Mohammad Mahtab Alam, associate principal engineer at AECOM Middle East in Abu Dhabi, reports on some of the key challenges in the mechanical plant design – particularly bearing in mind the local extreme climactic conditions – for the new King Khalid Medical City, a ‘centre of excellence for specialised healthcare centre’ in eastern Saudi Arabia, already designed, but yet to be constructed.
Energy-efficient and sustainable design for healthcare buildings is a necessary consideration for the Gulf Cooperation Council region because of climatic conditions and ensuring the effective use of available natural resources in the region.This article highlights the challenges for energy-efficient and sustainable mechanical plant design for King Khalid Medical City (KKMC), a leading centre of excellence for specialised healthcare centre in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, and describes the effective implementation of design ideas to overcome these complications.
King Khalid Medical City (KKMC) is a 1,500 bed hospital, and will include cardiovascular, genetic and metabolic, ophthalmology, oncology, multi-organ transplant, eurosciences, and rehabilitation centre of excellence facilities, with sub-specialties including paediatrics, urology, obstetrics etc, and other support services facilities such as clinics, laboratories, imaging, emergency, pharmacy, and dialysis clinics etc.
Challenges in energy-efficient sustainable design
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