The PEARL QATAR

Pearl-Qatar is the future luxury home to 40,000 residents on a new, man-made island in the Arabian Gulf.

CRiBE won the international tender to radically reduce the long-term energy consumption at the development jointly with Building Energy Partnership, a Cardiff based engineering consultancy.

Using the Centre's building simulation tools it produced architectural, engineering and environmental guidelines to reduce energy requirements throughout the development.

Using the Centre's building simulation tools it produced architectural, engineering and environmental guidelines to reduce energy requirements throughout the development. These included: building design; heating, ventilation and cooling (maximising the use of natural ventilation); water conservation; building orientation; fabric detailing; solar gain control and renewables. The team's guidelines have exceeded the original brief and achieved savings a full 50% lower than the ASHRAE90.1- 2004 standard.