Demonstration projects database

Residential apartment buildings in the Dbayeh waterfront in Beirut with the BREEAM Pass certification.

Residential apartment buildings in the Dbayeh waterfront in Beirut with the BREEAM Good certification.

Residential apartment buildings in the Dbayeh waterfront in Beirut with the BREEAM Pass certification

Yarze 1674 is a residential development of four buildings with apartments of different sizes. It was among the first buildings in Lebanon to achieve the BREEAM certification with a Very Good rating in 2018. It includes energy-efficient features such as LED lighting for internal and external areas and energy-efficient lifts. Solar water heaters are provided on the roof to benefit from the suitable Lebanese climate. Split air conditioners, with 0 ODP refrigerants, are specified for cooling and low NOx gas boilers for heating.

M1 is an 11-story commercial complex and the first and only LEED Platinum certified project in Lebanon. The building is able to reduce consumption by 31% compared to a baseline building (based on ASHRAE 90.1-2007) via climate-friendly technologies such as VRV air conditioning systems, high-performance glazing, efficient lighting with controls and dimming, and a PV system to name a few.

The project involves the construction of the new office building of Ladkani Office Solutions (LOS), a company delivering hardware and software solutions. The project achieved the LEED Gold certification in 2019. Some climate-friendly features of the building include external vertical shading, PV panels, efficient double-glazing, a high-efficiency VRF system and solar water heaters.

Preschool and Middle School building, which was second LEED Gold certified project in Lebanon as part of the International College campus in Beirut. In terms of environmental design, the new facilities include water-saving fixtures and water-efficient landscaping, materials sourced locally or regionally, and enhanced energy-efficient thermal comfort systems amongst others, integrated into a very dense residential, and commercial urban environment of Beirut.

Elementary School building is part of the International College in Beirut, which was in 2013 the first LEED Gold building in Lebanon.

Renovation and extension of a private family house using bioclimatic passive building techniques. An award-winning project with BREEAM Excellent certification.

The project is the new construction of a village around a pottery workshop, including houses, kitchen, restaurant, pool, hammam, and other facilities. It obtained a 'Very Good' BREEAM rating.

ABC Verdun is a mall development in Beirut which obtained the LEED Certified rating in 2018. The project is a large shopping mall with a unique design that features semi-open circulation spaces and many green landscaped areas to connect the inside of the mall with the outside.

The Bahareya Village is built in a desert landscape around 450 kilometres outside Cairo. It is home to the farming community engaged by organic tea producer, Royal Herbs. Its solar powered sustainable campus is located beneath a mountain range in Egypt’s western desert. The eco-village consists of three sustainable buildings, an Engineers housing building, a Guest house and a workers housing building. The guest house building saves up to 63% on energy and 36% on water.

The Bahareya Village is one-of-a-kind project providing employees and visitors with an eco-friendly living space. It is the first TARSHEED Certified green building from the Egypt Green Building Council (Egypt GBC) in the areas of energy, water, and habitat which is imperative for the sustainable lifestyle that the Royal Herbs Company (the owner) is striving for. The Bahareya Village comprises three sustainable buildings, an Engineers housing building, a Guest house and a Workers housing building. The Engineers housing building is capable of housing up to 10 engineers. The engineers’ residence saves up to 61% on energy and 50% on water.

Royal Herbs, Egypt’s cultivator, producer, and supplier of premium quality, all-natural healthy infusion, inaugurated the first ever certified green building for local workers, named ‘The Bahareya Village’, in an effort to give back to the community and promote a more-sustainable way of life for its employees. Incorporating only local labor force as well as material in its design, the sustainable facility, located near Baweety, Bahareya Oasis, is capable of housing up to 150 workers. The workers' housing building saves up to 58% of energy and 53% of water.

As one of Middle East’s leading consulting design engineers, ACE has taken on the challenge of constructing a LEED accredited building, leading the way by example to demonstrate its commitment to save and protect the environment and provide its occupants with health and comfort.
ACE has committed to creating a green building for our HQ in support of maximizing efficiency, productivity, and comfort of all the occupants. The ACE Headquarters is a commercial type building for office use located in Sin El Fil, Cardinal El Sayegh Street, Lebanon. The building was designed to achieve LEED Gold certification using the latest technologies in Power reduction, Solar Energy usage, and utility savings.

