The three day pilot programme was attended by more than 100 people from its end user client base, consultants, contractors and business partners. They were joined by HVAC technical works managers from the British Embassy in the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who welcomed Airedale’s proactive approach.
Airedale International has embarked on a data centre design and maintenance training programme in the Middle East as part of its continued commitment to supporting customers and business partners in the region.
The three day pilot programme was attended by more than 100 people from its end user client base, consultants, contractors and business partners. They were joined by HVAC technical works managers from the British Embassy in the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who welcomed Airedale’s proactive approach.
As a result of the pilot’s success, Airedale will be rolling out an extensive programme throughout the Middle East which will initially focus on Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
The sessions were carefully tailored to the differing needs of the audience and ranged from installation, commissioning and service requirements to strategies for data centre design to support those involved in business development, as well as specifiers and consultants.
Designed to support field engineers and technicians working with Airedale equipment, the first day covered topics such as key components of data centre cooling systems, requirements for installation and commissioning in addition to fault-finding techniques and maintenance requirements.
The second two sessions provided a forum for sharing the latest best practice in data centre design with specific emphasis on how to configure data centres for maximum energy efficiency and resilience, load calculations, design principles and unit selection, controls strategies and integration with Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) and Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM).
For 2015, Airedale will also roll out a series of CIBSE accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions with names such as AECOM, Arup and others committed to further training early in 2015. Typical CPD modules cover energy optimisation strategies including free-cooling technology and aisle containment, energy efficiency metrics and how they are considered as part of system design, in addition to low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants and a large number of other topics.
Following the sessions Airedale training manager, Keith Nicholls, said “The training was intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of Airedale’s precision cooling products, coupled with specialist training for each discipline attending on the day. Judging by the lengthy discussion that went on at the end of the formal training, the sessions were extremely well received with many positive comments as to content and relevance. This is the start of an on-going process with our partners and clients in the region.”
L to R: Mohammad Parvez, sales manager (Abu Dhabi) – Al Mazroui Advanced Technology; Imad Moghrabi – general manager – Al Mazroui Advanced Technology; Mark Viner, commercial director, Airedale International; Siraj Salem, project manager – Al Mazroui Advanced Technology; and Hurezuk Irfan, commissioning engineer – Gulf Lights