Kuwait's First LEED Tower To Be Crowned with Wind

KEO International Consultants has received word from the USGBC that its design for Sabah Al Ahmed International Finance Center (ICF) has been precertified at the Gold level under the LEED-CS green building rating system.  The 1.2 million sf, 40-story tower is the first building in Kuwait to be registered or precertified by the USGBC.  As you can partially tell from the renderings, the design includes four stacked courtyard atriums ranging from 8-13 floors each.  Three of the atriums serve the office portion of the building, while the fourth atrium serves the 200 key, 4-star business class hotel.  The tower generates part of its energy from a PV system, as well as from roof-mounted wind turbines.  You may be able to see the lattice-work of wind turbines at the crown of the building; I think they're the vertical axis, helical-type, but it's hard to tell with this one image.  We'll make sure to keep you posted ...

The use of wind turbines at the building's apex is similar to what's planned for Discovery Tower in Houston.  It'll be interesting to see these designs meet reality -- the media world will definitely have fun running video and stories of building integrated wind turbines.

Via WAN.

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Comments

[Keahi Pelayo]

I wish I were closer to Kuwait, I would love to see this building.
Aloha,
Keahi Pelayo

[Mark Cironi]

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Please see the intro fim on You Tube.

Mark Cironi
President
Green Energy Technologies

[Dr. Saad]

wind energy in building in kuwait

[Mark Cironi]

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