Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 75
Looking to the future |
| Downtown development
largest collections of LEED-certified
buildings globally, which makes it the
world’s largest sustainable downtown
regeneration project. The building
designs not only reflect historic
Qatari architecture that prioritises
space, light and management of
the local climate, but have been
specifically designed to consume
fewer resources, generate less waste,
cost less to operate, and achieve a
reduced carbon footprint. Local
materials will be sourced to lessen
the environmental impact
of construction.
The buildings in Msheireb
Downtown Doha offer cooling
facilities, smarter solutions for
water and energy usage and use
shading and orientation to promote
natural cooling and reduce energy
consumption. For example, the
PV panels of buildings produce
renewable energy equivalent to 4%
of the project’s building energy use,
while solar thermal panels produce
energy to provide 75% of hot water
demand. Average building energy
use is reduced 32% through the use
of high efficiency building envelope
and systems and equipment, building
shading and district cooling. An
automated Waste Collection system
will allow for source separation of
three streams of waste, facilitating
recycling and composting.
From residential to retail,
smart to sustainable, culture to
cosmopolitan, Msheireb Downtown
Doha is a template for developing
a new model of urban living and a
smart community, based in Qatari
identity and heritage, that can be
exported everywhere.
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