Cairo, Egypt
Galleria 40
Galleria 40 is a high-end, mixed-use property that was designed to be an example of sustainability and energy efficiency. It is the first commercial complex to receive the LEED Certification. The architectural, civil and electromechanical works were designed to efficiently control energy, water, carbon emissions, and other wastes. The building also contains a green wall that is 100 meters wide and 12 meters high.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Mixed-Use, office and retail
- Net floor area
- 41.687 m2
- Land plot size
- 17.000 m2
- Stories
- 5 stories
- Construction type
- Concrete
- Original construction year of the building
- 2016
- Project contact
- Reham Gamal - ES-Engineering Solutions
- Contact email address
- reham@es-eg.com
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- Raya Smart Buildings
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- ES Consultants
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- LEED
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- Building materials with high-recycled content sourced from local vendors
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- High-performance, reflective roofing system
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- G-Value glass
- 0.48
- Overall u-value window
- 2.7 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- High effieciency glass; 6mm glass + 12 air gap + 6mm
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- N/A
Technical Building Systems
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Centralised chiller │Usually a central system located in the basement
- Description
- High efficiency chilled water central plant. Zero CFC-based refrigerants in HVAC base building systems reduce degradation of the ozone layer.
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Solar Thermal collector on the roof
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
Final Energy Demand
- Total specific final energy demand
- N/A kWh/(m²*a)
