Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp (Kahramaa) and Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (Qeeri), signed a two-year joint research collaboration agreement to work together towards improving energy efficiency and conservation in the country.
HBKU is an affiliate of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
The agreement was signed at Kahramaa Awareness Park by Kahramaa’s Conservation and Energy Efficiency Department manager Abdulaziz al-Hammadi and Qeeri executive director Dr Marc Vermeersch.
It will enable Kahramaa to leverage Qeeri’s technical and scientific expertise to work on developing new energy efficiency measures, tools, applications and standards for centralised air conditioning systems, building energy management schemes and building energy audit assessments.
The agreement includes conducting research studies within a number of Kahramaa stations to improve energy performance with respect to the chillers.
One of the expected results is to improve the performance of the energy efficiency of the stations in terms of cooling.
The projected outcome from this research collaboration will provide Kahramaa with verified research data, analysis and recommendations for future energy efficiency policies and regulations.
Al-Hammadi pointed out that through the National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) Kahrama disseminates awareness, regulations and technologies related to energy efficiency and renewable energy.
“Therefore, we co-operate with all institutions and sectors in the country to achieve this goal. The collaboration agreement between Kahramaa and HBKU, represented by the Qeeri, is the best embodiment of this goal as the two parties seek to achieve sustainability in terms of energy and environmental improvement according to the Qatar National Vision 2030.”
Dr Vermeersch said: “We are delighted to collaborate with our national partners Kahramaa and we are keen on using the technical expertise of our scientists to provide real-time and concrete research data which Kahramaa can use to improve Qatar’s energy efficiency. This is just the first step in this partnership, and Qeeri looks forward to working closely with Kahramaa across various aspects, to work towards our common shared goal of helping Qatar tackle its Energy Security Grand challenge.”