UAE’s mission impossible: Cooling the desert

At its base, one of the world’s largest malls houses an Olympic-sized ice rink that helps keep some 150,000 daily visitors cool in the searing heat, desert dust and humidity. // http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=1310652731969&output=json_html&callback=GA_googleSetAdContentsBySlotForSync&impl=s&prev_afc=1&pstok=Bb51-M_sCDwKBBCRmEw&client=ca-pub-8258178831251847&slotname=Dawn_Business_inside_468x90&page_slots=Dawn_Business_Ip_top_728x90%2CDawn_Business_inside_468x90&cookie=ID%3D7bc0595e8816825a%3AT%3D1303908499%3AS%3DALNI_MaWM22AkqRAF5fH1tLDjMKxcxeZPw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2F2011%2F07%2F13%2Fuaes-mission-impossible-cooling-the-desert.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F&lmt=1310652731&dt=1310652732775&cc=100&biw=1007&bih=458&ifi=2&adk=2372603604&u_tz=120&u_his=8&u_h=768&u_w=1024&u_ah=738&u_aw=1024&u_cd=24&u_nplug=7&u_nmime=23&flash=10.0.2&gads=v2&ga_vid=602765599.1310648883&ga_sid=1310648883&ga_hid=932088288&ga_fc=true DUBAI: Ali’s air conditioning quietly cools his spacious Dubai apartment around the clock and all year round, even […]