Wafi Property, a Division of Dubai’s diversified business conglomerate MKM Commercial Holdings’ scooped the UAE’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver rating for its new District Cooling Chiller Plant, DCCP ONE. DCCP ONE is the first phase of a 20,000 Ton District Cooling system planned for the Wafi City. The LEED rating is awarded by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for demonstrating outstanding design and construction practice that is environmentally responsible, cost effective, and healthy living and working spaces.

District Cooling Chiller Plant - DCCP ONE @ the WAFI CITY was declared a LEED Silver Building on 6th June 2006, by the United Sates Green Building Council. It is the first of its kind in the Middle East and perhaps the only utility building to be Certified as a LEED Silver Building in the World.

MKM Commercial Holdings LLC had embarked on the construction of a District Cooling Chiller Plant to supply chilled water for Air Conditioning of the Wafi City, a Residential and Commercial Development, in Dubai. Green Technologies were responsible for the project from concept to completion, being fully responsible for its Engineering, Coordination and Project Management. Green Technologies design addressed, Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Indoor Environmentally Quality, Sustainable Sites, Materials and Resources.

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The project Highlights have been:

	The construction of an 8100 Ton CHILLED WATER PLANT utilising a land area that was previously used to generate 720 Tons of cooling.
	Improved energy efficiency by more than 25% over ASHRAE STD 90.1, using very high efficiency chillers, low loss transformers, high efficiency pumps, fans and motors and improved building envelope.
	Improved water efficiency by more than 30% over the Energy Policy Act 1992 (EPACT-1992) using, low loss cooling towers, water recycling plant that reuses cooling tower blow down and the use of low flow sanitary faucets.
	Improved indoor environmental quality, including demand controlled ventillation, individual operator controls.

USGBC LEED™ Pilot Program
LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM
KANDALAMA HOTEL – DAMBULLA, SRI LANKA

INTRODUCTION

Green Technologies was commissioned by Aitken Spence Hotels of Sri Lanka to evaluate the Kandalama Hotel for Green Building compliance with an internationally accepted Green Building Standard. The commission also included recommendations to be made for achieving Green Building status. In March 2000 the Kandalama Hotel was recognized by the USGBC as a LEED™ Green Building and subsequently awarded the LEED™ Bronze Rating.

The following is an extract from the official document submitted by Green Technologies to the USGBC. For more details contact LEED™ Champion Mario Seneviratne mario@greentechno.com.

The Hotel

Aitken Spence Hotels Ltd constructed a Five Star 162 bedroom resort hotel near Kandalama Tank in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. The selected site is 55 acres in extent, and is located approx. 2.5 km upstream of the Kandalama Tank and Head Works.(Fig.1 – Site location plan)The Mahaweli Authority (Local Agency) released the land and supports the project as a desirable and Sustainable Development in enhancing the economical potential of the Mahaweli region.

The site was selected by the Chief Architect of the Project, Mr. Geoffrey Bawa, based on the scenic beauty and natural surroundings. Mr. Bawa was totally responsible for the conceptual design of the Project.

Mr. Bawa was undoubtedly the leading and the most respected architect in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) who has designed a large number of projects which have turned out to be land marks in the country. He designed the Neptune Hotel in Beruwala which was the first hotel for Aitken Spence and continued to design the other hotels to be built by Aitken Spence, namely, Triton Hotel, Ahungalle which incidentally was the first five star beach resort and finally the KANDALAMA HOTEL which was a landmark in his long and chequered carrier. To his credit Mr. Bawa has a large number of hotels in Sri Lanka and overseas such as the Galadari Hotel Islamabad, Pakistan, Park Royal Sheraton Suwa, Fiji and Banyan Tree Resorts Bintan Island, Indonesia. He was also the Chief Architect for the new Parliament Complex at Sri Jayawardenepura and the Ruhuna University Complex at Matara. He has also designed the UN Headquarters in the Maldives and Meena Muttiah Hospital in Madras. Mr. Bawa has proved to be a pioneer in the concept of Green Architecture and has always laid great emphasis in blending the buildings with the surroundings and minimizing the disturbance to the environment in all his designs. These buildings are a silent tribute to Mr. Bawa, who passed away in the summer of 2003.

Kandalama Hotel was designed by Mr. Bawa and the execution was handled by Milroy Perera & Deepal Wickremasinghe Partnership where Mr. Milroy Perera, a Chartered Architect was one of the partners. Mr. Milroy Perera was handpicked by Mr. Bawa from many architects who have worked with him. Mr. Perera who has the qualifications, Dip.ARCH.(London), RIBA, FIA (SL) and has had a chequered career himself working with Mr. Bawa in Sri Lanka and Michael Lyell Associates of UK and many other leading architects in UK.

The aerial view photograph “Says It All”. Kandalama hotel from concept to completion was truly a sustainable development and is owned and operated likewise. The hotel has won many an international award ,these being:

USGBC LEED™ Pilot Project Bronze Medal - 2000
World Travel Market Environmental Company Award - 1997
Green Globe Commendation Award - 1996/97/98
Environment Award –
Sri Lanka Association the advance for science - 1997

• Wafi City District Cooling Chiller Plant DCCP ONE
• ABN AMRO Doz Interior Works
• Dubai World Trade Center Development Phase - 1
• U.S Embassy – Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
• Kandalama Hotel – Dambulla, Srilanka
• Farm Fresh LEED
• Hyatt Replacement
• Le Meridien