Project info

Construction phase: New construction
Building type: Single Family House (SFH)
Detailed building type: Single Family House (SFH) - detached
Net floor area: 420 m2
Stories: 1 story
Construction type: Load Bearing Masonry
Original construction year of the building: 2007
Project contact: Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE)
Contact email address: mcilwaine@csbe.org

Building Rating and Certifications systems

Rating and certifications systems: Not applicable
Other certification: ENERGY GLOBE Award 2007

Building Envelope

External walls

U-Value: 0.5 W/(m²*K)

Roof

Roof type: Flat roof
Description of construction: Thermal insulation
U-Value: 0.44 W/(m²*K)

Openings and windows

U-Value glass: 2.88 W/(m²*K)

Technical Building Systems

Space cooling system

Primary space cooling system
Description: Evaporation cooling / adsorption chiller-based system

Space heating system

Description: Thermal wall and compact thermal mass

Lighting system

Primary lighting system
Description: Energy Efficiency lighting

Shading devices

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

Final Energy Demand

Energy carrier (1): Electricity
Annual cooling demand: 4 kWh/(m²*a)
Total specific final energy demand: 4 kWh/(m²*a)

Financial Aspects

Project construction cost: 171964 EUR
Estimated costs of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures: 52522 EUR