The new Byblos Library is a state of the art facility. Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani (PT) researched the history, local culture, and typology of the ancient city of Byblos and weaved the findings in the project's design. A pattern based on the ancient Phoenician alphabet highlights Byblos' cultural heritage. Atelier (PT) incorporated passive design features derived from the local typology into the design, achieving a LEED Gold rating. The building houses different forms of modern-day advancements that have a profound effect on the functions and design of the library. A five-story building that includes archive space, open-space study areas, group study rooms, multi-purpose rooms, a meeting room, lounges, administrative offices, and related library services. The library offers an inspiring atmosphere where the old Byblos library has been transformed into a modern facility to foster a collaborative environment.

City Centre Almaza is a new project owned by Majid Al Futtaim Properties Egypt. It is an urban development project to establish a five-star shopping center with a range of retail and unique selling points, as well as leisure and entertainment facilities. The site is located at the ring road between Heliopolis and Nasr City districts of Cairo. City Centre Almaza is located at the intersection of Suez Road and Autostrad Road. The total land area is 123,658 m2 (approximately 30 Feddans). The Project mainly consists of a cinema complex, hypermarket (Carrefour), retail Stores, food court, parking spaces, building services (substation, energy center, etc.).
The vision for City Centre Almaza is to create a super-regional mall attracting visitors from the most affluent suburbs of Cairo and Giza by offering a world class retail experience with the best range of retailers, complemented by world class entertainment.

Iberotel Makadi Beach is a premium, five-star holiday resort in the heart of the Madinat Makadi Resort on the Red Sea. The hotel is a low-rise complex set amongst gardens. The structure blends beautifully with the natural environment and has even been recognized and awarded for the effort that has gone into maintaining the natural beauty of the natural surroundings. The main focus of the refurbishment was on lighting of rooms and public areas as well as providing hot water for the 313 guest rooms in an environmentally friendly way.

The Bahareya Village was built on 8000 sqm to accommodate all personnel working in the farm. It was designed by Econsult and certfied by Tarsheed as a green building the village was designed with orientation to promote cross ventilation and maximize daylight. Solar panels are used to generate electricity and hot water, heat insulation for walls, desert plants and reduced lawn grass in landscaping to limit water consumption.

The project is a warehouse with a total built up gross area of 16,963m2. It is located in the 6th of October city industrial zone.

A main warehouse building that is divided into three main zones due to the racking system and is separated by two tunnels. Temperature controlled areas with flexibility for future extension.

A call center that is located in Pyramids heights office park (Cairo-Alex desert road). It is designed to accommodate at least 1400 agents, with highest standards, and to have all appropriate facilities within the office spaces of the building to operate on 24 hours base for 365 days of the year with no failures.

Arab Technical Group (ATG) Headquarters was awarded LEED Gold Certificate For Interior Commercial Category, and was the first Jordanian company to receive such a certificate in 2015. ATG is an engineering trading company that offers high-quality products and innovative solutions for the heating, cooling & renewable energy markets. With customer service and satisfaction at the core of ATG mission, ATG adhere to the highest proficiency standards and credibility to ensure the delivery of top class environmentally-friendly and energy saving solutions to guarantee the delivery of the highest comfort levels to ATG discerning clients in Jordan, Palestine and the Arab region.

The project is an office building located in New Cairo, in a distinguished plot in the 5th settlement with streets on the front and on the side, which enables the building to face the vehicles coming in its direction.

Fort Arabesque is a resort located on a unique spot of the Red Sea distinguished with magnificent coral reefs and several species of fish, the resort consists of 522 rooms of different categories including villas. The target was that after one year the project would attain Green Star Certificate and become an eco-friendly resort so a Sustainable Management Policy was adopted which considers legal requirements for the finances, quality, and health and safety of the resort.

Located at the heart of Cairo, the dawar el ezba Cultural Center aims to bring recreational and educational activities to the people of Ez`bet Khairallah. The Center consists of a kitchen that offers vocational training for women, an art studio for kids, and a theatre space for multi-purpose activities. The building seeks to retranslate the architectural language of the area through using local materials and aims to become a living agent within its context.

Konn Technologies is a construction technology company that provides advanced, tech-enabled solutions for the construction of sustainable and affordable homes.

