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The U.S. Green Building Council recently posted the Home of InnovationTM case study to its website, recognizing its status as the first single-family home in the Middle East to earn Platinum certification under LEED for Homes. The project serves as a model in the Middle East, proving that through collaboration, thoughtful design and an integrated systems approach, building to LEED Platinum standards is achievable in challenging environmental conditions, as well as in a culture that is unfamiliar and untrained in modern building practices.
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The Home of Innovation™ Demonstration House in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—the first single-family home in the Middle East region to earn Platinum certification under the USGBC’s LEED for Homes International Pilot program—received the “Best Demonstration Home” award in the 2016 Green Builder Awards.
“We are excited to be recognized amongst this prestigious group of projects driving innovation in the industry,” said Dennis Steigerwalt, managing director of IBACOS International. “This award reinforces our passion to deliver ‘the better home’ around the world."
The three-level, 8,600-square-foot, fully furnished home showcases innovative yet commercially-available products and systems integrated to achieve high levels of building performance and resource efficiencies.
“The Demonstration House proves that the highest levels of performance and resource efficiency are possible in this extreme climate and challenging construction culture,” said Steigerwalt. “It is especially important to demonstrate that capability in a region where energy, water and other resources are being consumed at an unsustainable rate.”
Built as a “prototype” for the local and regional housing industry, along with two additional buildings that comprise a Collaboration Center, the house is part of a strategic, multi-year, regional market engagement and business growth initiative with SABIC, Saudi Arabia’s largest petrochemical company, and 45 industry leading solution providers.
“The Home of Innovation™ program was designed to inspire higher performance in the built environment and connect leading international companies to the region. It’s a vehicle to facilitate and catalyze market transformation,” says Steigerwalt. “It showcases best-in-class solutions that could be manufactured locally, enabling downstream industry growth in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region.”
PDF of article in Green Builder Magazine.
Learn more about IBACOS’ role in SABIC’s Home of Innovation™ growth initiative.
Energy efficiency has been a driving force in the home-building industry for decades. In recent years, the industry has increasingly adopted rating methods to measure a home’s energy efficiency, such as the HERS Index, and the Home Energy Score (HES).
In today’s market, stakeholders are also recognizing that home performance extends beyond energy efficiency, and are seeking new ways to assess that performance. As ways to broaden residential performance ratings gain momentum, there is room for a metric that rates a home’s ability to deliver thermal comfort. After all, a home is expected to be comfortable, and heating, cooling, and hot water are major drivers of both comfort and home energy use.
Download the full article: The Case for a Thermal Comfort Rating Metric for the Housing Industry
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Home of Innovation LEED Certification Published by USGBC
The case study of the Home of InnovationTM facility’s LEED certification has been published by the U.S. Green Building Council.
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IBACOS Receives Green Builder Award for Home of Innovation Project
IBACOS has received recognition for the “Best Demonstration Home” in the 2016 Green Builder Awards for the Home of Innovation™ Demonstration House.
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IBACOS Feature Article in Home Energy Magazine
In the Spring Issue of Home Energy Magazine, IBACOS makes the case for a Thermal Comfort Rating Metric for the Housing Industry.
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The U.S. Green Building Council recently posted the Home of InnovationTM case study to its website, recognizing its status as the first single-family home in the Middle East to earn Platinum certification under LEED for Homes. The project serves as a model in the Middle East, proving that through collaboration, thoughtful design and an integrated systems approach, building to LEED Platinum standards is achievable in challenging environmental conditions, as well as in a culture that is unfamiliar and untrained in modern building practices.
Read the full article.
The Home of Innovation™ Demonstration House in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—the first single-family home in the Middle East region to earn Platinum certification under the USGBC’s LEED for Homes International Pilot program—received the “Best Demonstration Home” award in the 2016 Green Builder Awards.
“We are excited to be recognized amongst this prestigious group of projects driving innovation in the industry,” said Dennis Steigerwalt, managing director of IBACOS International. “This award reinforces our passion to deliver ‘the better home’ around the world."
The three-level, 8,600-square-foot, fully furnished home showcases innovative yet commercially-available products and systems integrated to achieve high levels of building performance and resource efficiencies.
“The Demonstration House proves that the highest levels of performance and resource efficiency are possible in this extreme climate and challenging construction culture,” said Steigerwalt. “It is especially important to demonstrate that capability in a region where energy, water and other resources are being consumed at an unsustainable rate.”
Built as a “prototype” for the local and regional housing industry, along with two additional buildings that comprise a Collaboration Center, the house is part of a strategic, multi-year, regional market engagement and business growth initiative with SABIC, Saudi Arabia’s largest petrochemical company, and 45 industry leading solution providers.
