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    How does district cooling affect my utility bills

    Ali Faizan Syed1 min read0 viewsUpdated 12/28/2025
    District cooling is a centralized cooling system used in many modern communities in Dubai to provide air conditioning. Instead of individual AC compressors units are supplied with chilled water. While this is energy efficient tenants or owners have to pay capacity and consumption charges to the district cooling provider like Empower. It is important to factor this into your ROI calculation although in townhouses it is sometimes replaced by traditional split units which only incur standard electricity costs.

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