HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada hands over an award to Abdulla al-Mehshadi as Kahramaa president Issa bin Hilal al-Kuwari looks on.
Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation and Qatar’s leading sustainable developer, has been presented with two awards as part of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa)’s National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency – Tarsheed.
Abdulla al-Mehshadi, CEO of Msheireb Properties, and Ali al-Kuwari, chief officer (Design and Delivery) of Msheireb Properties, received the awards at a ceremony held in Doha recently.
The competition was run as part of Tarsheed under the patronage of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. It was judged by a panel of industry experts and regional professionals.
The competition witnessed entries from different sectors in the country, with Msheireb Properties winning in both the Government and Industrial sectors. The award-winning buildings, Diwan Annexe and the District Cooling Plant (DCP), are both located in Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD), the world’s first sustainable regeneration project, with more than 100 buildings targeting LEED gold and platinum rating.
Till date, the company has earned the ISO 14001:2004 certificate for environmental performance from the British Standards Institute, as well as BSI certification for quality and health and safety and the ISO 31000:2009 certificate for Risk Management Standard.
The Diwan Annexe’s winning entry in the Conserved Buildings Category includes energy performance, rainwater recovery and onsite energy generation through photovoltaic panels. The overall energy savings for the Diwan Annexe come to 35.5%. The overall potable water savings for the building total 87.5%, which includes low-flow toilets and shower heads and the use of non-potable water. The landscape saving is at 100% with no potable water usage at all.
Winning in the Industrial sector, the DCP was designed with energy-efficient features, including efficient lighting, ventilation and outside air heat recovery. On the industrial side, both electrical and potable water features have been implemented. The use of efficient chillers will result in savings of more than 5mn kg of CO2 per year. Once fully operational, the capacity of the district cooling system will be 29,250 TR, sufficient to serve the cooling needs of the entire Msheireb Downtown Doha project.
“We are exceptionally pleased to have won these two important awards within our local community. MDD’s building philosophy is a result of three years of research by leading architects, master-planners, engineers, designers and experts from around the world to ensure we used cutting-edge, environment-friendly technology and best building practice throughout the development with the aim to reduce energy consumption in MDD by 32% once the project is complete,” said al-Mehshadi.
