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Tabreed integrates Big Data technology
to improve operational performance
Tabreed, which provides environmentally friendly district
cooling solutions to support energy sustainability in the
Middle East, becomes the first district cooling company to
integrate the OSIsoft PI System into its operations as part of
its Digital Transformation strategy.
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
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.
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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 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.
Jean-Francois Chartrain,
Chief Operating Officer,
Tabreed
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 it accomplishes.”
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