Amman, Jordan

King Hussein Business Park "KHBP" - Building No. Four

The King Hussein Business Park (KHBP) is strategically located adjacent to one of Amman’s busiest highways, offering easy access to downtown and other cities in the region. Situated in the heart of the business park, Building Four houses the management offices of KHBP as well as both local and international companies. These range from a local, family-owned insurance company to Arabia Weather, and Oracle. Designed to offer world-class amenities and an amenable business environment, KHBP integrates open, green space with mixed-use development that includes restaurant and retail space. The business complex offers office spaces that can employ over 4,000 people and is entirely walkable, with a bicycle and shuttle bus provided for faster transportation.

Project info

Construction phase
Refurbishment
Building type
Non-residential building
Detailed building type
Office
Net floor area
3630 m2
Stories
4 stories
Construction type
Concrete
Original construction year of the building
Unknown
Project contact
Mr. Ayman Maayah
Contact email address
amaayah@businesspark-jo.com

Project team

Developer(s)/owner(s)
Business Park Company
Architect(s)
Yuksel Holding
Construction contractor(s)
Yuksel Holding
Energy efficiency consultant(s)
Adaa, Sustainable Development Consultants & ETA max

Building Rating and Certifications systems

Rating and certifications systems
EDGE
Other certification
EDGE certification

Building Envelope

External walls

Description of construction
The structure of the building is composite reinforced concrete shear walls, with external thermal insulation (60 mm Extruded Polystyrene) faced with mechanically fixed white color local stone. Window to Wall Ratio (WWE) is 17.8.
U-Value
0.39 W/(m²*K)

Roof

Roof type
Flat roof
Description of construction
N/A

Openings and windows

Glazing type
Double glazed
Overall u-value window
2.8 W/(m²*K)

Basement floor

Description of construction
N/A

Technical Building Systems

Ventilation system

Type of ventilation
Mechanical ventilation system without heat recovery

Space cooling system

Primary space cooling system
District heating and cooling system
Description
The KHBP campus has a district heating and cooling system that provides all buildings with required chilled and hot water to cover their cooling and heating loads. Building (4) is supplied with four pipes system, supply, and return for chilled water, and supply and return for hot water. The HVAC system inside the building consists of an air handling unit that conditions the fresh air supplied to the offices. It has air filters, heating coil, and cooling coil for pre-heating and pre-cooling the fresh air before supplying it to the offices. Fan coil units in the offices provided with a three-speed fan and controlled thermostat in each office provide control of temperatures and fan speeds in each office. Additional VRF systems units were installed recently in some offices where needed.

Space heating system

Primary Space heating system
District heating
Description
The KHBP campus has a district heating and cooling system that provides all buildings with required chilled and hot water to cover their cooling and heating loads. Building (4) is supplied with four pipes system, supply, and return for chilled water, and supply and return for hot water. The HVAC system inside the building consists of air handling unit that conditions the fresh air supplied to the offices. It has air filters, heating coil, and cooling coil for pre-heating and pre-cooling the fresh air before supplying it to the offices. Fan coil units in the offices provided with a three-speed fan and controlled thermostat in each office provide control of temperatures and fan speeds in each office. Additional VRF systems units were installed recently in some offices where needed.

Water heater system

Primary water heater system
Combi system (system provides space heat & hot water)

Lighting system

Primary lighting system
LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
Efficiency
100

Shading devices

Type of shading system installed
Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)

Final Energy Demand

Total specific final energy demand
N/A kWh/(m²*a)

Primary Energy Demand & Emissions

Primary energy demand
63.5 kWh/(m²*a)
CO2 emissions
34.4 kg/(m²*a)