How a Qatar University professor helped the country secure hosting rights for FIFA World Cup 2022 Lusail Stadium, Qatar's crown jewel for home World Cup
The HinduQatar is fast growing towards becoming the hottest place on Earth because of a number of reasons, including but not limited to its geographical location near the Persian Gulf, the high levels of carbon dioxide emissions per capita and rapid construction of more avant-garde super skyscrapers. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy -- responsible for overseeing the preparations of the FIFA World Cup in the country -- knew outbidding other nations with more experience in organising international sporting tournaments and securing hosting rights for the quadrennial showpiece in a country, which once recorded 50.4 degree Celsius temperature, would be a tough task. The hot air above is like oil but we keep recycling the cold air so that you never move to the oil or the hot air part. The measure of our success is we minimise the mixing of the hot air with cold air.” Incorporating the system at the Khalifa International Stadium proved to be the most challenging because unlike other venues which had to be built from scratch, this venue on Al Waab Street was built in 1976. Then we monitored the input from our computer room and we’ve done the commissioning of the stadium on that basis.” RELATED| The artificial cooling technology also doubles up as a filtration system, informed Abdul-Ghani.
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