Solar Energy to cool bus shelters in Dubai
Posted by Samar Huneidi on May 7, 2013
100 Bus Shelters in Dubai are under the trial of cooling and powering using solar energy after the failure of air conditioning in more than 160 bus shelters.
Right Angle Media, the authorized operator of bus shelters in Dubai, made a contract with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to operate 650 air conditioned bus shelters. They are thinking of changing the designs of the shelters in a way to allow air circulation if the cooling failed.
Yousuf Al Ali, CEO of the RTA’s Public Transport Agency, told Gulf News “We have a system in place through which the maintenance team is alerted immediately if there are complaints and the ACs are fixed immediately. If there are power supply issues than it takes time. We are working to get power supply to all shelters”