GREEN BUILDINGS IN QATAR

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

Green Building Rating Systems

There are two Green Building Rating
in Qatar
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

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

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

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

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.

The complex
comprises state-ofthe-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

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 ft)
Project cost: $110 Million USD
The RasGas Headquarters Tower for Commercial Interiors
with Green Building Rating System Gold Level

Msheireb Downtown - The worlds 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.

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.

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.

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.

Sources:
Msheireb in Downtown Doha, Qatarhttp://inhabitat.com/msheireb-in-downtown-doha-qatar-will-be-theworld%E2%80%99s-largest-leed-certified-community-when-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-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-BINMOHAMMED-PROJECTS-DEVELOPMENT
http://a101.qa/sandbox/powergreen/