The Middle East Insurance Company Building is one of Jordan’s newest high profile properties and is situated on Zahran Street No. 14 in one of the most desirable and sought after commercial areas in the capital. Cutting edge design, superior quality, and an eye to the environment are only some of the key elements that make this property all-encompassing vis-à-vis the demanding needs for both high-end infrastructure and value-added services.

This project is an environmental/green building that uses renewable energy technologies to generate electricity from solar energy, utilises geothermal energy for heating, cooling and water heating, and uses LED lighting technology.

Energy efficient office building

Energy efficient educational building

The project is located in Achrafieh – Sodeco area on a plot of land that is 5,250 m² with a tower footprint of only 1,050 m2 The building is a mixed-use tower of 52 above ground floors with 6 basements. It comprises residential units, offices, and retail spaces.

Antwork Elcire Building was formerly an abandoned facility which was renovated into a new co-working facility. Antwork provides workspaces formed by a technology-enabled ecosystem that cultivates innovation, collaboration and productivity.

A new single wood frame house located in Baqtouta, Kesrwan area. In addition to other energy efficiency measures, the house is essentially made from wood combined with insulation material to reduce energy consumption.

Technica is an industrial facility for industrial machineary. The company facility houses mechanical, electrical and wood workshops, in addition to engineering and management offices.

Badaro 8 is a brand new residential building located in Badaro. The building is composed of 13 floors with a total area of 332.7 m2/floor. The building is under construction and will include energy efficient solutions in order to provide high-end apartments for its clients.

The project is a brand new single wooden frame house, located in Bakich Metn. The structure will have an area of 270 m2 and contains all the conventional home appliances.

NDL School is situated in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, which dates back to 1960. The school aims to renovate the existing building with reduction in energy consumption as the goal. The school aims to replace the building's aluminum windows and the lighting system. In addition, a new HVAC system and roof insulation will be installed as well.

Valley Green Residence is characterised by its unique site. Th complex is situated in a calm region close to the city, amidst the orange garden on the road that links Mkales to ESIB University. It is composed of four sections: Blocks A, B, C and D with a total of 210 studios and suites. It includes also a health club, roof garden, wide lobby area with a coffee shop, and a swimming pool.

This project is located at the Betek manufacturing facility site in the Gebze Organized Industrial Zone, Kocaeli, near Istanbul. The building will be used year-round for technical testing of building materials and for training purposes.

This project is a thermal spa and aesthetic centre for tourists designed according to the spa concept. It integrates architectural and bio-climatic aspects as well as renewable energies. The three planned wood chalets are part of the hotel complex and can be reproduced in the region as a model for eco-tourism or residential purposes. The three chalets are designed to be zero energy.

The chosen block for the project has five floors; each floor contains six apartments. The total area of each flat is around 80 m² and the overall area of each floor is around 480 m². The building is 20m high. Part of the building footprint has a basement.

The project is located in Surda in the north-west outskirts of the twin cities of Ramallah and
Al-Bireh.

With the aim to introduce more advanced and sustainable building concepts to the Moroccan architectural landscape, the National School of Architecture (ENA) has set up an energy efficient demonstration building on its campus in Rabat. The building, which will feature the typical size of a common residential villa in the Rabat-Casablanca region i.e. 180m² living area, should not only serve as a demonstration and training platform for ENA’s students, but also animate the Moroccan construction sector to put more emphasis on energy efficient and bio climatic building concepts. While the current project focuses on climates of the Atlantic coast, it is planned that, in a future step, a concept study for similar buildings in the dry interior of the country will be carried out.

The Centre Hospitalier du Nord is an existing one-block hospital building, with 110 beds and floor space of 1,000m² located in Zgharta - North Lebanon. Built in 1986, the hospital started operation in 1997.

This project is a model building in the 9th District in the city of Aqaba, Jordan.

The Green Building is a large two-story public building in stone construction, with a floor area of 1,482m². It is planned that the final floor area will be extended to 2,101m².

The project includes design, installation, testing, operation and monitoring of a solar air conditioning of an office/training building consisting of two floors located 480 kilometers south of Cairo in Sharm El Sheikh.

The main purpose of this project is to build a pilot rural house with three bedrooms, one kitchen, and one bathroom. All of the housing is on the ground level.

The energy concept to be followed in this project is based on an integrated approach with a special
emphasis on passive techniques such as:
• An optimal orientation
• The use of natural light
• Thermal insulation of the envelope
• Use of summer shading
• Use of double glazed windows
• Natural ventilation in summer