Doha: The National Energy Globe Award Qatar 2015 goes to Kahramaa Awareness Park, an innovative project designed as a science museum for disseminating information on ways to conserve water and electricity, and serves as an original source of knowledge for young visitors.
Its goal is that of educating the future generations in the understanding of environmentally conscious, sustainable living systems from the inside and the outside. A representative group from Kahramaa was honoured in a ceremony at the Austrian Embassy — Commercial Section and Rashid Al Musalam, Head of Building Projects & General Facility at Kahramaa received the winner’s certificate from Austria’s Commercial Counselor Gerd Bommer.
Innovations Unlimited ME submitted the project on behalf of Kahramaa — Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, as Innovations Unlimited ME installed three renewable energy systems at the project, which contribute to power generation and water heating for the building: A 63.3 kWp photovoltaic installation, 41 square metre of flat plate collectors for solar water heating and 3 x 10 kW wind turbines. These systems together offset over 37 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Speaking on behalf of Innovations Unlimited ME, Managing Partner Markus Jordan commended Kahramaa on the win and expressed the company’s gratification for playing a role in this visionary project that stands to become one of Qatar’s sustainability landmarks.
The park is built with materials that can be recycled or reused, and do not involve much energy consumption, it offers noise insulation and controls indoor pollutant sources.
The Austrian Commercial Counselor, Gerd Bommer, congratulated Kahramaa and Innovations Unlimited ME for the achievements of this outstanding project and appreciated the efforts being undertaken in Qatar. “Best of all is that Kahramaa Awareness Park is not only about sustainability in energy production and usage, but also achieves sustainability by educating its visitors, thus making Kahramaa Awareness Park a great contribution to alternative energy awareness for generations to come in Qatar,” said Bommer.
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