Dubai's multiple urban centres are ideal for high efficiency district cooling systems.

It has long been thought that the sector is in need of regulation to ensure that it is exploited to its full economic potential, and that customers of district cooling systems are adequately protected.

In March 2021, Dubai’s Executive Council issued a resolution introducing regulation to the District Cooling sector in the Emirate. The Regulatory and Supervisory Bureau will regulate Service Providers – those that own and operate District Cooling Systems.