Beirut, Lebanon
IC Preschool and Middle School
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.
Description
After completing the new Elementary School as the first LEED Gold building in Lebanon, the preschool and middle school buildings became the second building part of the IC campus to receive the certification. The design includes a series of roof terraces used as green space and play area with a courtyard in the middle. The two limestone and glass classroom buildings are connected underground by a three-level car and bus parking deck, which provides direct and secure access to the buildings. A two-story cultural center with music rooms, a library, and a tree-covered roof terrace link the two buildings above ground.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Education
- Net floor area
- 9066 m2
- Land plot size
- 3980 m2
- Stories
- 5 stories
- Construction type
- Concrete
- Original construction year of the building
- 2018
- Project contact
- Youssef Abi Abdallah
- Contact email address
- yabiabdallah@ic.edu.lb
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- International College
- Architect(s)
- Flansburgh Architects, Rachid Karam Architects
- Construction contractor(s)
- Mouawad-Edde S.A.R.L.
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- EcoConsulting
- Other project team partners
- DG Jones
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- LEED
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- Concrete blockwork wall
- U-Value
- 1.39 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- Insulated Roof (Cast Concrete & Polystyrene Insulation)
- U-Value
- 0.4 W/(m²*K)
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- G-Value glass
- 0.571
- Overall u-value window
- 2.18 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- 4-12-4 double glazing low-e coated
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- Concrete slab with no insulation
- U-Value
- 4.25 W/(m²*K)
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery
- Description
- Air-to-air wheel heat exchanger to recover heat from extract air
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Centralised chiller │Usually a central system located in the basement
- Description
- VAV system with chilled water from the campus district system
- Secondary space cooling system
- Mounted single-split or window air conditioner│Usually a visible smaller system mounted outside the wall or above the window just supplying one room
- Description
- DX units for electric rooms and driver's lounge
Space heating system
- Primary Space heating system
- District heating
- Description
- Hot water from the campus district system
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Dedicated electric heater (dedicated = just hot water generation)
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)
- Description
- Fins
Final Energy Demand
- Energy carrier (1)
- Electricity
- Energy carrier (2)
- District Heat
- Annual heating demand
- 1.43 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual cooling demand
- 124.13 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual lighting demand
- 29.12 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual hot water demand
- 0.47 kWh/(m²*a)
- Total final energy demand
- 238.22 kWh/(m²*a)
Financial Aspects
- Project construction cost
- 18190000 EUR
- Certification costs
- 6756 EUR
