Other countries around the world are beginning to take note of the successful LEED certification program, and many buildings in Europe and Asia are now being constructed under the USGBC’s stringent guidelines. Pacific Controls’ (PCS) new facility in Dubai is one of those facilities, and its Platinum-rated building is the first LEED-certified building in the Middle East.
Designed using an integrated approach, the five-story, 120,000-sq-ft PCS headquarters, which was finished in September 2006, features solar thermal air conditioning, water-efficient equipment, high-efficiency chillers, solar photovoltaic for building lighting, VSDs for centrifugal fans and pumps, and CO2 monitoring for IAQ.