Green buildings in qatar

GREEN BUILDINGS IN QATAR
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Green building is the practice of creating structures and
using processes that are environmentally responsible
and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle
What is Green building ?
It addresses
•Economy
•Utility
•Durability
•Comfort
How is Green building useful?

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED)
Green Globes
Model Green Homebuilding Guidelines
Built Green
Energy Star
Living Building
What are the Green building standards?

What is the significance of Green buildings?
Increased flexibility to allow for longer building and
TI useful life and reuse of materials
Improved building performance
Increased revenue (higher rents/sales price,
improved productivity, fewer/shorter vacancies)
Lower cost (utilities, costs of conversion)
Reduce carbon consumption,
Energy independence,
Encourage community,
Preserve natural systems

The Various LEED Rating Systems:
LEED for BD+C-(New Construction, Core and Shell, Schools,
Retails, Health Cares, Data Centers, Hospitalities, Warehouses
and Distribution Centers)
LEED for ID+C –(Commercial Interiors, Retails, Hospitality)
LEED for O+M-(Schools, Retails, Data Centers, Hospitalities,
Existing Buildings, Warehouses and Distribution Centers)
LEED for ND-(Plans and Build Project)
LEED for Homes-(Homes and Multifamily Low rise and Mid rise)

Levels of LEED Rating System

•RasGas Tower
•Msheireb Downtown
•Marbu Construction Company
•Qatar Foundation Education City Campus
SOME OF THE GREEN BUILDING PROJECTS IN QATAR

RASGAS TOWER -
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
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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

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.
 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.

MARBU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
-
Project Details:
•Size: 17,970 m2 (193,427 ft²)
•Project cost: $20 Million USD
•The Marbu Headquarters consist of two basements, Ground Floor,
Mezzanine Level and three floors.

MARBU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
-
Marbu's vision is to create a state of the art office building
catering to commercial needs of the Qatari market
The proposed Marbu office building is to achieve a minimum
score of 'Silver' under the LEED rating system, with greater
emphasis on water and energy use reduction and occupants'
comfort

QATAR FOUNDATION EDUCATION CITY CAMPUS
-
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
QATAR FOUNDATION EDUCATION CITY CAMPUS
-

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 GREEN LEADERS
http://www.qatargreenleaders.com/component/content/article/85-blog/diablog/
1693-rasgas-headquarters-wins-%E2%80%98first%E2%80%99-leed-gold-in-qatar.html
QATAR FOUNDATION ORGANISATION
http://www.qf.org.qa/news/student-housing-complex-wins-prestigious-award
BURNS MCDONNELL
http://www.burnsmcd.com/projects/education-city-student-housing-complex
VERTYGY CONSULTANTS
http://www.vertegyconsultants.com/project_details.php?id=16
QATAR FOUNDATION ORGANISATION
http://www.qf.org.qa/content/the-foundation/issue-73/foundations-for-a-green-future
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
http://www.ems-int.com/qatar.php?p=AL-ATTIYAH-MAJLIS-AND-MOSQUE-FOR-FAHAD-BIN-
MOHAMMED-PROJECTS-DEVELOPMENT
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