Demand for water is increasing in the UAE as populations and business keep asking for more. But where should it come from? Dwindling ground water reserves? Expensive desalination? Ras Al Khaimah has made a move into recycling – and in doing so, has become ground zero for a multi-billion dollar international blue-chip industrial companies.
Philip Hampsheir investigates for BBC Middle East Business Report and talks to:
Dr. Saif Al Ghais, Environment Protection and Development Authority
Hans Altmann, MENA Regional Manager, Techem
Tadahisa Okabe, New Energy and industrial Technology Development
With more than 2,900 employees and more than 55 years of experience Techem counts to the most innovative and professional companies in the market segment of Energy Management.
In April 2007 Techem Energy Services established its subsidiary in Dubai Silicon Oasis and operates since more than one year in the Middle East and North Africa. Therewith Techem meets the demand of the increasing market in this region and follows the requirements of the local customers.
Techem installs the devices, reads the consumption data and on the basis of this, as a full service provider, Techem creates the invoices, which are tailored to the tenants and the owners of apartments by the administrators of the property. The philosophy behind the entire service is: “Everybody should only pay for what he has actually used.”
The intelligent use of energy and natural resources is the guiding principle behind the Techem brand. Techem therefore provides innovative products and services that help save energy, optimize processes and add significant value for customers and the environment.
The main activities
Techem read meters and heat cost allocators in buildings with communally used heating
we then allocate the individual costs in a building in accordance with an agreed allocation formula.
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