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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

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  • Overview

    The King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) campus will incorporate a distinctive blend of traditional regional architecture with modern styles and amenities. 

    Understanding the regional microclimate is the foundation of an integrated campus design to create comfortable spaces despite a harsh natural environment.

  • Services

    Wind Consultations

    • Master planning guidance
    • Structural loads on solar chimney
    • Wind loads on solar panels
    • Cladding loads during architectural changes
    • Wind comfort around campus
    • Wind turbine potential
    • Exhaust re-entrainment for entire campus
    • Natural ventilation of parking garages
    • Smoke for semi-enclosed spaces
    • Meteorological cross-correlations
    • Wind speed criterion definition

    Sustainable and Other Consultations

    • Thermal comfort – outdoor covered spaces
    • Thermal comfort radiative strategies
    • Solar chimney design
    • Loading dock ventilation
    • Daylighting – atria, garages & courtyards
    • Acoustics – courtyards & atria, lab noise control
    • Vibration – VAC systems, vibration sensitive labs, floor dynamics
    • Façade & roof performance
    • Atrium smoke management
    • High performance ventilation
    • Energy Modeling for LEED submission
    • Pedestrian Bridge Shading
    • Evaporative cooling for thermal comfort

  • Benefits

    Informed design: Understanding the site microclimate conditions helps design buildings to work better within their environment. 

    Innovation: An integrated approach to this project enabled the design team to come up with innovative ideas that aided the sustainable goals of this project.

    Increased performance: Opportunities for natural ventilation strategies are increased to reduce the overall campus energy consumption. 

    Enhanced comfort: Visual, acoustical and thermal comfort are enhanced by taking a multidisciplinary approach and assessing the impact of each on one another.

    Safety:     Ensuring safe air quality levels in pedestrian areas both indoors and outdoors by providing design guidance with respect to the location of air intakes and windows, and exhaust stack design.

  • Printable Project Sheet and Resources

    Project Profile: http://www.rwdi.com/cms/publications/93/20090709_RWDI-KAUST-what-we-did.pdf