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Delivering sustainable solutions

Whether delivering high-rise commercial buildings, designing neighborhood developments, or retrofitting existing buildings and systems, MSCEB is committed to developing sustainable solutions to the challenges of our built environment.

As Bahrain’s leading multidisciplinary consulting firm, MSCEB takes a holistic approach to building design. The seamless collaboration of all disciplines at the project’s onset allows for sustainable principles to be adopted with ease through integrative design.

MSCEB’s diverse team of architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and project managers work throughout the lifecycle of a project, from design to supervision and delivery to offer pioneering and practical solutions. This resonates with our mission statement to “create economical, energy efficient, and innovative design”.

Hierarchy of sustainable strategies

MSCEB’s design philosophy adopts a hierarchy of sustainable design strategies that emphasizes efforts to first reduce a building’s energy and resources before reusing, recycling, or offsetting through renewables.

• Solar PV • Wind
• Material Reuse • Waste Heat Recovery • Water Recycle
• Building Form and Orientation • High Performance Fasade • Water Efficient Lighting • Energy Efficient Equipment • Demand Based Lighting and Ventilation • Daylighting Energy Efficient Lighting

Sustainable design philosophy

1

Renewables

Once the above two strategies are optimized, the effort shall be on offsetting the requirements with renewable sources
2

Reuse/Recycle

The resources that can be put back into use, need to be identified. The idea is to limit the waste of resources.
3

Reduce

This includes strategies to minimize the energy and resource demand, so the building uses the least resources

Sustainable design strategies

HVAC

  • Energy-efficient equipment
  • District cooling systems
  • Variable flow systems
  • Heat recovery systems
  • Condensate recovery systems
  • Smart controls
  • Demand controlled ventilation

Water

  • Water efficient fixtures
  • Efficient landscaping
  • Variable flow systems
  • Energy-efficient water heaters
  • Thermodynamic solar water heaters
  • Heat recovery systems

Electrical

  • PV solar system solutions
  • Energy-efficient lighting fixtures
  • Energy star rated appliances
  • Smart lighting controls
  • Power factor correction

Building Design

  • Optimized built spaces
  • Building geometry
  • Building orientation
  • Building envelope
  • Optimized U-values for external surfaces
  • Maximum daylighting and quality views

Gross BUA

55871 m2

Cooling Load

1135 TR

Water Demand

108 m3/day

Power

3.45 MVA

Sustainable Projects

First Energy Bank Tower

  • District Cooling with variable pumping
  • Low U values for Building Envelope
  • Energy Recovery for Ventilation
  • Energy efficient EC motor on Ventilation
  • Water efficient fixtures
  • Grey water treatment for flushing saving more than 25% water
  • Battery charging provisions for Electric vehicles
  • LED Lighting for internal and External areas
  • Lighting control using time schedules and motion/presence detection sensors
  • Power Factor Correction
  • Energy metering for monitoring interfaced with BMS

Registered with the certification goal of LEED® Silver

Gross BUA

55871 m2

Cooling Load

1135 TR

Water Demand

108 m3/day

Power

3.45 MVA

Future Generation Reserve Fund

  • District Cooling with variable pumping
  • Energy Recovery for Ventilation
  • Water efficient fixtures
  • Low U values for Building Envelope.
  • TSE and Condensate drain for Irrigation.
  • LED Lighting for internal and External areas
  • Lighting control using time schedules and motion/presence detection sensors
  • Power Factor Correction
  • Energy metering for monitoring interfaced with BMS
  • PV Solar panels planned at roof top of car parking building to generate about 172 Kwp

Registered with the certification goal of LEED® Certified

Gross BUA

63035 m2

Cooling Load

1600TR

Water Demand

161 m3/day

Power

4.9 MVA

Gross BUA

63035 m2

Cooling Load

1600TR

Water Demand

161 m3/day

Power

4.9 MVA

Gross BUA

12712 m2

Cooling Load

1000 TR

Water Demand

18.5 m3/day

Power

2.55MVA

Ibn Khuldoon National School

  • Variable Refrigerant system.
  • Energy Recovery for ventilation.
  • Timer based scheduling for HVAC Equipment
  • Condensate Drain for Irrigation
  • LED Lighting for internal and External areas
  • Lighting control using time schedules and motion/presence detection sensors
  • Energy metering for monitoring interfaced with BMS
  • Power Factor Correction

Gross BUA

12712 m2

Cooling Load

1000 TR

Water Demand

18.5 m3/day

Power

2.55MVA

Bilaj Al Jazayer Hotel and Mixed-Use Residential Development

  • Variable refrigerant system.
  • Energy Recovery for ventilation.
  • Timer based scheduling for HVAC Equipment
  • Condensate Drain for Irrigation
  • LED Lighting for internal and External areas
  • Lighting control using time schedules and motion/presence detection sensors
  • Guest room air conditioning control based on motion sensors and door/window lock
  • Energy metering for monitoring interfaced with BMS
  • Power Factor Correction
  • Thermodynamic solar hot water system

Gross BUA

67,300 m2

Cooling Load

3,805 TR

Water Demand

547 m3/day

Power

8,730 kW

Gross BUA

67,300 m2

Cooling Load

3,805 TR

Water Demand

547 m3/day

Power

8,730 kW

Gross BUA

124,000 m2

Cooling Load

8,294 TR

Water Demand

1023 m3/day

Power

11,000 kVA

The Avenues Mall (Phase 1 and 2)

  • District cooling system.
  • Energy Recovery for ventilation.
  • Timer based scheduling for HVAC Equipment
  • Condensate Drain and Greywater treatment for flushing
  • LED Lighting for internal and External areas
  • Lighting control using time schedules and motion/presence detection sensors
  • Energy metering for monitoring interfaced with BMS
  • Power Factor Correction

Gross BUA

124,000 m2

Cooling Load

8,294 TR

Water Demand

1023 m3/day

Power

11,000 kVA

Jumeirah Gulf of Bahrain Resort and Spa

  • Central chilled water system.
  • Energy Recovery for ventilation.
  • Timer based scheduling for HVAC Equipment
  • Sewage treatment plant for irrigation
  • LED Lighting for internal and External areas
  • Lighting control using time schedules and motion/presence detection sensors
  • Guest room air conditioning control based on motion sensors and door/window lock
  • Energy metering for monitoring interfaced with BMS
  • Power Factor Correction

Gross BUA

89,350 m2

Cooling Load

4,200 TR

Water Demand

1746 m3/day

Power

23,500 kVA

Gross BUA

89,350 m2

Cooling Load

4,200 TR

Water Demand

1746 m3/day

Power

23,500 kVA

MSCEB’s LEED Accredited Professionals

4 LEED AP BD + C

3 LEED GA