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engineers and other consultants. The tower’s water
system supplies an average of 946,000 liters (250,000
gallons) of water daily. At peak cooling, Burj Khalifa will
require about 10,000 tons of cooling, equal to the cooling
capacity provided by about 10,000 tons of melting ice. Dubai’s
hot, humid climate combined with the building’s cooling
requirements creates a significant amount of condensation.
This water is collected and drained in a separate piping system
to a holding tank in the basement car park. The condensate
collection system provides about 57 million liters (15 million
gallons) of supplement water per year, equal to about 20
Olympic-sized swimming pools. The tower’s peak electrical
demand is 50 MVA, equivalent to roughly 500,000 100-watt
light bulbs all operating at the same time.
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