Al Wahat al-bahareya, Egypt
Royal Herbs Farm Complex-Workers' Housing
Royal Herbs introduced the first ever certified green building for local workers, named ‘The Bahareya Village’. Incorporating only local labor force and material in its design, the sustainable facility is capable of housing up to 150 workers. The workers' housing building saves up to 58% on energy and 53% on water. One of the project’s highlights is its approach to energy - no active air conditioning thereby reducing GHG emissions. The passive design of the building (i.e. building orientation, wall thickness, exterior color, and ventilation) increases its ability to remain temperatures 8-10 degrees cooler in summer and warmer in the winter. Environmentally-friendly measures include, e.g.: reflective tiles for roof and outdoor paving, outdoor lighting full cutoff, proper disposal of construction waste in municipal landfills, recycling construction waste, waste segregation at source, and reduced indoor air contaminants in the form of VOC that are harmful to occupants.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Multi Family House (MFH)
- Detailed building type
- Multi Family House (MFH) - Small (≤ 1000m²) - detached
- Net floor area
- 819 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
- 122mm + 120 mm + 70 mm rockwool insulaton
- U-Value
- 0.53 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- Roof, thermal insulation: 75mm
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
- Primary space cooling system
- 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
- Description
- 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)
