Qatar, a tiny Gulf state known for its scorching desert climate, says it has designed an energy-efficient cooling system that can make its open-air stadiums usable even in summer temperatures that soar well into the 40s.
"You're living inside a micro, climate-controlled bubble," said Saud Abdul-Ghani, a Qatar University mechanical engineering professor who led the design, as he waved a bright orange thermometer to demonstrate the roughly 14-degree drop. When asked the price tag of the cooling system, Abdul-Ghani said:"a good amount of money", without providing a figure.
Thani Khalifa Al Zarraa, the project manager for Al Janoub Stadium, said the cooling system increased the cost of construction by two to three times, to around $6,000-7,000 per seat, suggesting a stadium cost of about $240-280 million.Despite the chilled stadiums, Qatar has said its World Cup will have the smallest carbon footprint of any before it.
"The Americans, Mexicans and Canadians will surely look at this because of thermal stress on players," Abdul-Ghani said, referring to the host nations of the 2026 World Cup.
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