Scheduled to host the UN Climate Change Conference starting November 26 this year, the Qatar National Convention Centre, QNCC, is considered as one of the greenest convention centers in the world.
The convention centre is designed by Japanese designer Arata Isozaki, and it features iconic facade of intertwining native Sidra trees, representing the place where poets, scholars and travellers gathered to take shelter from the fierce desert sun and interact.
Oil rich nation going green
It seem a little odd to mention Green buildings in this tiny Gulf nation which has plenty of oil and gas and, according to the International Energy Agency, has the highest per capita emissions in the world, closely followed by Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
But Associated Press said attitudes about energy use are changing across the Gulf. There is a growing recognition that the once seemingly limitless fossil fuels will someday run out and that these countries need to chart a more sustainable path. Buildings are a logical place to start.
The Qatar National Convention Centre
Location : In Qatar Foundation's 2,500-acre campus
Year built : 2011
Cost : $720 million (estimates according to inhabitat.com)
Meeting room space : 10,000 m2
Conference room capacity : 4,000 delegates
Green buildings certification : U.S. Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED)
Solar power : 3,500 m2 solar panels provides 12.5% of the building's energy needs
Photos by AP via Yahoo Finance
The convention centre is designed by Japanese designer Arata Isozaki, and it features iconic facade of intertwining native Sidra trees, representing the place where poets, scholars and travellers gathered to take shelter from the fierce desert sun and interact.
Oil rich nation going green
It seem a little odd to mention Green buildings in this tiny Gulf nation which has plenty of oil and gas and, according to the International Energy Agency, has the highest per capita emissions in the world, closely followed by Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
But Associated Press said attitudes about energy use are changing across the Gulf. There is a growing recognition that the once seemingly limitless fossil fuels will someday run out and that these countries need to chart a more sustainable path. Buildings are a logical place to start.
Amazing!
Solar PV on the rooftop
The Qatar National Convention Centre
Location : In Qatar Foundation's 2,500-acre campus
Year built : 2011
Cost : $720 million (estimates according to inhabitat.com)
Meeting room space : 10,000 m2
Conference room capacity : 4,000 delegates
Green buildings certification : U.S. Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED)
Solar power : 3,500 m2 solar panels provides 12.5% of the building's energy needs
Photos by AP via Yahoo Finance
