Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) was built in Riyadh in 2017. This educational building comprises 2 floors and has in total a built-up area of 70,000 m². The main measures to save energy are building massing and orientation, façade optimization, system selection, and the solar PV array located on the roof. KAPSARC is designed to use 45% less energy than a conventional building. All KAPSARC’s potable water is recycled and reused on site and 100% of irrigation water is from non-potable sources.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Education
- Net floor area
- 70.000 m2
- Stories
- 2 stories
- Original construction year of the building
- 2017
- Project contact
- Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
- Contact email address
- info@rcreee.org
Project team
- Architect(s)
- Zaha Hadid architects
- Construction contractor(s)
- structural engineering services: Walter P Moore
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- LEED
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- N/A
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
Space cooling system
- Description
- ‘Wind-catchers’ integrated within the roof profiles on additionally to the installed cooling system, the southern sides of each courtyard catch the prevailing winds from the north, cooling each courtyard.
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
- Description
- N/A
Photovoltaics
- Description
- Photovoltaic array with a capacity of 5000MWh/year
Final Energy Demand
- Total specific final energy demand
- N/A kWh/(m²*a)
