Prof - Bassam Amin

Energy Performance of a Residential Villa
in Dubai Designed in Accordance with

the Abu Dhabi PEARL Villa Rating System
G.S. Amin & B. Abu-Hijleh
Energy Performance of a Residential
Villa in Dubai Designed in
Accordance with the Abu Dhabi
PEARL Villa Rating System
The British University in Dubai
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
What is the Problem?

Increased CO
2
concentration resulting in
global warming and other environmental
issues
Increasing energy demand from mainly
dwindling fossil fuel reserves
Why Buildings?
-Buildings are the major users of energy (40-50% of primary energy)
-Buildings result in approximately 40% of CO2 emissions

In the USA;
-HVAC 31.4%
-Lighting 14.1%
-Water heating 8.6%
- i.e. top three uses account for
more than half the energy consumed
in buildings

In Dubai;
-HVAC account for 40% of the
annual electricity production
- and 60% of the peak demand
during summer
How is Energy Used in Buildings?
What is a Green Building?
Many definitions.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Green
building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that
are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a
building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation,
maintenance, renovation and deconstruction. This practice expands and
complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility,
durability, and comfort. Green building is also known as a sustainable or
high performance building.
Green Buildings (benefits)

Benefits include:

Reduced environmental footprint
Lower operating costs (energy & maintenance)
Improved IEQ and thus health & productivity
Higher market value
etc


Large number (mainly modeled after LEED)
LEED seems the most widespread
Other well know systems include BREEAM and Green Star
Becoming more specialized, e.g. LEED C&S, Interiors, Schools
etc.
All based on the triple bottom line: Environmental, Economical,
Social
All are point based systems with compulsory aspects
(prerequisites) and additional aspects that would earn points
toward achieving one of several certification levels.
Green Building Assessment Systems
ESTIDAMA (Sustainability in Arabic)

UAE is ranked 1
st
/2
nd
highest Carbon footprint in the
world
ESTIDAMA Green building assessment system for Abu-
Dhabi-UAE was introduced in 2010
Modeled after LEED
Major differences:
Mandatory (one pearl level, can go upto 5 pearls)
Adds a fourth concept (Cultural)
Spans Design , construction and post -occupancy
Higher emphasis on water (23% vs. 5% for LEED
and 2.5% for BREEAM)
Water at same level as Energy (23% vs. 33% for
both LEED and BREEAM)
Three categories: Community, Building and Villa

Green Dubai

Estidama does not apply in Dubai as each Emirate has its
own regulations
Dubai Municipality (DM) is responsible for building
regulation in Dubai.
In 2010 DM released new Green building guidelines
(voluntary), based loosely on LEED but not as extensive.
The only mandatory regulation is Decree 66 (2003) Building
regulations which deals only with the building envelop
(thermal insulation and glazing).
Study Motivation:

Assess the improvement in building performance should the
Estidama guidelines be applied in Dubai instead of the current
regulations.
Methodology

A newly built villa in Dubai is used as a case study to evaluate
different build configurations in accordance with Dubai and Estidama
requirements, the villa is built to a higher standard than that of DM.
The focus will be on the requirements of the building envelop only
(walls, roof and glazing).
Computer simulation (Ecotect from Autodesk) is used to perform the
energy analysis for the different configurations.
Configurations studied

Wall U-value

(W/mC
o
)

Roof U-value

(W/mC
o
)

Glazing U-value

(W/m
2
C
o
) & SHGC

Window/Wall
area ratio (%)

Reference (current)
configuration
*

0.38

0.25

Low-e double
glazing (2.41&0.66)

15%

Minimum 1-PEARL
requirements

0.32

0.14

2.2 & 0.4

15%

2-PEARL
Requirements

0.29

0.12

1.9 & 0.3

9.9%

Other glazing
configurations

--

--

-Single glaze
(5.8&0.81)
-Low-e triple glaze
(1.48&0.22)
-Low-e double
glazing with
external shading

10%
23%

Optimal configuration

0.29

0.12

-Low-e triple glaze
(1.48&0.22) with
external shading

9.9%
*
DM standard requires U
wall
0.57 & U
roof
0.44 (W/m C
o
). U
glass
3.28 (W/m
2
C
o
)

Glazing
Window/Wall ratio
*

* Impact of w/w ratio on artificial light use and associated energy consumption is not included
Performance for different Pearl levels
Optimal configuration includes best value for each parameter studied (wall & roof insulation, glazing type & w/w ratio)
Conclusions

Even at the 1 Pearl level, Estidama s Pearl system offer improved thermal
performance compared to the current Dubai regulations (10% reduction in energy
consumption in the case studied).

When designing for 2 Pearls, an energy reduction of 26% compared to the reference
case was achieved (16% more than 1 Pearl).

The optimal configuration resulted in an energy reduction of 37% compared to the
reference case.

Given the extra costs associated with the triple-glazing of the optimal configuration, 2
Pearls seems to offer the best compromise in terms of costs and resulting reduction in
energy consumption.

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