Al Wahat al-bahareya, Egypt
Royal Herbs Farm Complex-Engineers' Housing
The Bahareya Village is one-of-a-kind project providing employees and visitors with an eco-friendly living space. It is the first TARSHEED Certified green building from the Egypt GBC in the areas of energy, water, and habitat. The Bahareya Village comprises three sustainable buildings, an Engineers housing building, a Guest house and a Workers housing building. The Engineers housing building is capable of housing up to 10 engineers. Smarter design used in the Engineers housing building reduces the need for electrical-powered cooling. Heat-absorbing materials and other cooling techniques like heat-reflecting roofs are used to keep buildings cooler, creating structures that are oriented to best shed heat. The facility also incorporates local materials and solar PV panels.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Net floor area
- 295 m2
- Stories
- 1 story
- Construction type
- Concrete
- Original construction year of the building
- 2015
- Project contact
- Eng. Salma Khalil
- Contact email address
- salma.khalil@royalherbs.com
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- Royal Herbs
- Architect(s)
- ECOnsult
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- ECOnsult
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Tarsheed
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- 121mm + 120 mm + 70 mm rockwool insulation
- U-Value
- 0.53 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- N/A
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- Overall u-value window
- 1.4 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- Use Low-E coated glass for all windows with width 800mm or larger/use of double glazing with higher thermal performance glass
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- N/A
Technical Building Systems
Space cooling system
- Description
- wall fans
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Solar Thermal collector on the roof
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)
Photovoltaics
- Capacity
- 70 kWp
- Description
- This is the total capacity for several buildings within the same project.
Final Energy Demand
- Total specific final energy demand
- N/A kWh/(m²*a)
