Abstract
The study aims to investigate the market transformation towards sustainability in the twenty-first century buildings in Riyadh. A comparative building performance analysis is conducted between buildings that are constructed at the turn of the century and buildings that are recently constructed. The hypothesis of the research is that there is a considerable improvement in the sustainable performance of the buildings Objectives of the study include: to select a green rating system that could be best suitable for comparing sustainable building performance in existing buildings; to collect data about the performance of each building; to compare performance of the two buildings using the rating system; to select the building that is most sustainable and highlight the reasons for the difference. Market transformation is investigated by using building performance analysis. Two buildings constructed within the same context are investigated. One building is recently constructed and the other was constructed at the beginning of the century. The two buildings are not constructed for sustainability. In order to control variability in the context, the two buildings are selected from the same location private university compass in Riyadh. The analysis is performed using LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) rating system categories for existing building. LEED has eight categories that are: Sustainable sites, Water efficiency, Energy and atmosphere, Materials and resources, Indoor environmental quality, Innovation in operations, Regional priority credits. The expected result will be that the recently constructed building will be more sustainable than older ones.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design
KEYWORDS
Market transformation, Building Performance, Green Rating System, LEED
