GREEN BUILDINGS IN QATAR

Compiled by

P.Poornima (Marketing Manager)P.Muthukumaran (Mechanical Engineer)Conserve Green Building & MEP Solutions WLL, Qatar

There are two Green Building Rating Systems widely used in Qatar ie GSAS and LEED

• GSAS – Global Sustainability Assessment System developed by GORD GORD(Gulf Organization for Research and Development)

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by US Green Building Council

Green Building Rating Systems in Qatar

GSAS is a part of QCS 2010 and QCS 2014 and hence it is widely used in Qatar. All major Government Projects recently developed are perusing GSAS Certification.• ASHGAL Schools• ASHGAL Health Care facilities• New Port Project• Qrail• Lusail development • All Ministry buildings

GSAS – Global Sustainability Assessment System

Older projects prior to the popularity of GSAS have used LEED as a Green Building Rating System for their projects.

Qatar Foundation and Msheireb Properties are the organizations which have primarily used LEED for their projects

LEED – Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

Qatar Foundation Education City Campus – LEED Platinum

RasGas Tower – LEED Gold

Msheireb Downtown - World’s largest collection of LEED certified buildings

Kahramaa Awareness Park - GSAS  Award receiver and the national winner for Qatar of the coveted Energy Globe Award 2015

In the next few slides we will introduce you to some ofthe well known Green Buildings in Qatar

QATAR FOUNDATION EDUCATION CITY CAMPUS - LEED PLATINUM

Project Details:•Size: 775,000 SF•Project cost: $187millions•The development comprises two individual male and female complexes with a permeating Islamic motif.

Qatar Foundation (QF) plays an instrumental role in Qatar’s sustainability efforts as it helps transform the country into a knowledge-based economy

The complex comprises state-of-the-art sustainable technology and energy-efficient systems throughout its entirety.

It also allows students to track their green footprint by monitoring their individual water and energy consumption, and is equipped with a solar-paneled roof, and wind turbines that generate clean energy at gusts of 10km or more

RASGAS TOWER - FIRST LEED GOLD IN QATAR

Qatar’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for commercial interiors with Green Building Rating System - Gold Level by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

Project Details:•Size: 54,000 m2 (581,251 ft²)•Project cost: $110 Million USD•The RasGas Headquarters Tower for Commercial Interiors with Green Building Rating System Gold Level

Msheireb Downtown - The world’s largest collection of LEED certified buildings

Project Details:•Size: 64,190 Sq. ft•Project cost: QR20 billion (US$5.5 billion, €4.18 billion)•The city has six construction phases: Phase 1A, Phase 1B, Phase 1C, Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4.

When completed, Msheireb’s developer claims the entire complex will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 110,000 tons per year compared to conventionally built developments of a similar size.

Solar panels on top of the buildings and covered walkways will catch Qatar’s abundant sun and will in part power all of the buildings.

Smart grid technologies will also be an important facet of the development’s promise to be as energy efficient as possible.

Msheireb Downtown - The world’s largest collection of LEED certified buildings

Pedestrian walkways will zigzag so that no matter what time of day visitors find themselves in Msheireb, they will never find themselves trapped in the sun.

Msheireb Downtown - The world’s largest collection of LEED certified buildings

Moving from north to south, the buildings cascade and become taller so that each one shades the one next to it Thick walls will help to keep the buildings’ interiors cool.

Kahramaa Awareness Park is an innovative project designed as a science museum for disseminating information on ways to conserve water and electricity, and serves as an original source of knowledge for young visitors.

The park is a truly unique sustainable structure, combining among others, a photovoltaic system and three wind turbines to generate electricity and a solar thermal solution producing hot water supply.

Kahramaa Awareness Park- GSAS  Award and the national winner for Qatar of Energy Globe Award 2015

Sources: Msheireb in Downtown Doha, Qatar-http://inhabitat.com/msheireb-in-downtown-doha-qatar-will-be-the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-leed-certified-community-when-completed/msheireb-doha-12/

QATAR FOUNDATION ORGANISATIONhttp://www.qf.org.qa/news/student-housing-complex-wins-prestigious-award

BURNS MCDONNELLhttp://www.burnsmcd.com/projects/education-city-student-housing-complex

VERTYGY CONSULTANTShttp://www.vertegyconsultants.com/project_details.php?id=16

QATAR FOUNDATION ORGANISATIONhttp://www.qf.org.qa/content/the-foundation/issue-73/foundations-for-a-green-future

ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVICEShttp://www.ems-int.com/qatar.php?p=AL-ATTIYAH-MAJLIS-AND-MOSQUE-FOR-FAHAD-BIN-MOHAMMED-PROJECTS-DEVELOPMENT

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