{"id":12,"date":"2023-06-08T10:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T06:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:01:49","slug":"key-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/key-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b style=\"color: #00824c\">Day 1: Session on Broad HVAC Approaches<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>District Cooling<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/img-pg03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/img-pg03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/img-pg03-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/img-pg03-768x642.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/>Standalone chilled water systems<\/li>\n<li>VRFs<\/li>\n<li>Cooling as a Service (CaaS)<\/li>\n<li>Inverter-based split AC systems<\/li>\n<li>Radiant cooling<\/li>\n<li>Evaporative cooling<\/li>\n<li>Fire &amp; Life Safety (HVAC equipment, including fire-rated ducting)<\/li>\n<li>Geothermal systems<\/li>\n<li>Indoor Air Quality (ventilation, air filtration, air purification)<\/li>\n<li>Unconventional AC approaches<\/li>\n<li>Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)<\/li>\n<li>Environmental stewardship (direct and indirect emissions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"color: #00824c\">Day 2: Session on District Cooling<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi Arabia and its ambitious 3 million TR District Cooling target: The 10-year roadmap for the Kingdom to get there, and the shape of District Cooling (policy shifts and recalibrations that underpin a District Cooling infrastructure development model that protects the interests of all stakeholders; regulations and pricing mechanisms to protect natural resources and the interests of building owners and end-users<\/li>\n<li>Tapping into the large residential sector in Saudi Arabia as a source of unparalleled and unprecedented growth of the District Cooling industry in the country<\/li>\n<li>New investments, new District Cooling companies<\/li>\n<li>Integrating District Cooling, Thermal Energy Storage as core elements in the strategy mix towards a carbon-neutral future<\/li>\n<li>The strength of Renewable Energy in rewriting the District Cooling narrative in the Kingdom as an energy source<\/li>\n<li>With hydrogen production slated to begin in 2030 in the Kingdom, the level of planning, design and general preparedness of the District Cooling industry to incorporate hydrogen as a source of energy. Understanding the hydrogen industry \u2013 the business objectives, and the short-term and long-term pricing structure of hydrogen.<\/li>\n<li>Water resources management and optimisation<\/li>\n<li>Whilst new construction is the flavour of the year in the Kingdom, the opportunities that can be tapped in retrofitting of District Cooling plants<\/li>\n<li>Contractor perspectives: The extent of progress in addressing concerns of specialised District Cooling contractors, as vital to harnessing greater energy efficiency and reliability (last-mile<br \/>\ndelivery of chilled water).<\/li>\n<li>Idle capacity: How can Saudi Arabia comprehensively benefit from District Cooling investment? Ways and means to expand the distribution network to cover at least 80% of any given city in the Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li>The true measure of penetration of AI, automation in District Cooling in the Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>The adoption of innovative technologies, including magnetic bearing and VFD chillers and progressive absorption cooling systems (hybrid solar PV and heat-recovery\/deep geothermal- driven absorption chillers)<\/li>\n<li>Plantroom optimisation&#8230; the roadmap to reach 0.7 kW\/TR, compared to 0.9kW\/TR.<\/li>\n<li>Where have pumps reached in improving overall plant efficiency? Single-sourcing of pumping systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1: Session on Broad HVAC Approaches District Cooling Standalone chilled water systems VRFs Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Inverter-based split AC systems Radiant cooling Evaporative cooling Fire &amp; Life Safety (HVAC equipment, including fire-rated ducting) Geothermal systems Indoor Air Quality (ventilation, air filtration, air purification) Unconventional AC approaches Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Environmental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccme.events\/c3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}