Description

The Etiqa Office Tower is an office development comprising of a 35-storey office tower with an 8 storey podium car-park located on a site of 50,000 sm along Jalan Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. The project is seeking two sustainability certifications: gold certification under the Green Building Index (GBI) and platinum certification under GreenRe. Key features required to achieve these certifications include energy efficient mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and fixtures, renewable construction materials and sustainable site development.

This building has a simple daylight harvesting strategy that makes use of existing building solutions without increasing development cost to the owner. This solution addresses the concern of speculative office building developers that is highly sensitive to additional cost required for green features in a building. The daylight harvesting strategy proposed was based on addressing glare from two distinct sources; due to direct sunlight and due to the bright tropical sky.

ACTIVE DESIGN FEATURES

-High Frequency T5 Ballast
Usage of high frequency T5 ballast throughout the project optimises efficiency and reduces running costs.
-Photometric Sensors
Efficient lighting strategy adopted with photo-sensors placed at strategic window areas to be switched on/off when required.
-Highly Efficient ACMV System
Selection of high efficient ACMV system, cooling towers, VSD pumps, Air Handling Units (AHU) with high efficient motors. The Office building achieved BEI of 87 kwh/m2/year compared to conventional BEI for office tower of 220 kwh/m2/year.
-Lighting Levels
Lighting designed in compliance to MS1525 lux levels, providing only the necessary lighting required. Alternate circuiting with timer provided to ensure only necessary areas in used are lighted up.
-Condensate Water Recovery
Condensate water collected from at least 50% of the AHU’s which will be recycled for the use of the cooling tower.

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