Best LEED Certification in Qatar

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GREEN BUILDINGS IN QATAR
Compiled by P.Poornima (Marketing
Manager) P.Muthukumaran (Mechanical
Engineer) Conserve Green Building MEP Solutions
WLL, Qatar
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• 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
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GSAS Global Sustainability Assessment System

• 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

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LEED Leadership in Energy Environmental
Design

• 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

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

• Qatar Foundation Education City Campus LEED
  Platinum
• RasGas Tower LEED Gold
• Msheireb Downtown - Worlds 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

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QATAR FOUNDATION EDUCATION CITY CAMPUS
- LEED
PLATINUM
Qatar Foundation (QF) plays an instrumental role
in Qatars sustainability efforts as it helps
transform the country into a knowledge-based
economy

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

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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
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RASGAS TOWER - FIRST LEED GOLD IN QATAR
Qatars 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 worlds largest
collection of LEED certified buildings

• Project Details
• Size 64,190 Sq. ft
• Project cost QR20 billion (US5.5 billion, 4.18
  billion)
• The city has six construction phases Phase 1A,
  Phase 1B, Phase 1C, Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4.

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Msheireb Downtown - The worlds largest
collection of LEED certified buildings

• When completed, Msheirebs 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 Qatars abundant sun and will in
  part power all of the buildings.
• Smart grid technologies will also be an important
  facet of the developments
• promise to be as energy efficient as possible.

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Msheireb Downtown - The worlds 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.

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Kahramaa Awareness Park- GSAS  Award and the
national winner for Qatar of Energy Globe Award
2015
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.
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• Sources
• Msheireb in Downtown Doha, Qatar-
• http//inhabitat.com/msheireb-in-downtown-doha-qat
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• worldE28099s-largest-leed-certified-community-w
  hen-completed/msheireb-doha-12/
• QATAR FOUNDATION ORGANISATION
• http//www.qf.org.qa/news/student-housing-complex-
  wins-prestigious-award
• BURNS MCDONNELL
• http//www.burnsmcd.com/projects/education-city-st
  udent-housing-complex
• VERTYGY CONSULTANTS
• http//www.vertegyconsultants.com/project_details.
  php?id16
• QATAR FOUNDATION ORGANISATION
• http//www.qf.org.qa/content/the-foundation/issue-
  73/foundations-for-a-green-future