Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Retrofit of an office building, Sharm el Sheikh
The project includes design, installation, testing, operation and monitoring of a solar air conditioning of an office/training building consisting of two floors located 480 kilometers south of Cairo in Sharm El Sheikh.
Description
The project aims to demonstrate new solar cooling technologies able to satisfy the needs of residential and small office buildings. The main components of the system are the evacuated tube collectors with operation temperatures below 100°C.
Project info
- Construction phase
- Refurbishment
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Office
- Net floor area
- 567 m2
- Stories
- 2 stories
- Construction type
- Load Bearing Masonry
- Original construction year of the building
- Unknown
- Project contact
- El Agamawy / ESES
- Contact email address
- eses@soficom.com.eg
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Not applicable
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- Insulation
Roof
- Roof type
- Description of construction
- Thermal insulation “Zeffle” and a reflective “Fluoro” coating on the roof.
Openings and windows
- Description of construction
- Sealed Windows
Technical Building Systems
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Description
- Evacuated tube collectors driving absorption chillers
- Secondary space cooling system
- Description
- 3 absorption chillers 24 kW
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- ROTARTICA
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Solar Thermal collector on the roof
- Description
- Solar Tube collectors
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- Description
- Energy efficient lighting and occupancy lights sensors
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)
- Description
- Window shading (20 Sheds for window shading)
Photovoltaics
- Description
- PV with 7,000kWh/a
Other technical building systems
- Description
- Wind turbine with 2,550kWh/a
Final Energy Demand
- Energy carrier (1)
- Gas a
- Energy carrier (2)
- Electricity
- Annual heating demand
- 19 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual cooling demand
- 6 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual lighting demand
- 23 kWh/(m²*a)
- Total final energy demand
- 48 kWh/(m²*a)
Financial Aspects
- Project construction cost
- 68.534 EUR
- Estimated costs of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures
- 23.367 EUR
