A champion of clean air and an expert on air filtration, Dr Iyad Al-Attar is Regional Director (Middle East) and International Consultant, EMW Filtertechnik, Germany

John Milford, CEO of Stellar Energy International, elaborates on EPC matters, setting up Heathrow's iconic Terminal 5 and working across various continents

... that seems to be the motto of Ahmed Omer, the Managing Director/CEO of Advanced Technical Solutions

François Boueri, President of Daikin McQuay Middle East, opens up about life, engineering and the challenges ahead for the HVAC industry

Salah Nezar, a sustainability design specialist, is Sustainability Services Leader for Qatar Project Management (QPM)

From a stint on a ship to being at the helm at Emicool, Adib Moubadder has sailed the waters – the saline and the chilled variety – smoothly. As a committed advocate of district cooling, his vision is to reduce carbon emissions and deliver chilled water at the lowest kW/TR to the region and beyond.

Masood Raza, Head of Engineering of Abu Dhabi-based PAL Technology has experienced the boom and downturn in UAE. Here, he says that while district cooling is based on sound technocommercial principles, which are independent of an economic boom or downturn, the industry is not without its fair share of challenges.

Nigel Hawley, General Manager, Trane (Middle East, India and Africa), speaks of the challenges faced by the HVACR industry today, and his commitment to achieving green building goals, even as he gives us glimpses of his life.

Antoine Stephan, Director, Hamon CTC – Dubai Branch, with his years of experience in the field of district cooling and cooling towers, talks of the myths that pose challenges to using seawater in the UAE.

Paul Saville, Vice President of Engineering, Stellar, shares his thoughts on engineering challenges in the region and talks with equal verve about his love for music, cars and the smell of lubricating oil in a machine shop ...