Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST campus
Aramco built the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST campus in Jeddah in 2009. This educational campus comprises 3 floors and has in total a built-up area of 603,850 m². The main measures to save energy are using solar PV electricity, a Solar Thermal collector on the roof for water heating, LED lighting, a Mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, and materials reuse and recycling.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- University Campus
- Net floor area
- 603.850 m2
- Stories
- 3 stories
- Construction type
- Steel Frame
- Original construction year of the building
- 2009
- Project contact
- N/A
- Contact email address
- media@kaust.edu.sa
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- Aramco
- Architect(s)
- HOK
- Construction contractor(s)
- HOK and Walter P. Moore
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- Affiliated Engineers Inc
- HVAC consultant(s)
- Affiliated Engineers Inc
- Building services
- Lighting Design and Consulting:HOK and Pivotal Lighting Design
- Other project team partners
- Lighting Design and Consulting:HOK and Pivotal Lighting Design
- Additional information
- R.G. Vanderweil Engineers/Civil Engineer: LJA Engineering
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- LEED
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- NBK Terracotta panels for the buildings' facades, provide major benefits in the thermal performance of the campus buildings due to their UV resistance and "back ventilation" properties.
Roof
- Description of construction
- N/A
Openings and windows
- Frame material / description
- N/A
- Description of construction
- N/A
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- N/A
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery
- Description
- Heat wheel energy recovery Under-floor air distribution systems where appropriate Direct-drive fans and pumps Variable frequency drives (VFDs) on all variable flow air and water systems Air handling units (AHUs) with with low face-velocity components
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Pedestrian spine provides passive cooling
- Description
- Two iconic solar towers on the campus create a passive pressure difference, using the sun and prevailing winds from the northwest and microclimate winds blowing in from the Red Sea to facilitate a continuous breeze along the shaded courtyards.
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
- Description
- High-efficiency lighting with daylight and occupancy sensors.
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Automatic shading systems usually with daylight sensor and motor (e.g. rafstores, sunblinds, jalousies, canvas blinds)
Photovoltaics
- Capacity
- 2.000 kWp
- Total module area
- 12.000 m²
- Description
- Two rooftop solar plants on the North and South Laboratory buildings, produce up to 3,300MWh of clean energy annually. This output will save nearly 1,700 tons of annual carbon emissions.
Other technical building systems
- Description
- N/A
Final Energy Demand
- Total specific final energy demand
- 21.6 kWh/(m²*a)
