HVAC Installation

Yes. Commercial kitchen hoods, fire-rated ductwork, and grease-extraction systems must comply with the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code and receive Civil Defence clearance before you can open. Dubai Municipality and DEWA green-building checks also apply to the overall air-conditioning installation. Our team prepares all documentation and coordinates authority submissions on your behalf.

The kitchen operates under negative pressure with high air-change rates to exhaust heat, grease, and cooking odours through commercial hoods and ecology units. The dining zone needs positive pressure, lower velocities, and precise temperature control for guest comfort. Balancing these two zones correctly prevents cross-contamination of cooking smells into the dining area and is a key part of our design process.

A typical 200-400 sqm standalone restaurant takes three to six weeks from approved drawings to commissioning, depending on fit-out sequence and authority approval timelines. Cloud kitchens with simpler layouts can move faster. We coordinate with your fit-out contractor to sequence HVAC first-fix, second-fix, and commissioning so your opening date is protected.

Installed VRF systems for UAE restaurants typically cost AED 4,000 to AED 6,500 per ton of cooling, including ductwork and controls. A 200-seat restaurant may require 30 to 50 tons of total cooling capacity across dining and kitchen zones, placing the HVAC budget between AED 120,000 and AED 350,000. Exact cost depends on system type, duct complexity, and number of authority submissions required.

ASHRAE 62.1, referenced in UAE Green Building Regulations and Al Saafat, sets minimum outdoor air at 7.5 cfm per person plus 0.06 cfm per square foot of floor area for restaurant dining. Dubai Municipality and DEWA compliance audits check that fresh-air handling units (FAHUs) meet these rates. Under-ventilated dining rooms generate odour complaints and risk adverse DM inspection outcomes during licence renewal.

An ERV or heat-recovery wheel is not mandatory but is strongly recommended and earns credit under Dubai's Al Saafat 2.0 Green Building scheme. In the UAE climate, pre-treating hot humid outdoor air through an ERV before it enters the AHU can reduce fresh-air cooling load by 50 to 70%, cutting DEWA electricity bills significantly and reducing compressor wear during the June-to-September peak.

DEWA requires all commercial buildings, including restaurants, to comply with the Dubai Green Building Regulations, which mandate minimum energy performance aligned with ASHRAE 90.1 and Al Saafat 2.0 Silver rating. For HVAC this means minimum EER values for cooling units, heat-recovery on exhaust air, and demand-controlled ventilation in high-occupancy dining spaces. We produce an energy compliance statement as part of our DEWA submission.

A single VRF outdoor unit can serve multiple indoor units across both zones, but the kitchen zone requires a separate exhaust-air strategy via commercial hoods rather than indoor VRF units, which cannot tolerate grease-laden air. We integrate the VRF for dining and back-of-house non-cooking areas with a dedicated kitchen exhaust and makeup-air system to ensure each zone is correctly pressurised and compliant.

In Dubai, MEP shop drawings must be approved by DEWA for electrical load and by Dubai Civil Defence for kitchen exhaust and fire-rated ductwork before any installation. Dubai Municipality reviews the overall food-facility layout. In free zones, Trakhees issues the mechanical NOC. In Sharjah, SEWA handles the electrical NOC. Make My Restaurant prepares and submits all documentation so no work begins before the required authorities have cleared the drawings.

We perform a full cooling-load calculation using ASHRAE 2017 Handbook outdoor design conditions for each emirate -- Dubai design dry-bulb is 46 degrees C with 50% relative humidity. The load model accounts for solar gain through glazing, kitchen equipment heat output, occupancy density in the dining room, and makeup-air sensible and latent loads. Oversizing wastes capital; undersizing causes compressor failure by September.

Yes. We offer a structured AMC starting from handover. The plan covers quarterly preventive visits including coil cleaning, refrigerant pressure checks, filter replacement, and drain-pan flushing, plus annual DEWA efficiency-compliance reporting. Restaurant clients on our AMC also receive priority emergency response across all seven emirates. Multi-site restaurant groups can bundle all outlets under one consolidated agreement.