Unlocking impossible by being the financial bridge
Many people in developing or emerging markets globally remain unbanked or underbanked (eg. over 70% in Indonesia and the Philippines), driving them towards dangerous and costly informal banking services.
We saw potential in this and since then strived to create robust solutions and IT infrastructure that facilitate a more competitive and customer-centric financial services industry.
Al Sheraa will provide an ideal working environment and well-being for its users. The building’s design maximises the flexibility of its work environment, by being easily and efficiently customisable, demonstrating innovation, and enhancing cooperation and productivity amongst staff and visitors.
The building’s design creates an exceptional experience for building users. The integration of all smart systems allows for data input attainment of energy generation, overall system consumption, the building’s environmental conditions, and user behaviour. Based on this information, the data will support the energy-focused building management system, provide reports for facilities management on individual users’ energy profiles, and providing broadcast service.
Al-Sheraa is being built in the heart of the Cultural Village at Al Jadaf. It has a built-up area of approximately 200,000 square metres.
The building will be connected by a bridge to Al Jadaf Metro Station, to encourage the use of public transport and reduce traffic congestion, to help reduce carbon footprint.
The new Al Sheraa DEWA Headquarters is a futuristic development in its design, sustainability features, occupant comfort and well-being, and integration of state-of-the-art technologies for office environments.
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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER – VOLUME 47 NUMBER 1
Contour Crafting could ‘print’ less expensive houses in a single day
Behrokh Khoshnevis wants to transform the world one building at a time. Khoshnevis has spent 20 years making a Contour Crafting, a 3-D printing technology for building construction, a reality. The current machine has built 8-foot high walls and can “print” a 300-square-foot structure.
Contour Crafting could reduce the amount of construction waste in a typical Wal-Mart from 500 tons to 50 tons. Compared with concrete masonry unit construction, the process used extensively for industry buildings, freeway sound barrier walls and low income housing, Contour Crafting cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 58 percent, with the building’s total embodied energy reduced by more than 87 percent.
The current machine breaks into three parts, plus assorted rails, pump systems and mixers, making it easy to transport the whole system to building sites and into disaster areas. In less than an hour, the Contour Crafting machine can be assembled and working. Right now, the technical holdup is building real buildings for test to go through the expensive and tedious regulatory certification process.
Building a traditional house in the United States takes from six to nine months, and purchasing the same can be cost-prohibitive for those with lower incomes. But with Contour Crafting, a complete, custom-designed house can be built in one day at a fraction of the cost.
Much of the cost savings will come from shaving off labor and time, as the machine needs only three operators to build 300 square feet in one hour. But the 3-D printing technique also cuts out an exorbitant amount of waste. Building a typical single-family home tosses from three to seven tons of material into a landfill. Contour Crafting, according to Khoshnevis calculations, could reduce that waste stream by a factor of 10.
KalsiClad adalah papan fiber semen dengan ketebalan 10 mm & 12 mm, cocok untuk digunakan sebagai dinding luar. KalsiClad sebaiknya dipasang pada rangka baja yang sesuai (desain, dimensi, ketebalan, dan jarak yang kami rekomendasikan). Parameter seperti beban angin, beban mati, tinggi gedung dan tingkat resiko gempa juga perlu diperhitungkan dengan seksama.
Pada saat memasang KalsiClad sebagai papan dinding luar, sambungan bisa dibiarkan terbuka (visible joint) atau tertutup (flush joint) dengan menggunakan sealant khusus untuk menahan perubahan cuaca dan pergerakan kelembaban. Kami sarankan untuk menggunakan sealant polyurethane dengan perlindungan terhadap sinar UV dan sealant yang dapat dicat.
Tọa lạc tại địa chỉ 67-69 Xa Lộ Hà Nội, Phường Thảo Điền, Quận 2, City Gate Building là một tòa nhà văn phòng cao tầng nổi bật với đội ngũ quản lý chuyên nghiệp và tiện nghi hiện đại. Với giá thuê chỉ từ 17 USD/m2, City Gate Building là lựa chọn lý tưởng để bạn đặt trụ sở của công ty.
Văn phòng City Gate Building bao gồm tổng cộng 3 tầng nổi và 1 tầng hầm, tận dụng tối đa không gian để cung cấp một môi trường làm việc thoáng đãng, thoải mái. Mỗi tầng của tòa nhà được trang bị 02 thang máy hiện đại, đảm bảo việc di chuyển nhanh chóng và thuận tiện giữa các tầng.
Điều hòa âm trần ở City Gate Building mang lại không khí mát mẻ, dễ chịu cho toàn bộ không gian làm việc. Được lắp đặt và bảo dưỡng định kỳ, máy lạnh luôn hoạt động ổn định, tạo nên môi trường làm việc lý tưởng.
Một trong những điểm nhấn của City Gate Building là hệ thống máy phát điện hoàn hảo. Máy phát điện là một trong những tiện ích không thể thiếu của một toà nhà văn phòng, và tại City Gate Building, nó đáp ứng 100% nhu cầu sử dụng của toàn bộ tòa nhà, đảm bảo việc làm việc không bị gián đoạn bởi những cú mất điện.
Khái quát về các khoản phí, phí quản lý là 3.5 USD/m2/tháng. Điều này bao gồm các dịch vụ như vệ sinh, bảo dưỡng, an ninh 24/7, và một loạt các dịch vụ khác để đảm bảo suôn sẻ trong hoạt động của công ty bạn. Phí gửi xe máy là 10 USD/xe/tháng, trong khi phí gửi ô tô là 100 USD/xe/tháng. Cùng với đó, bạn chỉ cần thanh toán tiền điện theo lượng thực tế bạn tiêu thụ, được tính dựa trên đồng hồ điện của riêng bạn.
City Gate Building đem đến cho khách thuê không chỉ không gian làm việc chuyên nghiệp, hiện đại mà còn cơ sở vật chất hoàn hảo, đáp ứng mọi nhu cầu công việc. Hãy lựa chọn City Gate Building và cảm nhận sự khác biệt!
The new-build of the headquarters building for the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), extending over 20 storeys plus four parking levels and a gross surface area of 194,000 m² is certified as a Net Zero Energy Building and is planned to achieve ‘LEED Platinum’ and ‘WELL Silver’. The power for the building will be generated by what at present is the world’s largest photovoltaic sail to be integrated into a building, generating 4.2 MWp of electrical power. For that reason, this structure has been named ‘Al Sheraa’ (‘The Sail’).
This administration building has been designed for a maximum of 5,000 employees and includes 15 floors of open-plan office space with integrated office cells for management staff as well as meeting areas, leisure and work zones. In addition, three floors are designated for public use, covering a huge range of different functions.
OBERMEYER planned the entire building using the BIM method across all disciplines: Architecture, structural planning, technical building equipment including building automation and Smart Building Technology, interior design, energy & environmental technology and construction physics.
All trades were coordinated right from the planning stage to avoid overlaps then simulations were run continuously to monitor energy-related targets, ensuring that a Digital Twin existed right from the start of construction work. Design decisions were discussed and agreed using a virtual walk-around of the Digital Twin with VR goggles, and office organisation planning as well as traffic flows and people movements within the building were coordinated using the model.
