Tabreed’s landmark 30-year Cooling as a Service (CaaS) concession with Tata Intellion Park marks a transformative shift in how urban India delivers sustainable cooling. Moving away from developer-owned systems managed through cost-pass-through facility contracts, this model centralizes cooling via a District Cooling (DC) plant owned and operated by Tabreed. It transfers performance and operational risk to the provider and ties revenues to energy efficiency and uptime, backed by long-term end-to-end guarantees. With India’s cooling demand set to rise eightfold by 2037–38, scalable solutions like DC are critical to managing peak loads, cutting emissions, and easing grid stress. By aggregating demand and optimizing lifecycle performance, Tabreed’s system reduces energy use, refrigerant leaks, and capital costs. It can also integrate with renewables, waste heat, and city utilities, aligning with circular economy principles. As India’s first CaaS project in commercial real estate, the model embeds sustainability into its business logic: high-performance HFO chillers, digital metering, and leak detection systems ensure efficiency and transparency. The modular, scalable design makes replication across Indian cities feasible—provided supportive policies recognize cooling as a utility. With clear economic and environmental benefits, this innovative approach offers a blueprint for sustainable, climate-resilient urban development.
