GulfBase Live Support
19/04/2012 13:51 AST
The Saudi Green Building Council (SGBC) underscored the importance of transforming the way buildings and communities are designed in order to reduce environmental hazards and save costs.
In the recently held three-day Interactive Panel Discussion of the 3rd Annual District Cooling Saudi Arabia Summit at Four Seasons Hotel, Riyadh, Ali Al-Najim Deputy Chairman of SGBC, said "SGBC tries to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improve the quality of life."
He said cooling loads in GCC countries is too high. Buildings consume 80 percent of the electricity, with 70 percent used by ACs. As a result, peak power demand in the Kingdom is expected to grow from 46GW in 2010 to more than 120GW in 2030. "District cooling is a suitable solution for offices, hotels and shopping centers. District cooling shows energy savings between 50-90 percent compared to conventional technology," Al-Najim pointed out.
The SGBC Deputy Chairman further said the main guidelines of Green buildings should be observed to minimize the environmental impact of the DC plant and the different hazards, among them, are:
– Sustainable site: requires protection of natural areas.
– Water efficiency category: requires less use of potable water/use water efficiently. The potential threat from district cooling, environmentally, is water. Potable (sweet) water is a precious commodity.
– Indoor environmental quality category: requires monitoring aquatics needs.
– Energy and atmosphere category: Green buildings can play a key role in reducing energy use and increase energy efficiency, through passive cooling. That will reduce cooling loads to minimal. Consequently, the size and cost of DC plants will be highly affected.
Saudi Gazette
Ticker | Price | Volume |
---|---|---|
SABIC | 114.77 | 5,915,941 |
05/04/2018
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed an agreement with Six Flags to develop and design an amusement park in Riyadh. Six Flags, the world’s leading international amusement park compa
Arab News
05/04/2018
In an exclusive interview with Arab News, Turki Mohammed Al-Shehri explains how an expanding renewables industry will boost employment as well as pave the way for a greener future.
A massiv
Arab News
05/04/2018
Dubai’s residential property market continued to soften in the first three months of this year, in line with analysts’ forecasts, with rental values recording a more pronounced fall than sales prices
The National
05/04/2018
Buoyed by a strong oil price of $70 per barrel, Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul shot up by over 6 per cent in March 2018, according to Kuwait Financial Centre’s (Markaz’s) recently released Monthly Markets Re
Times of Oman
05/04/2018
Qatar banks’ combined credit facilities to real estate sector rose by QR17bn to QR147.7bn in 2017. The banks’ credit to various sectors stood at QR911bn at the end of 2017, up from QR839bn recorded i
The Peninsula