Tunis, Tunisia
HQ building of "APAVE" - Tunisia
The International Technical Inspection Agency "APAVE" - Tunisia built its headquarters building in Montplaisir, Tunis in 2017. This non-residential building comprises a single R+5 block and has in total a built-up area of 1824 m². The main measures to save energy are thermal insulation of exterior walls and roof terraces, double glazing, high energy efficiency air conditioning system, energy efficient lighting with presence and motion detectors. The implementation of these measures resulted in an annual energy savings of electricity of around 43.1 MWh.
Project info
- Construction phase
- New construction
- Building type
- Non-residential building
- Detailed building type
- Office
- Net floor area
- 1824 m2
- Land plot size
- 402 m2
- Stories
- 6 stories
- Construction type
- Mixed construction
- Original construction year of the building
- 2017
- Project contact
- APAVE Tunisia
- Contact email address
- tunisie@apave.com
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- The International Technical Inspection Agency "APAVE" - Tunisia
- Architect(s)
- Mr. Mohamed Mezghani
- Energy efficiency consultant(s)
- Mr. Adel Gabsi
- HVAC consultant(s)
- Mr. Mohamed Hedi Ktata
- Other project team partners
- VRD: Mr. Khaled Chemli; Electricity: Mr. Tarek Belhani; Technical Inspection: APAVE
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Other
- Other
- Other certification
- The building achieved the 1st rating per the Tunisian Thermal Regulation (72 kWh/m².a).
- The building achieved the Gold Level per the écoBAT Tunisian labelling standard.
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- The building's external walls are 35cm thick and thermally insulated. Layers include: 2.5cm cement mortar exterior coating, 20cm 12-hole brick, 5cm Rockwool insulation, 6.5cm 8-hole plate brick, and 1.5cm mortar interior coating.
- U-Value
- 0.53 W/(m²*K)
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- The building's roofs are thermally insulated with these layers: a 25cm armoured concrete slab, a 10cm lightweight concrete layer with perlite for slope shaping, 5cm high-density Rockwool panel for insulation, and a waterproofing product.
- U-Value
- 0.48 W/(m²*K)
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- Overall u-value window
- 2.7 W/(m²*K)
- Description of construction
- The windows are thermal break aluminium with clear double glazing.
Basement floor
- U-Value
- 2.2 W/(m²*K)
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Free ventilation (windows)
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
- Air-water reversible heat pump and fan coil units.
- Efficiency
- 3.1
- Description
- The building's space cooling is provided by a centralised air conditioning system based on an air-water reversible heat pump and fan coil units.
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- Carrier
Space heating system
- Primary Space heating system
- Heat Pump (air-water)
- Description
- The building's space heating is provided by a centralised air conditioning system based on an air-water reversible heat pump and fan coil units.
- Manufacturer(s) / products
- Carrier
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 80
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Static (fix) shading systems as part of the building architecture (e.g. Maschrabiyya, porch roofs, pergolas)
Final Energy Demand
- Energy carrier (1)
- Electricity
- Total specific final energy demand
- 90 kWh/(m²*a)
