Air Curtains for Room & Temperature Control

Challenge

A whopping 50% of the total energy produced in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar is used to air condition the country’s interior spaces.?With a subtropical climate, very low rainfall, and average summer temperatures of 107°F that frequently rise to 122°F, a powerful and consistent response is required to keep the outdoors from working its way inside. High winds in the springtime are also known to create legendary dust storms. The need to manage cavernous structures such as the Doha International Airport (which spans over 22 square kilometers) and the Al Wakra Hospital (over 130,000 square meters) gave rise to environmental control challenges that were difficult for even the world’s richest country to manage on their own.

The Solution

Mars Air Systems has been the consistent solution of choice for several Qatar landmarks and institutions when a no-fail response was required to address persistent climatic incursions.?For the Al Wakra Hospital, the largest hospital complex in the country, Mars was the leading solution to help hospital officials manage their interiors. Constructed to the highest international standards in 2012, a total of 198 Mars air curtains watches over every hospital entryway to uphold the non-negotiable indoor air quality standards of a modern healthcare facility. In a separate effort, Mars installed air curtains over facility entrances and baggage handling areas at the Doha International Airport that once handled over 29 million passengers annually. Dust storms and temperatures may not always be predictable in this desert oasis, but service from the Mars air curtain has been both durable and certain.