District Cooling Estimator
Estimate your monthly Empower or Emicool chiller bill.
❄️ Your Cooling
RTh
Refrigeration-ton-hours from your bill. A 1-bed flat often uses 300-600 RTh/month.
/RTh
AED per RTh, shown on your bill (Empower is around 0.568).
AED
Fixed monthly charge set by your connected tonnage.
AED
🧾 Estimated Monthly Bill
Consumption charge0 AED
Capacity / demand charge0 AED
Meter / admin charge15 AED
Estimated Monthly Total
15AED
District cooling (Empower, Emicool, Tabreed) is billed separately from DEWA and is not in your electricity bill. Rates and the capacity charge differ by provider and unit size, so use the figures on your own statement for accuracy. Estimates for information only.
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Frequently Asked Questions
District cooling supplies chilled water from a central plant to cool many buildings, instead of each home running its own air-conditioning. Providers such as Empower, Emicool and Tabreed bill it separately from your DEWA electricity and water account, which is why our DEWA calculator does not include it and this one does.
Your bill has two main parts: a consumption charge for the cooling you actually use, measured in refrigeration-ton-hours (RTh) and priced per RTh, plus a fixed capacity or demand charge based on your unit's connected cooling capacity. Smaller meter and administrative fees are usually added on top.
The capacity charge is a fixed monthly fee reflecting the cooling capacity reserved for your property, so you pay it even in cooler months when you use little cooling. It cannot be avoided while the unit is connected, though some developers or landlords absorb it. Enter the figure from your bill for an accurate estimate.
Because the consumption charge scales with RTh used, setting the thermostat a couple of degrees higher, keeping blinds closed during the day, servicing filters and avoiding cooling empty rooms all reduce consumption. The fixed capacity charge, however, stays the same regardless of usage.