on the development of cooling technologies and responsible of it in this region in addition to the publications on the relevant subjects are used. Although there are some huge projects under construction and planning or operation in some of the countries like Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, there is not any plan for development of these sys-tems in some other countries such as Iraq. Furthermore, opportunities and challenges related to the development of these systems in the MENA region are provided. The findings of the present work would be beneficial for the policymakers and scholars working on the relevant subjects.
英文关键词	District cooling Energy consumption MENA region Renewable energies
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001062735900001
WOS关键词	PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ; ABSORPTION CHILLERS ; OPTIMAL-DESIGN ; SAUDI-ARABIA ; ENERGY ; SYSTEM ; OPTIMIZATION ; TECHNOLOGY ; EFFICIENCY
WOS类目	Construction & Building Technology ; Engineering, Civil
WOS研究方向	Construction & Building Technology ; Engineering
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/397202
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alotaibi, Sorour,Nazari, Mohammad Alhuyi. District cooling in the Middle East & North Africa; history, current status, and future opportunities[J],2023,77.
APA	Alotaibi, Sorour,&Nazari, Mohammad Alhuyi.(2023).District cooling in the Middle East & North Africa; history, current status, and future opportunities.JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING,77.
MLA	Alotaibi, Sorour,et al."District cooling in the Middle East & North Africa; history, current status, and future opportunities".JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING 77(2023).