Emirates District Cooling brings home win at Middle East Technology Excellence Awards 2025

The platform enables measurable improvements in energy efficiency, water conservation, and operational transparency, setting a new standard for digital ESG integration in the utilities sector.

District cooling service provider Emirates District Cooling (Emicool) took home the ESG Tech - Utilities category win in the esteemed Middle East Technology Excellence Awards 2025 for its proprietary digital platform EmiView that is designed to enhance ESG performance by integrating real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and sustainability key performance indicators (KPI) across district cooling operations.

EmiView offers a comprehensive, real-time, and scalable platform that combines intelligent plant monitoring, performance analytics, and sustainability governance in a single solution. It addresses the increasing pressures faced by district cooling systems to enhance energy and water efficiency whilst aligning with global sustainability frameworks.

Designed in-house by Emicool’s engineering and digital teams, the platform is built on custom logic, advanced data models, and operational algorithms that are specifically tailored to district cooling environments. It centralises all key performance parameters, including energy usage, chilled water temperature differential, kilowatt per ton of refrigeration, water consumption, system availability, and equipment runtime into dynamic dashboards.

With real-time data updated every 15 minutes and historical analytics capability, the platform empowers plant teams, energy managers, and leadership to proactively optimise efficiency and reduce environmental impact.

It integrates ESG-relevant KPIs directly into plant operations, enabling continuous tracking and improvement of emissions performance, resource utilisation, and operational sustainability. Through automated alerts and predictive analytics, the platform supports corrective action before inefficiencies escalate, facilitating smarter decisions, extending asset lifecycles, and reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.

At the same time, EmiView includes a powerful no-code analytics module that allows users, regardless of technical background, to generate real-time reports, build performance models, and simulate sustainability scenarios. This democratisation of data enhances team-wide engagement and builds a culture of accountability around ESG performance.

Its multi-site monitoring functionality also allows centralised oversight across Emicool’s entire portfolio, ensuring consistency, benchmarking, and visibility at both the plant and corporate levels.

The platform has driven measurable improvements in energy intensity and temperature differential performance, supported water conservation efforts, and enabled timely intervention across plants, contributing to enhanced ESG metrics across the board.

“EmiView demonstrates how a purpose-built, intelligent digital platform can elevate ESG strategy from a reporting obligation to a core operational advantage. It sets a new benchmark in the utilities sector by integrating technology, sustainability, and strategic foresight into a single platform that drives real-world environmental impact,” the company said.

Middle East Technology Excellence Awards 2025 honours the remarkable achievements of both homegrown and international firms in shaping the Middle East’s evolving technological landscape, acknowledging their innovations, strategic growth, and contributions to economic and community development.

The Middle East Technology Excellence Awards is presented by Asian Business Review Magazine. To view the full list of winners, click here. If you want to join the 2026 awards programme and be acclaimed for your company's outstanding contributions in pursuit of technological innovation, please contact Danica Avila at [email protected].