Empower takes part in 8th Car Free Day

Employees used bicycles and car-pooling as ways of transportation during the day 

Dubai, UAE, 5 February 2017:  Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, successfully participated in 8th Car Free Day initiative, organised today (Sunday, 5 February 2017) by Dubai Municipality. The initiative aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by using any means of transportation and spread the awareness about CO2 reduction.

Empower’s teams took part in the initiative reflecting the company’s commitment to participate in all initiatives that address the climate challenges and encourage sustainable development. Also, Empower arranged buses for its employees to help their transportation during the Car Free Day and some of the employees used bicycles for commuting. 

HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower said: “The environment issues, reducing the carbon dioxide emissions and converting to green economy to reach sustainable development are all top priorities in our strategy according to the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. We, at Empower, believe that participation in the 8th edition of Car Free Day initiative helps individuals and companies to engage in the environmental cause, by encouraging the collective work to reduce the carbon footprint. Such initiatives help to achieve UAE Vision 2021 and highly contribute in reinforcing Dubai’s stature as a world-class eco-friendly city.”

“We didn't only invite our employees to be part of Car Free Day initiative. We encouraged everyone including friends, families and colleagues to participate in this initiative. Our goal is to maximise the positive impact of the initiative and increase the collective awareness of the environmental issues, especially in terms of pollution rates and global warming. We, at Empower, keep focusing on sustainable development issues as we work hard to use the latest technologies in clean energy sector which goes with Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and UAE Energy Strategy 2050”, he concluded.
  
Empower currently operates more than 1.2 Million RT, providing environmentally responsible district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments such as Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World trade Centre Residences, Dubai Design District, among others.