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Abu Dhabi Hotel
To Use Solar Energy for Heating Water

ABU DHABI — More than 90 per cent of the hot water needs at Aloft Hotel of 
the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) will be met through solar panels, a media release said on Wednesday.

It will become the first hotel in the Capital to make such use of solar energy and it will be launched when the hotel opens today in support of the inaugural Etihad Airways Formula One Grand Prix

Five hundred and sixty solar panels, covering a total area of 2,300 square metres have been installed on the roof of ADNEC Car Park A.

These panels heat water for the hotel’s 408 bedrooms, two production kitchens, food and beverage outlets, hotel offices and the swimming pool.

It will save an estimated 870 mega watt hours of electricity every year by making use of the infra-red component of sun light to generate energy, the release said.

Ali bin Harmal, managing director 
of ADNEC said this was in line with 
the Abu Dhabi government’s 2030 
vision for sustainable economic 
development. The solar panels were manufactured in Germany by WOLF GmbH.

Last month, ADNEC had introduced a successful major recycling programme.

anwar@khaleejtimes.com