MARAFEQ QATAR
Energy efficiency , cost effectiveness and environmental friendliness are the lynchpins of Marafeq ’ s strategy for Lusail City ’ s cooling system
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As the company at the heart of the distributed cooling system for Lusail City , utilities services specialist Marafeq Qatar is playing a key role in building the infrastructure of one of the most exciting construction projects in the Middle East .
In addition to the cooling system , Marafeq is also building the city ’ s waste management and gas distribution networks . The company has been involved with Lusail since it was formed in 2009 , and this dynamic regional player has rapidly established a reputation for its innovative and flexible approach to delivering technologies and services that will eventually be essential to more than 200,000 residents and businesses , as they move in to their state-of-the-art environment .
We spoke to CEO Ahmed Al Ammari and discovered that energy efficiency , cost effectiveness and environmental friendliness are the lynchpins of both Marafeq ’ s business strategy and its goals for long-term service delivery and maintenance in Qatar ’ s newest conurbation .
Population of Lusail City has already begun , and early residents are benefiting from what will ultimately be one of the largest district cooling systems in the world , costing QR 2.5 billion ( approximately $ 700 million ).
In 2012 Marafeq became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatari Diar . CEO Ahmed Al Ammari says this move evolved from the realisation that the company ’ s value lay in its regional knowledge and understanding of the energy
112 January 2016