Beirut, Lebanon
IC Elementary School
Elementary School building is part of the International College in Beirut, which was in 2013 the first LEED Gold building in Lebanon. This new elementary school houses classrooms, music rooms, art rooms, science labs, workshop areas, offices, an auditorium/theatre, and two gymnasiums. The building complex also houses the central heating, cooling and power generating plants for the College.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Education
- Net floor area
- 18000 m2
- Stories
- 2 stories
- Construction type
- Concrete
- Original construction year of the building
- 2013
- Project contact
- Youssef Abi Abdallah
- Contact email address
- yabiabdallah@ic.edu.lb
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- International College
- Architect(s)
- Flansburgh Architects
- Construction contractor(s)
- MAN Entreprise
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- EcoConsulting
- HVAC consultant(s)
- Buro Happold
- Building services
- Khatib & Alami
- Other project team partners
- DG Jones
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- LEED
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- Plaster - Hollow Block - Air Cavity - Hollow Block - Mech. Fixed Stone Cladding
- U-Value
- 0.56 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- Rubber Finish - Isolator Pads - Cement Board - Concrete Slab
- U-Value
- 0.68 W/(m²*K)
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- U-Value glass
- 1.4 W/(m²*K)
- G-Value glass
- 0.278
- Overall u-value window
- 1.47 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- Solarban 70 XL, Low-e Coated
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- Plaster - Concrete - Sand - Mortar - Tile
- U-Value
- 1.47 W/(m²*K)
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Centralised chiller │Usually a central system located in the basement
- Description
- VRV system
- Secondary space cooling system
- Centralised chiller │Usually a central system located in the basement
- Description
- VAV with electric reheat, centrifugal chiller with variable speed primary and secondary pumps
Space heating system
- Primary Space heating system
- Oil non-condensing
- Description
- Diesel boiler
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Dedicated electric heater (dedicated = just hot water generation)
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
- Description
- with BMS control
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)
- Description
- Setback and Fins
Final Energy Demand
- Energy carrier (1)
- Electricity
- Energy carrier (2)
- Diesel
- Annual heating demand
- 17.3 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual cooling demand
- 20.26 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual lighting demand
- 13.4 kWh/(m²*a)
- Annual hot water demand
- 1.36 kWh/(m²*a)
- Total specific final energy demand
- 115.5 kWh/(m²*a)
Financial Aspects
- Project construction cost
- 21390000 EUR
