Amman , Jordan
The Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST)
This project is a green building that uses renewable energy technologies to generate electricity from solar energy, geothermal energy for (water) heating and cooling, and LED lighting technology.
Project info
- Construction phase
- Refurbishment
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Office
- Net floor area
- 6000 m2
- Land plot size
- 1200 m2
- Stories
- 5 stories
- Construction type
- Concrete
- Original construction year of the building
- 1987
- Project contact
- Eng. Nidal Abdallah
- Contact email address
- nidal.abdallah@rss.jo
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- The Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST)
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- Royal Scientific Society / National Energy Research Center
- HVAC consultant(s)
- Royal Scientific Society / National Energy Research Center
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Not applicable
Building Envelope
External walls
- U-Value
- 0.57 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- U-Value
- 0.55 W/(m²*K)
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- Overall u-value window
- 3.4 W/(m²*K)
Basement floor
- U-Value
- 1.2 W/(m²*K)
Technical Building Systems
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Geothermal Energy (ground source heat pump)
Space heating system
- Primary Space heating system
- Heat Pump (ground source)
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Combi system (system provides space heat & hot water)
- Description
- Geothermal Energy (ground source heat pump)
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
Photovoltaics
- Capacity
- 52 kWp
Final Energy Demand
- Total specific final energy demand
- N/A kWh/(m²*a)