“The Home of Innovation™ program was designed to inspire higher performance in the built environment and connect leading international companies to the region. It’s a vehicle to facilitate and catalyze market transformation,” says Steigerwalt. “It showcases best-in-class solutions that could be manufactured locally, enabling downstream industry growth in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region.”
PDF of article in Green Builder Magazine.
Learn more about IBACOS’ role in SABIC’s Home of Innovation™ growth initiative.
OUR EVENTS
At the Big 5 Dubai, IBACOS, along with client SABIC, delivered a presentation titled, "Radical Innovation: Leapfrogging the residential new construction industry in the GCC to a sustainable future." In this presentation, speakers Dennis Steigerwalt (IBACOS) and Anas Ahmed Al-Mathami (SABIC) discussed the radical innovations within the residential construction industry that could be adopted in Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries to meet many of the housing, social and economic goals contained in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.
With such disruptive forces at play, we must learn to think—and act—differently. While we’re seeing sparks of innovation within different aspects of builders’ businesses, no one has all of the answers.
We believe that the best ideas are born out of cross-industry collaboration. Take a time-out from your day-to-day and join some of the brightest minds in the industry for the 2016 Alliance Innovation Summit.
WE'LL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO:
- Share innovations we’re seeing today
- Discuss challenges facing our industry
- Create roadmaps and tools you can leverage within your business
- Network with great people from great companies
The format for the meeting itself will be a 60 / 40 split of presentations and collaborative, “off-the-wall” discussions. You’ll have the opportunity to engage and share ideas with every person in the room. Then relax and continue the exchange after hours during our networking events.
For more information and to register, visit the event page on the Alliance website.
At Big 5 Saudi, an international building industry convention and exhibition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, IBACOS and our Home of Innovation™ client SABIC jointly presented "Integrating High Performance into the Next Generation of GCC Housing and Communities” to event attendees. The seminar included an overview of the Home of Innovation™ program and its LEED-platinum-rated Demonstration Home, explored the needs and opportunities in the region, and defined “high performance housing” in the Middle East.
Home of Innovation representatives at Big 5 Saudi included (L-R): Anas Al-Mathami and Hisham Al-Fouzan from SABIC, and Dennis Steigerwalt and Duncan Prahl from IBACOS.
Learn more about the Home of Innovation by exploring the case study or visting the Home of Innovation™ website.
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IBACOS Speaks at Big 5 Dubai
IBACOS had the opportunity to deliver a compelling presentation at the Big 5 Dubai 2016 event, hosted at the World Trade Centre in Dubai.
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2016 Alliance Innovation Summit
We believe that the best ideas are born out of cross-industry collaboration. Take a time-out from your day-to-day and join some of the brightest minds in the industry for the 2016 Alliance Innovation Summit.
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IBACOS Speaks at Big 5 Saudi
In collaboration with SABIC, members of the IBACOS team served on a panel discussion about high-performance housing at Big 5 Saudi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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At the Big 5 Dubai, IBACOS, along with client SABIC, delivered a presentation titled, "Radical Innovation: Leapfrogging the residential new construction industry in the GCC to a sustainable future." In this presentation, speakers Dennis Steigerwalt (IBACOS) and Anas Ahmed Al-Mathami (SABIC) discussed the radical innovations within the residential construction industry that could be adopted in Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries to meet many of the housing, social and economic goals contained in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.
With such disruptive forces at play, we must learn to think—and act—differently. While we’re seeing sparks of innovation within different aspects of builders’ businesses, no one has all of the answers.
We believe that the best ideas are born out of cross-industry collaboration. Take a time-out from your day-to-day and join some of the brightest minds in the industry for the 2016 Alliance Innovation Summit.
WE'LL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO:
- Share innovations we’re seeing today
- Discuss challenges facing our industry
- Create roadmaps and tools you can leverage within your business
- Network with great people from great companies
The format for the meeting itself will be a 60 / 40 split of presentations and collaborative, “off-the-wall” discussions. You’ll have the opportunity to engage and share ideas with every person in the room. Then relax and continue the exchange after hours during our networking events.
For more information and to register, visit the event page on the Alliance website.
Close XAt Big 5 Saudi, an international building industry convention and exhibition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, IBACOS and our Home of Innovation™ client SABIC jointly presented "Integrating High Performance into the Next Generation of GCC Housing and Communities” to event attendees. The seminar included an overview of the Home of Innovation™ program and its LEED-platinum-rated Demonstration Home, explored the needs and opportunities in the region, and defined “high performance housing” in the Middle East.
Home of Innovation representatives at Big 5 Saudi included (L-R): Anas Al-Mathami and Hisham Al-Fouzan from SABIC, and Dennis Steigerwalt and Duncan Prahl from IBACOS.
Learn more about the Home of Innovation by exploring the case study or visting the Home of Innovation™ website.
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