HVAC installation in Al Reem Island 

HVAC installation in Al Reem Island: local context

Al Reem Island lies just off the north-east shore of Abu Dhabi island and has been developed since the late 2000s into one of the capital's densest high-rise districts. Residential towers, hotels, office blocks, a major hospital and shopping malls sit on reclaimed plots linked by bridges to the city. Many towers are now occupied, while remaining plots continue to be built.

• Tabreed district cooling serves parts of the island, so many towers take chilled water through energy transfer stations; the in-building scope then centres on heat exchangers, secondary pumping and holding design delta-T.
• Being surrounded by water, roof plant, cooling towers, fixings and exposed cable trays face constant salt and humidity, which drives coating specifications and inspection intervals.
• Bridge access and traffic on and off the island make large deliveries, such as chillers or transformers, something to schedule carefully with crane and road permits.

Building types we serve in Al Reem Island

For hotels and serviced apartments, the work concentrates on quiet guestroom fan coils, kitchen and laundry extract, hot-water generation at scale, BMS supervision and phased handover to the operator.

Scope of work

• Heat load verification against the consultant's calculation, checking glazing ratios, occupancy and fresh-air volumes before equipment orders are released.
• Fabrication and erection of insulated supply, return and fresh-air ductwork including fire dampers at compartment walls and volume control dampers.
• Toilet extract, car park ventilation and general exhaust systems sized to keep negative pressure where odours and fumes are generated.
• Air and water balancing to design flow rates, with measured readings recorded for every terminal and coil.

Systems we install

• Variable air volume boxes for open-plan offices
• Packaged rooftop and ducted split units for smaller buildings

UAE site and climate challenges

• Sand-laden air quickly clogs filters on AHUs and fresh-air intakes, so intakes are placed away from roof edges where possible, fitted with sand louvres and given accessible pre-filters.
• Large glazed facades facing west take a heavy late-afternoon solar load, so perimeter zones are separated from interior zones and given their own coils and controls instead of sharing a thermostat with rooms that never see the sun.
• Heat recovery on fresh air adds capital cost and plant space but reduces cooling load significantly in buildings with high fresh-air demand such as hotels, gyms and clinics.

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