Tool 04 · Preliminary MEP Load Estimator

Preliminary MEP Load Estimator

Pre-design cooling (TR) and electrical (kW) load estimates for UAE buildings — and the ground-floor area you'll surrender to DEWA for substations.

DEWA capacity reservations and District Cooling (Empower, Tabreed) connections take months and bind your scheme to specific load assumptions. Check the numbers before the architect drafts the first plan.

1 · Project type

Residential TowerHigh-rise apartments Commercial Office TowerGrade-A office Retail / F&B CenterHigh-density kitchens Private Villa CompoundLow-rise community Industrial / LogisticsWarehouse · factory · light industry

2 · Total built-up area (BUA)

200 SQM 500,000 SQM

MEP systems condition the entire footprint — corridors, lobbies, plant rooms included.

3 · Cooling strategy

District CoolingEmpower / Tabreed · only ETS in-building In-House Chillers / VRFBuilding generates its own cooling

District cooling drops in-building electrical load by ~40–50% — only AHU fans & pumps remain on DEWA.

A · Preliminary load estimates Capacity you'll need to reserve with the utilities

Estimated cooling load

0 TR

Tons of Refrigeration. Drives chiller-yard sizing or District Cooling capacity fees.

Estimated electrical load

0 kW

Total connected load · DEWA diversity factor 0.8 applied.

B · The spatial cost Ground-floor area you'll surrender to MEP infrastructure

DEWA substations required

0 transformer(s)

~1 standard transformer per 1,200 kW of connected load.

Ground-floor area loss

~ 0 SQM

High-value GF space surrendered to DEWA substation rooms — non-sellable.

C · The INGEX impact

MEP loads are the #1 cause of bloated budgets and lost ground floor.

Contractors and MEP consultants routinely over-design loads to inflate equipment procurement margins. Through rigorous Value Engineering, diversity-factor optimisation and load challenge sessions, INGEX shrinks plant-room footprints and cuts DEWA / District Cooling connection fees — often double digits.

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Next step

Get a project-specific MEP load audit.

We benchmark your current loads against UAE peer projects, challenge over-conservative assumptions, and quantify the reduction in DEWA / Empower / Tabreed connection fees achievable through Value Engineering. Held under NDA.

Preliminary benchmarks for early feasibility only. Actual MEP loads must be calculated against final architectural layouts, thermal modelling, occupancy schedules and DEWA / DDA / Trakhees authority guidelines. Contact INGEX for a precise engineering audit.