The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has been awarded LEED Gold certification for its HOK-designed corporate headquarters.
The certification is in the category of Building Design and Construction, and was awarded by the US Green Building Council.
ADNOCs new headquarters in Abu Dhabi uses more than 4,000 liters of recycled grey water and condensate water from air conditioning to flush toilets and irrigate locally sourced plants.
The buildings orientation and mechanical systems are designed to consume 24 percent less energy than the global baseline standard. LED lighting installed throughout the building reduces electricity consumption, while advanced air quality monitoring and filtration equipment ensures pollutant-free air for employees.
More than 75 percent of the waste produced on site during the construction of the building was diverted from landfill and recycled by segregating materials at source. Nearly a quarter of the building is constructed from recycled materials and 70 percent of timber used came from managed renewable sources.
We are very proud to have received this certification, which is a testament to ADNOCs commitment to sustainable practices and affirms our commitment to not just building green but also living green, said Rashed Saud Al Shamsi, business and commercial support director of ADNOC.
At 342 meters (1,122 feet) tall, ADNOCs headquarters is the second tallest building in Abu Dhabi and the nineteenth tallest office building in the world. Its helipad is also the highest in the Middle East and the second highest in the world.
Although the initiation of the project preceded the development of Abu Dhabis own green building initiative, the Estidama Pearl Rating System, the ADNOC headquarters is one of the regions first major projects to drive the sustainable building agenda from the start of the design to the completion of construction, and on into operations and maintenance.