Khartoum , Sudan
NTC TOWER
The National Telecommunication Corporation built the NTC Tower in Khartoum in 2009. This office comprises 29 floors and has a total built-up area of 2400 m². The main measure to save energy is the integration of photovoltaic in its envelope (BIPV).
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Office
- Net floor area
- 2.400 m2
- Stories
- 29 stories
- Construction type
- Concrete
- Original construction year of the building
- 2009
- Project contact
- Mohamed Abuidrees
- Contact email address
- mohamed_abuidrees@yahoo.com
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- National Telecommunication Corporation
- Architect(s)
- CENTECS Engineering Consultation & Studies Co.Ltd.
- Construction contractor(s)
- GAP INSAAT CONSTRUCTION
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- CENTECS Engineering Consultation & Studies Co.Ltd.
- HVAC consultant(s)
- CENTECS Engineering Consultation & Studies Co.Ltd.
- Building services
- CENTECS Engineering Consultation & Studies Co.Ltd.
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Not applicable
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- The exterior of the building finished with stripes of aluminum cladding, in addition to double glass with natural stone works on the ground floor level
Roof
- Description of construction
- NA
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- Frame material / description
- N/A
- Overall u-value window
- 3 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- N/A
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- The floors were finished with natural stone in addition to ceramics for the bathrooms
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- Daikin
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) system
- Description
- Uses variable refrigerant flow control to provide customers with the ability to maintain individual zone control in each room and floor of a building
- 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
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)
- Efficiency
- 60
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- Philips
- Secondary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Description
- E= 100
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- CTORCH
Photovoltaics
- Capacity
- 106.6 kWp
- Total module area
- 2.430 m²
- Description
- N/A
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
Other technical building systems
- Description
- On-grid solar type, provides about 20% of the building electricity. 106.6 KWP capacity with an area of 2430 m²
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
Final Energy Demand
- Energy carrier (1)
- Electricity
- Energy carrier (2)
- Diesel
- Annual cooling demand
- 171 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual lighting demand
- 35.5 kWh/(m²*a)
- Total specific final energy demand
- 237.2 kWh/(m²*a)
