Beirut, Lebanon

IC Preschool and Middle School

Preschool and Middle School building, second LEED Gold certified project as part of the International College campus in Beirut. 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. The building complex also houses the central heating, cooling and power generating plants for the College.

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
U-Value glass
2.1 W/(m²*K)
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 pipes from the main boiler

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)
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)
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 specific final energy demand
238.22 kWh/(m²*a)

Financial Aspects

Project construction cost
18190000 EUR
Certification costs
6756 EUR